Joel H. Rothstein has joined Sidley Austin as a Real Estate partner from Paul Hastings, where he was a partner and former leader of the firm’s Beijing office. Joel will continue his focus on structured finance, complex joint ventures and cross-border transactions in both the United States and Asia. Recognized as a leading lawyer in China, Joel led the Asia real estate and structured finance practices at his prior firm, where he regularly advised investment banks, private equity and sovereign wealth funds, real estate developers, and Asian and European investors in various areas, including real estate venture formation, non-performing loan acquisitions and dispositions, and investments in U.S. real estate.
