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Clifford Chance LLP

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‘Right up to date with the latest legal and regulatory developments in the PRC and Greater China’, Clifford Chance‘s sizeable banking and finance team acts for international and domestic investment banks, private equity sponsors, credit funds and corporations on a range of cross-border financing transactions. Maggie Lo, who works across the Beijing and Hong Kong offices, has a strong track record of advising Chinese state-owned enterprises and Chinese financial institutions, and Mainland China-based Jiahua Ni specialises in PRC-related cross‑border financings. In Hong Kong, Anthony Wang, who has extensive experience in acquisition and syndicated loan financings in Asia, heads the Asia-Pacific finance group; Matthew Truman is an expert in acquisition finance, general banking and restructuring; and Dauwood Malik’s practice covers debt finance, including corporate credit, infrastructure financings, and real estate development and investment financing. Other highly rated Hong Kong partners are Edith Leung and Vicky Ma.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Right up to date with the latest legal and regulatory developments in the PRC and Greater China.'

  • 'Good at embedding and disseminating information across the CC network, so that clients can get to grips with new issues quickly, and CC lawyers onshore and offshore can incorporate the latest information into their advice on live deals and projects.'

  • 'The partners and other lawyers are of very high quality, and are professional and approachable.’

  • ‘Anthony Wang is a client's guiding light – he can always provide brilliant advice and clear direction on what needs to be done in order to protect the client’s best interests during a transaction.'

  • 'Vicky Ma impresses with her strong legal knowledge and commercial acumen in all sorts of deals, from corporate loans to complicated acquisitions and project finance. She is also very approachable and responsive, and particularly good at handling difficult dynamics.’

  • ‘Edith Leung provides great support and advice. She demonstrates strong ownership and responsiveness, ability to innovate, and of course very strong knowledge about financing terms and practices.’

  • ‘A cross-border team that has great knowledge of practices across jurisdictions.'

  • 'There is good diversity at the firm, with female partners taking the lead in multiple situations.’

Key clients

  • Bank of China
  • China Development Bank
  • Citi
  • Deutsche Bank
  • HSBC
  • IFC
  • JPMorgan
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • UBS
  • Hillhouse Capital
  • Trustar Capital
  • The Carlyle Group
  • TPG
  • MBK
  • PAG
  • Advantage Partners
  • Navis Capital
  • CVC

Work highlights

  • Advised CVC Capital Partners and Starlight Asset Sdn Bhd on the financing of the acquisition from Affin Banking Group of a controlling interest in Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad.
  • Advised JPMorgan on a $1.9bn non-revolving loan facility to finance the privatisation of Lifestyle International Holdings by way of a scheme of arrangement.
  • Advised Yisheng Biopharma Co on its $40m royalty-backed financing from R-Bridge Healthcare Fund, a subsidiary fund of healthcare-focused CBC Group.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Jiahua Ni
Clifford Chance LLP
Jiahua Ni is a partner in the Global Financial Markets Group of Clifford Chance. He specializes in PRC-related cross-border financings and focuses on advising outbound financings for major Chinese banks. He also has extensive experience in advising international banks on their financings into China and assists clients in resolving complicated issues in PRC foreign exchange, security and other financial regulatory aspects. Jiahua joined Clifford Chance in 2007 and became a partner since 2013. Jiahua is admitted in New York and also holds a PRC legal professional qualification certificate (currently not a PRC practising lawyer). Jiahua is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anthony Wang

Other key lawyers

Maggie Lo, Jiahua Ni, Matthew Truman, Dauwood Malik, Edith Leung, Vicky Ma, Charlotte Leung, Michael Pallaras

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