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Jeff Chen heads the structured finance practice at Dentons Hong Kong LLP with pan-Asia coverage on cross-border transactions. Jeff has over 20 years' experience in Asia as a legal practitioner in all areas of fixed income, including securitization, structured notes, derivatives, private structured debt, distressed debt, and project finance. Jeff has enjoyed prominent league table rankings throughout his career: Leading lawyer (Band 3) in Capital Markets: Securitisation in the 2024 Chambers & Partners Greater China Guide Leading Individual in Structured Finance and Securitisation in the 2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide Highly regarded lawyer in Capital markets : Structured finance and securitization in the 2024 IFLR1000 Asia Pacific Guide Winner for Fixed Income Lawyer of the Year in China chosen by Leaders in Law – 2023 Global Awards Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer in Thomson Reuters2021 survey of global senior in-house counsels Lead lawyer on IFLR 2020 Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year (with the same nomination on another deal in 2021) Leading lawyer in the 2008 IFLR Global Guide to the World's Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers

Keith Brandt

Keith is Managing Partner and head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Dentons Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Dentons Global Board and serves on a number of the Global Boards’ subcommittees. He has more than 38 years’ experience in heavyweight dispute resolution, including high court/commercial court litigation, domestic and international arbitration, expert determinations, alternative dispute resolution, and mediations with particular focus on the energy, construction and financial services sectors. Keith has been widely recognised by various legal publications. He was named “Managing Partner of the Year” at the Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Law Awards 2024 and was selected as one of the Top 15 Litigators in Asia by Asian Legal Business in 2021. Chambers Greater China 2024 ranked Keith as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution: Litigation for China. A client commented that “I find Keith Brandt to be an extremely knowledgeable, experienced and clear-headed solicitor. He is a very amiable and courteous character. I am particularly impressed by his knack in dealing with lay clients in situations which are sometimes quite difficult.” Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 ranked Keith as a leading individual in Dispute Resolution: Litigation for Hong Kong. He is praised by a client as a lawyer who is “top quality legal brain, highly organised, proactive and very well-liked by clients.” Keith was also ranked as a leading professional in Arbitration and Asset Recovery and a recommended lawyer for Mainland China & Hong Kong SAR by Who’s Who Legal 2023. He was recognised as an elite practitioner in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Hong Kong 2023. The firm which Keith managed was named as “Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year” by Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Law Awards 2019. Global Law Experts 2020 awarded Keith, and the team he led, as “Financial Services Sector Disputes Law Firm of the Year” in Hong Kong. Keith was also named to the Asian Legal Business' lawyers "Hot 100" list which recognised Asia's leaders, movers & shakers. Keith has a varied client base with an international background operating in a diversified number of jurisdictions, with particular experience in Asia Pacific including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Middle East, including the Indian sub-continent.

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