The ‘responsive and proactive’ team at Baker McKenzie FenXun leads in aviation finance, real estate finance, and project finance, along with growing strength in leveraged and acquisition finance, fund finance and private credit. Andrew Lockhart heads the team from Hong Kong, while Simon Leung handles cross-border financing matters from both Hong Kong and Beijing. In Beijing, Duan Cui focuses on China related outbound banking and finance matters. Grace Li is a key name in Shanghai, working with both domestic and international banks on their financing and business operation matters.
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Testimonials
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‘Very familiar with the private credit industry, can give valuable advice on individual issues.'
‘The team is familiar with onshore PRC legal requirements and have a good understanding of foreign lenders' concern, thus able to provide advice and guidance to a syndicate with good mix of local and foreign banks.’
‘The team is very responsive and proactive in addressing borrowers' and lenders' concern. The team not only has good expertise of onshore credit market but also the growing cross border financing market which is apparently more complex in terms of legal and regulatory requirements.’
Key clients
- China CITIC Bank International Limited
- China Lesso Finance Limited
- CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Limited
- Securities and Futures Commission
- Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
- China Construction Bank Corporation, Sichuan Branch
- PT Huafei Nickel Cobalt
- China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Hefei Branch
- China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Branch
Work highlights
- Acted for China Construction Bank Corporation, Sichuan Branch on Sinosure covered term loan facilities extended to PT CHENGTOK LITHIUM INDONESIA, to support the development and construction of a production line.
- Acted for China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Hefei Branch and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Branch in the aforesaid facility for financing the development of a 50 MW wind power plant in Kazakhstan.
- Advised a syndicate of 15 lenders in the debut syndicated loan financing to New Development Bank (NDB).
Lawyers
Next generation partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Andrew Lockhart
Other key lawyers
Simon Leung; Grace Li; Duan Cui