Greater China Region Guide 2026 : China
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Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Our Hong Kong Banking and Finance team has experience in all aspects of commercial banking and finance, including corporate lending, real estate finance, trade finance, receivables financing, private credit finance, structured finance and project finance transactions. We advise on matters ranging from highly structured debt arrangements to vanilla loans. We have built a strong reputation through our detailed knowledge of the complex laws in the specialist field of cross-border finance, our extensive experience of working in the region, and our commercial and practical approach.
We act for over 30 domestic and international banks. We regularly oversee the drafting and negotiation of finance documents and the provision of related regulatory advice for banks, financial institutions and corporates. We have also advised major banks in Hong Kong on the enforcement of security and distressed debts sale and distribution, as well as on preparing investment and derivatives product documentation for corporate and retail banking customers.
We work closely with our international team consisting of 150+ banking and finance lawyers across the globe and our ability to draw upon our international legal experts in other product areas means that we can offer our clients on all aspects of their finance transactions.
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Eversheds Sutherland's Hong Kong-based team is a trusted lender-side counsel to a number of banks and financial services clients, advising on domestic and international lending, including syndicated lending. The team is also experienced in trade finance, real estate finance and project finance. It also capably advises corporates as borrowers.
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Eversheds Sutherland advised a consortium of banks including Hang Seng Bank and Bank of Communicated (Hong Kong) on extending a revolving facility of up to HKD1 billion to SEA Holdings.
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Their willingness to listen to the pain points and concern of related parties, and getting urgent deliverables ready within short notice of time are some of their strengths.
The staff of Eversheds are very professional with strong commitment to complete the required tasks while balancing any risk noted.
The Eversheds team consistently deliver quality work and excellent service. They are very agile and patient, responsive and commercially sensible.
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Samuel Chau is experienced in advising both borrowers and lenders on sophisticated financing transactions, bringing to bear over 20 years' experience handling a diverse range of matters.
He always provides professional advice on a timely basis. He is very approachable.
Samuel Chau is a noted expert on Hong Kong, PRC and Asia-wide banking and structured finance transactions.
His ability to orchestrate seamless cross-border execution sets him apart. His advice isn’t just legally sound, it’s pre-engineered for our business reality.
Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Michael Yau
Head of Department
Tom Van Hoof
Samuel Chau
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Practice area: Banking & Finance (International Firms)
Location: China
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