Ruonan Duan > Latham & Watkins LLP > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
18TH FLOOR, ONE EXCHANGE SQUARE
8 CONNAUGHT PLACE
CENTRAL HONG KONG
Hong Kong

Position

Ruonan Duan advises clients doing business in Asia on corporate and finance transactions.

Ms. Duan helps both borrowers and lenders, including Chinese and international private equity firms, private debt providers, corporates, banks, and funds on a wide range of banking and finance transactions, including:

    • Leveraged finance
    • Property finance
    • Acquisition finance
    • Syndicated corporate finance
    • Restructuring and workouts

She has particular experience with the infrastructure, consumer, healthcare, real estate, and technology sectors and with executing deals in jurisdictions across Asia, including China, Korea, India, and the Philippines. Ms. Duan draws on her Mandarin fluency and five years practicing in the Shanghai office of a magic circle law firm to provide clients insight on regional market practice.

Ms. Duan is a member of the Young Leaders Committee of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association. As an active member of the Hong Kong community, she provides pro bono support, including as a volunteer at Equal Justice in Hong Kong.

Lawyer Rankings

China > Banking and finance: foreign firms

Latham & Watkins LLP‘s finance team has experience of complex acquisition financing transactions, syndicated loans, and leveraged lending. Andrew Bishop heads the team from Hong Kong and Singapore, advising private equity funds, venture funds, credit funds and strategic investors. Howard Lam, in Hong Kong, leads leveraged financing transactions, while Ruonan Duan primarily represents private equity sponsors and corporates.