Samuel Chau is a Partner in the Banking & Finance Group of Eversheds. He has over 18 years’ experience working as a banking & finance lawyer and has been involved in almost all aspects of debt finance ranging from syndicated and leveraged finance, real estate finance, asset and project finance to capital markets.

Samuel’s experience includes advising:

Real Estate & Project Finance

• leading PRC developers in the financing of limited recourse property development projects in various provinces of the PRC and construction projects in Hong Kong and many other syndicated loan, secured loan, acquisition financing and private equity transactions

• one of the largest and most reputable PRC developers on its co-investment arrangements with a Singapore sovereign wealth fund in real estate development projects in the PRC

• a PRC policy bank in its multibillion pound financing of a nuclear plant project in the UK

Acquisition Finance

• a major PRC bank on a term loan facility to a PRC insurance group to finance their outbound investment in the acquisition of the Waldorf Hotel in New York

• a leading international bank in an acquisition financing involving cross-border elements and taking security in eight different jurisdictions

• a leading PRC securities group in the financing of its acquisition of a Hong Kong listed securities company by way of general offer

• a PE fund in the acquisition financing of a PRC manufacturer of children products, the first genuine leverage buyout in China

Capital Markets

• financial institutions and issuers on pre-IPO financings and convertible and exchangeable bond transactions

Restructuring

• a white knight in its rescue of a listed company in Hong Kong involving provision of a bridge loan, purchase of convertible bonds and standstill and restructuring arrangements with financial creditors

• banks and creditors on standstill and loan rescheduling arrangements

Samuel graduated from the law school of the University of Hong Kong and Renmin University of China (LLM).

Prior to joining Eversheds, Samuel was a partner of another international law firm and had worked for a prominent U.S. law firm for over ten years.

Independent legal directories have recommended Samuel as a Leading Lawyer for Banking & Finance:

Chambers

“Samuel Chau is a noted expert on Hong Kong, PRC and Asia-wide banking and structured finance transactions. According to interviewees, he combines extensive experience with a high level of technical expertise.”

Chambers

“Samuel Chau brings a keen syndicated banking expertise to the team, though in the past year his practice has also encompassed asset finance. Sources laud his eye for banking and securities documentation, as well as his professionalism, efficiency and understanding of what his clients want."

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