East Asia - Hong Kong

Slaughter and May

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Led by Lisa Chung, Slaughter and May offers a ‘comprehensive and customised service’ covering a spectrum of financing transactions across diverse industries such as logistics, energy, real estate, and TMT. Aligning with the firm’s customary focus on borrower-side strategies, the team is particularly involved in advising corporates, including their financing linked to M&A considerations, along with capital markets and regulatory matters. In the regulatory domain, the team maintains a good relationship with key Hong Kong financial market regulators; several partners serve on various committees and regulatory bodies, enabling the team to leverage this expertise when guiding clients and delivering business-oriented solutions. The team boasts a leading ESG practice and has recently played a role in several ESG financings. Notably, the team advised on the largest sustainability-linked loan in the Asian real estate sector for Link Asset Management.

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  • ‘Slaughter & May traditionally has a strong banking and finance team in Hong Kong. They have a talented team that gets deals done efficiently. In particular, Lisa Chung is a star partner who can combine her technical legal analysis with a good understanding of practical business knowledge. ’

  • ‘Lisa Chung is extremely intelligent and often offers sound and practical solutions. She leads a strong team of lawyers with diverse experiences and excellent deal execution and management skills.’

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Key clients

  • Link Asset Management Limited
  • Xiamen Port Holding Group Co., Ltd.

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Work highlights

  • Advised Link Asset Management Limited (Link), the manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Link REIT), on its HK$12bn sustainability-linked loan facility with 16 leading international, regional and local banks (SLL).
  • Advising Xiamen Port Holding Group Co., Ltd as offeror on the certain funds financing entered into by its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Shia Ning Shipping Company as borrower for the cash required for the US$288,000,000 privatisation and delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Xiamen International Port Co., Ltd.

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