Baker McKenzie’s leading banking and finance practice represents major clients, including Taiwanese and international banks, investment funds, corporate borrowers, and government agencies in relation to a broad spectrum of banking matters. The team is particularly well known for its expertise in bank mergers, infrastructure project financing, private equity investment vehicles, property development, and the securitisation of property portfolios. With considerable experience, particularly in project financing matters, Justin Liang continues to lead the department alongside Hao-Ray Hu, who specialises in advising financial service clients on licence applications, post-acquisition integration and bancassurance transactions. Bee Leay Teo‘s broad practice covers asset, structured and trade finance as well as derivatives. Evangeline Wang also plays a key role in team, including on syndicated lending facility cases. The team continues to act as local counsel to DBS Bank (Taiwan) Ltd in connection with its acquisition of the consumer banking business of Citibank Taiwan Limited.
Testimonials
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‘Our engagement partner, Hao-Ray Hu, always give us impressive on his professional in this practice. ’
Key clients
- HSBC
- Cigna
Work highlights
- Acted as Taiwan counsel to HSBC Bank Taiwan on its 15-year extension of their exclusive bancassurance distribution agreement with Allianz.
- Acting as the local counsel to assist DBS Bank (Taiwan) Ltd. in relation to its acquisition of consumer banking business Citibank Taiwan Limited.