James Hsu ’91, J.D. ’94

James Hsu ’91, J.D. ’94, has been appointed new office managing partner of the Squire Patton Boggs Los Angeles office.

Hsu, who currently leads the Los Angeles Corporate Practice Group, represents clients in a broad range of corporate finance and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, joint ventures, public finance transactions, tax-exempt financing, fund formation and private equity/venture capital transactions.

Hsu has particular experience representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional acquisition and divestiture transactions. Fluent in Spanish and Chinese, he has focused on practices in Latin America and the Greater China region. Over the last two decades, Hsu has represented numerous clients in inbound and outbound matters involving jurisdictions such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Spain, Australia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam. In addition to his cross-border corporate transactional practice, Hsu also has extensive litigation experience representing clients in US federal and state court actions, arbitrations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Hsu is active in the community and serves on the board of a number of not-for-profit organizations, including the Asian Business League (ABL), Center of Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE), Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and UCLA department of political science. In 2007, Mr. Hsu received The California Lawyer’s Angel Award for outstanding pro bono service.

Prior to earning his law degree, Hsu earned a bachelor's degree in political science.

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