East Asia - China

Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons‘ longstanding China banking and finance team regularly works alongside the region’s largest lenders and state-owned enterprises, as well as Chinese state-owned contractors and developers, and the team is particularly active in the project financing aspects of Belt and Road projects. The Beijing-based practice is headed up by Kanyi Lui, who advises both lenders and sponsors on major project finance deals, and Winnie Nie, who was promoted to senior associate in May 2023, focuses on project, asset and corporate financings. Associate Olivia Wang routinely advises policy and commercial banks on loan transactions across Asia, North America, Europe and Africa.

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Key clients

  • Bank of China
  • CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt)

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Work highlights

  • Advising Bank of China on the granting of an $80m facility to Dapeng Princess LNG Shipping Pte for the purchase of an LNG carrier.
  • Advising IFC, as lender, on the financing of an integrated logistics facility in Laos, which includes the expanded Thanaleng dry port and greenfield Vientiane logistics park.

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