I’ve been living and working in Beijing since 1999, both with local and international law firms.

While I have covered most aspects of foreign direct investment over my career, my practice in recent years has been focused on technology regulatory and licensing work, intellectual property, media and entertainment, franchising and Internet-related issues.

It’s a broad area, but still quite focused compared to having a general corporate practice.

I have taught FDI and IP law at Beijing’s Central University of Finance and Economics for the past three years. In addition to blogging at China Hearsay, I am also a founder/author at China/Divide and contribute to the Forbes China Tracker blog.

I am originally from Los Angeles, but spent a lot of time in Boston prior to coming here. I have a M.A. from Johns Hopkins in International Relations, a J.D. from Boston College Law School, and a B.A. from Pomona College.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to send me questions, comments or complaints.

–Stan Abrams