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What the Team is Known For

A&O Shearman maintains a market-leading reputation for advising major lenders and borrowers on a diverse range of high-value and complex transactions. It represents a growing roster of Chinese banks and alternative credit providers. The law firm's experience spans structured finance, syndicated loans and leveraged and acquisition finance, and it is active on project financing as well as on lending to the real estate, automotive and TMT sectors. Clients benefit from the firm's impressive bench strength, with leading practitioners based in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, as well as access to a formidable global network of regional experts.

Work Highlights

  • The law firm advised EQT as the arranger and underwriter's counsel on a USD1.14 billion financing for its recommended final cash offer for the take-private of AIM listed Keywords Studios.

  • A&O Shearman advised the Hong Long Housing Society on its HKD12 billion five-year term and revolving syndicated loan facilities, which included a HKD3 billion social tranche.

Strengths

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The partners and associates are very responsive, and always help to propose win-win solutions in difficult situations.

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Their strengths lie in their industry and market knowledge. They are fully aware of what a company needs at each stage and is able to provide useful guidance on how to tackle issues raised by banks.

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Greater China Region

A&O Shearman is extremely experienced in handling various Greater China complex financing situations and providing thorough, comprehensive solutions from both legal and commercial perspectives.

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Notable Practitioners

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Roger Lui
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Roger Lui
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Eminent Practitioners
Roger Lui is well respected for his depth of expertise in the banking and finance sphere. He has a solid track record advising lenders and borrowers on corporate loans as well as real estate financing.

He has demonstrated broad and deep legal and regulatory knowledge as well as commercial considerations, and provided valuable advice that led to favourable outcome in many specific situations.

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Vicki Liu
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Vicki Liu
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Eminent Practitioners
Vicki Liu remains active in advising both borrowers and lenders on a variety of transactions. Aside from structured finance matters, she is also experienced in dealing with private credit transactions, including pre-IPO financings.

Vicki has high level of professionalism and she is a good communicator.

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Yvonne Ho
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Yvonne Ho
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Yvonne Ho splits her time between Beijing and Shanghai. She is held in high regard for her expertise in all manner of financing matters, especially in cross-border transactions. She is sought after by international and Chinese financial institutions.

Yvonne and her team have been very helpful in handling comments and documents from different lenders. Yvonne really understands what I want and she always provides very valuable advice.

Yvonne is very knowledgeable and experienced. She always brings solutions and provides ideas on how to tackle issues raised by different stakeholders and banks.

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Cindy Lo
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Cindy Lo
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Cindy Lo routinely advises on acquisition financing and structured finance matters, and is also noteworthy for her specialism in cross-border transactions and PRC matters. She is well regarded for her expertise in multi-currency credit facilities.

Cindy is very professional, very organised and very commercial in her thinking. She gives us very constructive and succinct advice. She seems to know what is going on in the market very well.

She is very commercial, understands the issues very well and digests what clients expect. She is careful and detail-driven. I love working with her!

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Matthew Bisley
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Matthew Bisley
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Matthew Bisley has vast experience advising international and regional clients on high-value transactions, especially acquisition and project financing. He is fluent in both English and Mandarin, being active in handling PRC-related financings.

Matthew is incredibly knowledgeable. He is exceptionally strong on the financial regulatory requirements in China. He's good at explaining these to to a non-Chinese company.

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Patrick Wong
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Patrick Wong
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Patrick Wong acts for banks and credit providers in a range of transactions, covering cross-border lending and refinancing matters. His presence in fund financing is also acknowledged by market commentators.

Patrick is a pleasure to work with. He is fair, and provides very commercial and practical advice.

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Daniel Tan
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Daniel Tan
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Up and Coming

Daniel Tan maintains a growing reputation for his work in leveraged and acquisition finance. He is frequently mandated by international banks and institutional lenders as lender counsel.

He is very knowledgeable and very commercial.

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Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
Roger Lui
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Roger Lui
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Vicki Liu
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Vicki Liu
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Eminent Practitioners
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Cindy Lo
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Cindy Lo
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Patrick Wong
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Patrick Wong
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Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms)
Daniel Tan
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Daniel Tan
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Up and Coming
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Banking & Finance: Mainland China-based (International Firms)
Yvonne Ho
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Yvonne Ho
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Matthew Bisley
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Matthew Bisley
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