Stephenson Harwood
Stephenson Harwood‘s Hong Kong-based banking and finance team is experienced in both transactional and advisory work. Key areas of expertise range from asset finance (including shipping, aviation and real estate) to syndicated lending, structured finance, trade financings, fintech, investment products, and secured and unsecured lending. Katherine Liu heads the Hong Kong office’s finance and financial services group; Elton Chan is a shipping finance and general structured finance expert; and Anna Kwong specialises in international trade finance and commercial banking.
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Testimonials
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- 'Lots of talented professionals and a high-level service and favourable fee quotes that give SH a significant advantage.’
‘Katherine Liu and Teresa Tsoi always give prompt responses and are highly efficient.'
'Teresa Tsoi is very talented and has great drafting abilities - her explanations are easy to understand and straightforward, which saves time and improves the level of efficiency.'
'Teresa Tsoi is appreciated for her logic - she is alway thinking about her clients and finds suitable proposals for them.’
Key clients
- Airstar Bank
- Airwallex (Hong Kong)
- Ant Bank (Hong Kong)
- Ant Group Co
- Bank of Communications Co
- Bank SinoPac Co
- BNP Paribas
- China Construction Bank
- China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation
- China Development Bank
- China Minsheng Bank
- CIB Leasing
- Cinda Leasing
- Credit Suisse
- CTBC Bank Co
- Futu Lending
- Futu Securities International (Hong Kong)
- Haitong Leasing
- HKT Flexi
- HSBC
- ICBC Financial Leasing Co
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- JPMorgan Chase
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
- OCBC Wing Hang Bank
- PrimeCredit
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
- Standard Chartered Bank
- The Export-Import Bank of China
- United Overseas Bank
- WeLend
- Wells Fargo Bank
Work highlights
- Advised United Overseas Bank on its HK$12.1bn refinancing of Shimao Group's Kowloon Tong (Hong Kong) residential development.
- Acting for the Hong Kong branches of Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of Dongguan Co, China Bohai Bank Co, China Merchants Bank Co and China Zheshang Bank on PRC onshore guarantee and onshore loans.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Katherine Liu