East Asia - China

Global Law Office

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Global Law Office provides a full-service offering in the banking and finance field, covering onshore, offshore and cross-border financing work, as well as all types of banking products. Lawrence Lin specialises in acquisition finance, project finance, international syndication, and aircraft and shipping finance; he has ample experience in advising on projects for large SOEs, private enterprises and multinational corporations in a variety of industries. Lin leads the practice alongside Xin Zhang, who focuses on providing legal services for Chinese and international banks and investors, particularly in the finance, energy, real estate and natural resources sectors. Of counsel Yalin Li has experience spanning syndicated loans, project finance, export credit and cross-border loans.

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  • 'The team is familiar with the laws and regulations relating to various financing methods and has rich case experience.'

Key clients

  • Mitsui Banking Corporation (China) Limited
  • China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited Shanghai Branch
  • CMB Wing Lung Bank Limited Shanghai Branch
  • E.SUN Bank (China) Co. Ltd.
  • Bank of China Limited Shanghai Branch
  • DJ New Ease Group (Cayman) Limited
  • IFC
  • Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
  • BNP PARIBAS
  • DBS Bank Ltd.
  • PT Bank DBS Indonesia
  • Huaxia Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Macau Branch
  • The Export-Import Bank of China

Work highlights

  • Acted as the PRC counsel to the IFC in relation to its loan to New China Water (Nanjing) Renewable Resources Investment Co., Ltd. (NCWI), which will be used to finance NCWI’s capital expenditure programme for the construction and acquisitions of landfill gas to energy projects.
  • Acted as PRC counsel to the IFC in relation to its loan to Pengyao Environmental Protection Co., Ltd, which will be used to finance the development and expansion of Penyao’s water and waste water treatment business in the PRC.
  • Acted as the PRC counsel to Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, BNP Paribas, DBS Bank and PT Bank DBS Indonesia, as the lenders, on a series of loans to the offshore subsidiaries of Lygend Resources & Technology Co., Ltd.

Lawyers

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Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lawrence Lin, Xin Zhang

Other key lawyers

May Liu, Minghao Xu, Kunlin Wang, Lujun Hou, Yalin Li