Wintell & Co Law Firm has longstanding experience in the banking and financial services market, working with high-profile domestic banks and trust institutions and offering ‘comprehensive skills, high professional quality and timely communication’. Shanghai-based Tonghai Wang and Hui Xia lead the team alongside Rui Li in Beijing. Ship financing is an area in which the team has ’rich practical experience’.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team has strong professional knowledge and rich practical experience in ship financing. It can provide professional legal opinions and business negotiation support for innovative models and complex financing businesses. In terms of personnel, the team has multiple lawyers to assist in handling negotiations and drafting contract texts, which is highly efficient. In terms of alliances and writing, it can provide cross-regional and cross-field legal services for legal documents in different jurisdictions.'

  • ‘Our company has cooperated with Attorney Li Rui, and we are deeply impressed by Attorney Li's professional ability in the field of ship financing. Attorney Li Rui has rich professional knowledge and is very familiar with the laws, regulations and market of ship financing. He provided legal advice for our company's innovative ship financing business.'

  • 'The team led by Attorney Li can accurately understand our company's business needs and is efficient in drafting and preparing documents, which has played an important role in helping our company's business to land. Compared with competitors, Attorney Li has strong communication and coordination skills, and has provided customized solutions for our company's business.'

  • ‘The team is very responsive and experienced, particularly in relation to shipping and ship finance matters.’

  • ‘Each of the individuals is very efficient and capable of meeting tight timelines and challenging requirements.’

  • ‘Non-litigation and litigation business in the large asset management industry, including bank, trust and securities asset management, etc. The team members have comprehensive skills, high professional quality and timely communication.'

  • ‘Partners Wang Tonghai and Xia Hui are highly professional, good at communication, and are pragmatic and efficient in solving clients’ pain points.'

Key clients

  • Yangtze River Delta Investment(Shanghai) Co.,Ltd
  • Shanghai Insurance Exchange
  • Minsheng Tonghui Asset Management Co., Ltd.
  • Hengfeng Bank
  • Bank of Communications International Trust Co., Ltd.
  • China Bohai Bank Co., Ltd.
  • Stephenson Harwood Singapore
  • Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS
  • Pacific Asset Management Co.,Ltd.
  • Taiping Asset Management Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai Gold Exchange
  • China Trust Registration Co.,Ltd
  • Datong Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Cedar International Trust
  • China Taiping Insurance Group Ltd.
  • Shanghai Guotai Junan Securities Asset Management Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • AIA Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.
  • Zhongtai Trust Co.,
  • Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
  • Bank of Tianjin
  • Minsheng Financial Leasing
  • Everbright Financial Leasing
  • Industrial Bank Financial Leasing Co., LTD.
  • Jiangsu Financial Leasing
  • State Grid International Leasing Co., LTD.
  • Bank of Beijing Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
  • ABC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
  • CRCC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
  • CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited
  • China Minsheng Trust
  • Stephenson Harwood Shanghai
  • Stephenson Harwood Hong Kong
  • Lau, Horton & Wise LLP
  • Watson Farley & Williams LLP
  • Mayer Brown
  • Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
  • CMB Financial Leasing

Work highlights

  • Advised the Bank of Beijing Financial Leasing Company on the first USD vessel financial lease project.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tonghai Wang, Rui Li, Hui Xia