White & Case LLP, Shanghai Office

‘Highly focused on making sure deals get done’, White & Case LLP is consistently involved in sizeable Greater China finance transactions, and in addition to the firm’s widely respected lender-side work, the practice has significant borrower financing capabilities. The team is also increasingly active on behalf of alternative capital providers. In Beijing, David Li focuses predominantly on China inbound and outbound financing deals, and associate Cherry Zhou acts for Chinese and international financial institutions and borrowers on acquisition, corporate and project finance transactions. Over in Shanghai, senior consultant Frank Shu is experienced in acquisition, structured and real estate finance. Hong Kong-based Eugene Man, an expert in leveraged financing and structured private debt, leads the Asia-Pacific banking and capital markets practice, and Baldwin Cheng, who actively contributes towards the development of the firm’s sponsor-side financing practice, routinely acts for alternative capital providers and private equity funds.