DLA Piper ‘Very Comfortable’ Operating in China Amid Tensions

DLA Piper is not souring on the China market despite escalating geopolitical tensions and a security clampdown in Beijing, according to the law firm’s leader Frank Ryan.

“We are very comfortable every place we do business,” Ryan said in an interview. “We don’t see that as any unnecessary risk in terms of the work we do for our clients and being global. “

Global law firms and many of their corporate clients have been caught in the middle of rising tensions between the US and Chinese governments. That has prompted some firms to shift Asia operations to Singapore and other neighboring ...