Fielding experts in onshore, offshore and cross-border financings, Global Law Office‘s Beijing-based practice covers the gamut of banking products, including bilateral loans, and project, acquisition, real estate and asset finance. The team, which acts for Chinese and international commercial and investment banks, as well as multinational financial organisations, also advises on trade and export credit agency-backed financings. Co-leads are Lawrence Lin who is an acquisition, project, aircraft and shipping finance specialist, and Xin Zhang who has notable energy, power, real estate and natural resources sector expertise. Further names to note are May Liu who specialises in international banking and financing, and Miller Wang who assists with financial leasing. Yalin Li routinely advises major Chinese and international financial institutions, while Shanghai-based Ben Zhong ’has in-depth PRC knowledge’.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Ben Zhong has in-depth PRC legal knowledge and experience (especially in real estate matters).’
- ‘Ben Zhong provides great assistance to clients.’
- 'May Liu and Zhang Xin are professional and responsive and can provide practical advice and solutions. They are always willing to listen to the needs of the client and be flexible to adapt to the same.'
- ‘Global Law Office is a well-established law firm in the PRC with longstanding history.’
Key clients
- ABN Amro Bank
- Credit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank
- Hong Kong Huafa Investment Holdings
- DBS China Limited, Shanghai Branch
- Asian Development Bank
- The Export-Import Bank of China
- The Standard Bank of South Africa
- Stanbic IBTC Bank
- Jiangsu Financial Leasing Co
- China CITIC Bank International
- CITIC Financial Leasing Co
- China Machinery Engineering Corporation
Work highlights
Advised ABN AMRO Bank and Crédit Agricole CIB on a large-value term loan facility.
Advised the client fon a syndicated loan of HKD4bn.
Advised DBS China Shanghai Branch on a bilateral loan refinancing.
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Practice head
Lawrence Lin; Xin Zhang
Other key lawyers
May Liu; Miller Wang; Yalin Li; Ben Zhong; Kunlin Wang; Minghao Xu; Li Zhu; Zhang Xin