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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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Key clients

  • China Development Bank
  • The Export-Import Bank of China

Work highlights

Advised a PRC state-owned policy bank on a RMB1bn loan, which it advanced to a large telecoms operator in Turkey.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Zhang Xu
Zhang Xu
Practice head

Zhang Xu; Yanning Yang

Other key lawyers

Yang Yecheng; Sisi Shen