Expanding its cross-border practice, New Jersey-based Archer on Monday launched an office in Houston and a China practice group, hiring three lawyers with experience in international work.

The firm’s China practice represents clients with business in China and the U.S. It is chaired by Archer partner Stephen M. Packman, who works in the firm’s offices in Philadelphia and New York, and lateral partner hire Jiangang “James” Ou in Houston, who had been working at boutique BOGC Legal in Houston.