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Provided by Freshfields

Please visit the Freshfields website for more details about our work in this category:

https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/capabilities/industries/financial-services/

https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/capabilities/services/leveraged-finance/

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Banking & Finance - Asia-Pacific Region

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Freshfields offers notable experience in complex cross-border financing on behalf of major blue-chip corporates and multinational financial institutions. It offers expertise in its Hong Kong office with regular instructions to handle transactions relating to Vietnam and Japan, especially Chinese outbound transactions. The firm frequently acts on syndicated and bilateral loans, as well as refinancings. It has a busy China-focused leveraged and acquisition finance practice acting for private equity clients on significant matters.

Notable practitioners

Daniel French, Thomas Ng and Celia Zhou in Hong Kong are key contacts for clients.

Work Highlights

Provided by Freshfields

  • Freshfields acted for Alibaba Group Holdings on the amendment and restatement of an existing syndicated USD4 billion term loan facility.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Each of the team members has the required experience to ensure that they can manage the work efficiently and get the deal through.

Banking & Finance respondent
Asia-Pacific

They have a good understanding of complicated deal structures and how to implement them on tight timelines. They are also very well organised, thoughtful and responsive.

Banking & Finance respondent
Asia-Pacific