Matthew Apfel

Matthew Apfel is an experienced attorney based in Phoenix, Arizona, with more than 15 years of dedicated legal practice. As the founding partner of Apfel and Associates, he concentrates his practice on corporate and business law, immigration, intellectual property, international arbitration, and cross-border commercial transactions. Having lived and worked in global hubs including Beijing, New York City, and Washington, D.C., Mr. Apfel provides strategic counsel on international trade, cross-border investment disputes, and China-related legal and regulatory matters.

An Arizona native, Mr. Apfel earned his Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 2008 after completing his Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with a focus on Chinese politics at George Washington University. His academic career also included specialized coursework in modern Chinese history at Pembroke College, Cambridge University. His professional experience spans public service and private practice, having served as an extern at the U.S. Department of State's Office of the Legal Adviser for Private International Law and the Canadian Embassy, as well as an associate with Heideman, Nudelman & Kalik PC.

Dedicated to fostering long-term relationships with clients, Mr. Apfel delivers culturally nuanced, proactive legal counsel to entrepreneurs, expanding enterprises, and international organizations. Fluent in Spanish and conversational in Mandarin Chinese, he leverages his deep cross-cultural knowledge and broad global perspective to protect his clients' commercial interests and navigate complex domestic and international legal environments.