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Banking & Finance (International Firms) - China
What the Team is Known For
King & Wood Mallesons' banking and finance team provides comprehensive advice on Greater China-focused transactions, advising on Hong Kong and PRC law as well as English law. The team draws on expertise from teams based in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, and it is especially active on corporate financing in the aviation and technology sectors. Active across a broad range of work spanning from refinancing and bridge lending to acquisition finance, it handles matters for both domestic and international banks and corporate borrowers, with a client base consisting of large China-based enterprises and corporations.
Strengths
Their partners have great knowledge of the topics and can explain the issues in detail for anyone to understand.
They are eager to help and willing to work with us to offer constructive solutions to the problems we face.
Work Highlights
King & Wood Mallesons acted for HSBC and Citigroup Global Markets Asia as mandated lead arrangers on a three-year EUR200 million term loan facility to Forwell International.
Notable practitioners
David is very professional and always delivers quality work.
David is our go-to expert on China cross-border financing matters. He has in-depth industry knowledge and can give very technical analysis while delivering messages in a commercially friendly way.
Richard Mazzochi is head of the King & Wood Mallesons banking group in Hong Kong and is a popular choice for banks and other clients in the financial services sector.
Richard exhibits a remarkable level of proactivity and helpfulness in guiding us through the complexities of the legal landscape.
Richard gives us good guidance in emergency situations and we rely heavily on his professional advice.
Jessica is able to provide up-to-date market advice.
He is a tough negotiator and has a client-first approach, but he is very commercial and negotiates professionally against the other side.