Stephenson Harwood
Key areas of expertise for Stephenson Harwood include asset finance, including shipping, aviation and real estate, in addition to syndicated lending, structured finance, trade finance, fintech, investment products and secured and unsecured lending. Katherine Liu leads the team and frequently advises banks on regulatory and compliance issues. Other key members include Elton Chan, who acts for both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of corporate lending matters, as well as Anna Kwong, an expert in trade finance and commercial banking. Of counsel Teresa Tsoi is praised as 'technically excellent and very diligent'.
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Testimonials
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‘Fast, efficient and knowledgeable. Willing to go the extra mile.’
‘The banking and finance team at Stephenson Harwood Hong Kong has the understanding and knowledge of the Japanese maritime industry and provides accurate and elaborate legal analysis of Hong Kong law and English law.’
‘SH is well-developed in Hong Kong market with an impressive reputation.’
‘One strength of SH is its flexibility on pulling adequate resources in helping urgent deals get across the line.’
‘Teresa Tsoi from SH has been extremely responsive and can always provide professional advice to us. She has very strong negotiation skills who can always work the best for the client.’
'A diverse team with great talent.'
'Teresa Tsoi is technically excellent and very diligent. She delivers high-quality legal documentation with high efficiency.'
Key clients
- Airstar Bank Limited
- Airwallex (Hong Kong) Limited
- Ant Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
- Ant Group Co., Ltd.
- Bank of Communications Co., Ltd
- Bank SinoPac Co., Ltd.
- BNP Paribas
- China Construction Bank
- China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited
- China Development Bank
- China Minsheng Bank
- CIB Leasing
- Cinda Leasing
- Credit Suisse
- CTBC Bank Co., Ltd.
- Futu Lending Limited
- Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited
- Haitong Leasing
- HKT Flexi Limited
- HSBC
- ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- JPMorgan Chase
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Limited
- OCBC Wing Hang Bank Limited
- PrimeCredit Limited
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)
- The Export-Import Bank of China
- United Overseas Bank Limited
- WeLend Limited
- Wells Fargo Bank
Work highlights
- Advised United Overseas Bank Limited on its HK$ 12.1bn refinancing of Shimao Group's Kowloon Tong (Hong Kong) residential development.
- Acting for Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch, Bank of Dongguan Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch, China Bohai Bank Co., Ltd.-Hong Kong Branch, China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch and China Zheshang Bank Hong Kong Branch on PRC on-shore guarantee and on-shore loans, which are a major product offered by many PRC banks in Hong Kong.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Katherine Liu