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Provided by Baker McKenzie

With locations in financial centres and emerging markets, Baker McKenzie’s Banking & Finance Group advises on complex financing transactions and regulatory matters across borders. Our locally-embedded, globally-experienced lawyers bring deep sector expertise and an innovative and commercial approach to offer a seamless, end-to-end experience for clients and deliver maximum value to stakeholders in the global financial markets.

Our practice is highly regarded for its proficiency in acquisition and leveraged finance, restructuring and insolvency, financial services regulation, Islamic finance, structured finance, project finance, trade and export finance, real estate finance and securitization.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Banking & Finance - Asia-Pacific Region

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie has a respected team with an impressive spread of offices across the Asia-Pacific region and established associations with firms in jurisdictions such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Its notable Tokyo office is also respected for the capabilities to provide both domestic and international advice, while the overall law firm is highly regarded for matters involving Thailand, Singapore and China. The firm is able to advise on regulatory compliance issues across a wide array of jurisdictions. The team is prominent in the fields of project and real estate finance across a range of jurisdictions and capable of advising on high-profile cross-border issues. It has strong acquisition finance expertise across the region and is able to offer advice on Sharia-compliant financing.

Notable practitioners

Tokyo-based Gavin Raftery, Singapore-based Emmanuel Hadjidakis and Hong Kong-based Sally Hung are key contacts for the group.

Work Highlights

  • Baker McKenzie represented One Bangkok as the borrower's legal counsel for a THB50 billion long-term green loan provided by five of Thailand's leading financial institutions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

It has been a good journey with Baker McKenzie. They understand our business, are very prompt in their responses and if we need additional info their coordination has been quite seamless.

Banking & Finance respondent
Asia-Pacific

We value the firm's expertise, high level of professionalism and customer-centric approach. The services it provides exceed our expectations.

Banking & Finance respondent
Asia-Pacific