DeHeng Law Offices‘ team is consistently mandated by Chinese policy banks, foreign financial institutions and commercial banks to advise on large-scale financing transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. The team’s specialisms encompass acquisition, project, aviation and ship finance, along with lender-side restructuring and enforcing cross-border credit facilities. In Beijing, Zhang Xu’s practice includes syndicated loans, export credit agency financing, and structured lending for both financial institutions and corporate borrowers; Sisi Shen is experienced in structured and real estate finance; and Yanning Yang is an aviation and shipping finance specialist. The department also includes asset finance practitioner Yang Yecheng. Xu and Yang co-head the team.
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Key clients
- China Development Bank
- The Export-Import Bank of China
- China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- Nanyang Commercial Bank (China)
- Bank of China (Hong Kong)
- Agricultural Bank of China
- Bank of Communications
- Bank of China
- ABC Financial Leasing Co
- Hengqin Winglet Aircraft Technology Company
- CCB Financial Leasing Corporation
Work highlights
Advised a PRC state-owned policy bank on a RMB1bn loan, which it advanced to a large telecoms operator in Turkey.
Advised China Development Bank Hainan Branch on a RMB400m loan that it advanced to Halcyon Agri Corporation.
Advised ABC Financial Leasing Co on its purchase of two Airbus A320neo aircraft from Aviation Capital Group, and the leasing of the aircraft to Colorful Guizhou Airlines.
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Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Zhang Xu
Practice head
Zhang Xu; Yanning Yang
Other key lawyers
Yang Yecheng; Sisi Shen