Mayer Brown
Praised as ‘professional and responsive’, Mayer Brown‘s Hong Kong office has developed a market-leading reputation representing major Chinese companies on the full spectrum of banking and finance transactions. A significant proportion of the deal flows relates to syndicated lending mandates, including in the context of acquisition, asset finance, as well as within the real estate and energy sectors. The team focuses its attention particularly on the aviation industry, and practice head Richard Stock has led on many of the firm’s high-profile matters relating to assisting airlines, lessors and financial institutions to document aircraft and aviation-related transactions. Francis Chen is also a key contact for international banks and corporates in cross-border financing structures, and his recent highlights include advising HSBC on a variety of sustainable-linked loans facilities. Fanny Wang retired in April 2023.
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Testimonials
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‘Very professional and responsive. Can provide good legal opinion to client professionally and in timely manner. Good division of work and we can contact the relevant partner.’
‘The team must know the customer through the working knowledge which will cut down a lot of communication. As a result continuity in people and stability of the team is also important.’
‘Doos Choi works very well in protecting the interest of the client and know when to be flexible in agreeing points with counterpart. He is also firm in negotiation and will not easily give up.’
Work highlights
- Advised the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, as borrower, on its inaugural HK$4bn syndicated sustainability-linked loan facilities.
- Advised HSBC as the Agent on the transaction involved HK$8bn sustainability-linked revolving credit and sustainability-linked loans facilities.
- Advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as agent and social loan advisor, on its USD/HKD dual-currency syndicated social and corporate loan facilities to China Gas Capital Management Limited (the "Borrower"), guaranteed by its parent company, China Gas Holdings Limited (the "Guarantor").
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Stock