Praised as ‘commercial, practical and efficient’, the ’excellent team’ at White & Case acts for lenders, sponsors and borrowers on big-ticket, cross-border transactions across Greater China and the wider APAC region. ‘Top notch’ Eugene Man leads the team and maintains a strong track record in structured private debt and credit financing mandates, in addition to leveraged finance matters in Greater China. Baldwin Cheng counts private equity funds among his key roster of clients, and Clara Shirota, who splits her time between the firm's Hong Kong and Tokyo, advises on deals concerning leveraged acquisition and take-private finance, refinancings, dividend recapitalisations and restructurings, debt buy-backs and bank/bond transactions. Sabrina Lee is another key contact in the group.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Excellent team. Commercial, practical and efficient.’

  • ‘Eugene Man is top notch. Swift to act, quick to come up with solutions and reach a good outcome for both parties.’

  • ‘One of the best teams in the market. Technically excellent. Responsive, commercial, super-helpful and has a great bench. First rate in all respects.’

  • ‘Eugene Man is an excellent partner, responsive, commercial and very helpful. Excellent operator and a market leader.’

Key clients

  • Advent International
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Barclays Bank
  • BDO Unibank
  • BNP Paribas
  • Brookfield Asset Management
  • Carlyle
  • CBC Group
  • Citigroup
  • CMOC Group Limited
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Dignari Capital Partners (HK) Limited
  • DigitalBridge GroupE. Sun Commercial Bank
  • First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC
  • Gaw Capital Partners
  • ICBC International Finance Limited
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Oaktree Capital Management
  • RRJ Capital
  • TA Associates
  • TPG Capital

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Eugene Man

Other key lawyers

Baldwin Cheng, Clara Shirota, Sabrina Lee