King & Wood Mallesons
Client SatisfactionClients turn to the 'professional, responsible and dedicated’ team at King & Wood Mallesons for advice on cross-border financings, in addition to major loan facility matters and syndicated loans. The practice is led by Richard Mazzochi, an experienced finance lawyer whose expertise extends to subscription finance, ESG-related issues and carbon trading in Asia. David Lam’s strength lies in cross-border lending involving China, while Jessica Zhou handles a range of loan financing matters.
Testimonials
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‘David Lam and Jessica Zhou are key to the banking and finance practice in the office. They lead an experienced team to provide clients with excellent legal advice, very often with essential knowledge of the PRC market and PRC clients. Their team excels particularly in understanding issues involving complex PRC issues and provides clients with legal solutions to commercial problems.’
‘Strong and solid ties with their China practice makes it very convenient to gain insight on China market trends and practices.’
‘David Lam is great to work with and provides legal advice that is both professional and pragmatic.’
‘Very professional, responsible and dedicated. For complex cases involving multiple laws, they are good.'
‘The team is client-oriented and with technical excellence.’
Key clients
- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited.
- Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, a German development finance institution and a subsidiary of German credit agency KfW.
- Macquarie Real Estate Partners SCSp, MREP UK AIV SCSp, Macquarie Real Estate Management (Australia) Limited as trustee for MREP AI AIV Shared Asset Trust and Macquarie Real Estate Management (Australia) Limited as trustee for MREP FI AIV Shared Asset Trust.
- DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
- Ping An Bank Co., Ltd.
- Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
- GF Holdings (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited.
- China CITIC Bank International Limited.
Work highlights
- Acted for Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft as mandated lead arranger in a cross-border loan to finance projects to increase access to fresh water in rural areas, reduce water waste and increase energy efficiency.
- Assisted multiple banks with providing Hong Kong University with over $5 billion HKD funding.
- Advised Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited in relation to a total of €350m facility to Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. for the refinancing of existing financial indebtedness, its general corporate needs and, in respect of the green loan tranche, financing or refinancing its investment in green projects.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Mazzochi