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Biography
查看Paul 的中文简历 (pdf)
For five decades, Paul's practice has focused on representing privately owned businesses, with an emphasis on general business counseling, commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, international trade and cross-border transactions. His multifaceted practice enables him to serve the domestic and international needs of a wide range of clients.
A significant part of Paul's practice is in finance, in which he regularly represents lenders and borrowers in commercial financing transactions, including borrowers, banks, investment funds and other non-bank lenders. He also is a trusted adviser to companies raising capital in private offerings, including drafting of private placement memoranda in compliance with SEC regulations. Paul's practice includes representation of sellers and buyers of businesses in various types of M&A transactions. His clients are both domestic companies and foreign entities, as he has developed an extensive international practice. As part of that practice, he counsels clients in navigating and applying for CFIUS compliance. Paul's international practice also includes assisting his clients in their international sales and distribution agreements and supply agreements, with a specialty with Chinese and Japanese companies. His versatility in these various related areas makes him a valuable advisor to both domestic and international companies.
Paul's practice over the last 20 years has expanded to representing both U.S. companies doing business overseas and foreign companies doing business in the United States in matters involving:
- International private equity and venture capital transactions.
- Cross-border structuring.
- International debt and equity financing transactions
- Trade and trade finance
- Sales distribution agreements
- Cross-border joint ventures.
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) compliance.
International
Paul co-heads the firm’s China transactional practice and has deep experience doing business with and in China, in addition to other countries. He was part of a Fox Rothschild team that represented Humanwell Pharmaceutical in its $650 million acquisition of U.S.-based Epic Pharmaceutical. He represents numerous Chinese companies doing business in the U.S. and has advised U.S. companies in structuring their operations in China. He has lectured in the U.S., China and elsewhere, and written extensively on U.S.-China foreign direct investment and related business issues.
To view his alerts on China, click this link, and to view some of his scholarly articles on U.S.-China trade, click this link.
查看Paul 的中文简历 (pdf)
For five decades, Paul's practice has focused on representing privately owned businesses, with an emphasis on general business counseling, commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, international trade and cross-border transactions. His multifaceted practice enables him to serve the domestic and international needs of a wide range of clients.
A significant part of Paul's practice is in finance, in which he regularly represents lenders and borrowers in commercial financing transactions, including borrowers, banks, investment funds and other non-bank lenders. He also is a trusted adviser to companies raising capital in private offerings, including drafting of private placement memoranda in compliance with SEC regulations. Paul's practice includes representation of sellers and buyers of businesses in various types of M&A transactions. His clients are both domestic companies and foreign entities, as he has developed an extensive international practice. As part of that practice, he counsels clients in navigating and applying for CFIUS compliance. Paul's international practice also includes assisting his clients in their international sales and distribution agreements and supply agreements, with a specialty with Chinese and Japanese companies. His versatility in these various related areas makes him a valuable advisor to both domestic and international companies.
Paul's practice over the last 20 years has expanded to representing both U.S. companies doing business overseas and foreign companies doing business in the United States in matters involving:
- International private equity and venture capital transactions.
- Cross-border structuring.
- International debt and equity financing transactions
- Trade and trade finance
- Sales distribution agreements
- Cross-border joint ventures.
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) compliance.
International
Paul co-heads the firm’s China transactional practice and has deep experience doing business with and in China, in addition to other countries. He was part of a Fox Rothschild team that represented Humanwell Pharmaceutical in its $650 million acquisition of U.S.-based Epic Pharmaceutical. He represents numerous Chinese companies doing business in the U.S. and has advised U.S. companies in structuring their operations in China. He has lectured in the U.S., China and elsewhere, and written extensively on U.S.-China foreign direct investment and related business issues.
To view his alerts on China, click this link, and to view some of his scholarly articles on U.S.-China trade, click this link.
Services
Before Fox Rothschild
Prior to joining the firm, Paul was counsel to a New England-based regional firm, where he headed its China practice and was a member of its Privately Owned Business, Private Equity, Community Banking and International Practice Groups. In his former practice, he represented numerous banks in responding to supervisory orders issued by the federal and state bank regulatory agencies, including the OCC and the FDIC, and represented bank directors in civil money penalty proceedings. Paul also handled de novo bank formations, bank acquisitions and change of control transactions.
During law school, Paul was an editor of the Connecticut Law Review.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Paul is an active member of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section, where he serves on its Governing Council. He previously served as Deputy to the Section Chair, Co-Chair of the Section’s 2025 Annual Conference, Co-Chair of the Section’s Central/East Asia & China Committee and Chair of the East Asia Division. Paul is also Immediate Past President of the Connecticut China Council. He is involved in China civic activities.
Paul lectures and writes frequently on various China legal topics.
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1976)
- Wesleyan University (B.A., 1972)
Memberships
- American Bar Association, International Law Section and Business Law Section
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Fairfield County Bar Association
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
- Connecticut District Export Council
- Connecticut China Council
