While demonstrating considerable proficiencies in regulatory based mandates, Baker McKenzie is also well-positioned to handle acquisition finance, asset finance, and financial restructuring, to name a few issues. The practice is led by Jingjin Guo, who possesses a wealth of expertise across aircraft financing, securitisation, and group restructuring. Another name to note is Tatiana Ayranova, who routinely advises banks, borrowers, and financial intermediaries on a diverse range of transactions.
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Key clients
- Commerzbank and SEB
- GTT Communications Switzerland SA
- Société Générale Hong Kong Branch
- Stack Infrastructure Switzerland SA
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Weatherford Worldwide Holdings GmbH
Work highlights
- Assisted a client with an internal group reorganisation of their sales and leases business activities conducted from Switzerland and restructured their existing financings in respect of rental tools charges with their banks and intragroup.
- Assisted a client with an intragroup refinancing of existing intragroup debts and debt restructuring, by preparing intragroup financing for the future and structure past multiple intragroup bilateral financings.
- Advised Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Frankfurt Branch, acting as arrangers, bookrunners, and original lenders, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, acting as agent, on an $810m term loan facility agreement for Clariant AG and Clariant Finance (Luxembourg) S.A.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jingjin Guo