Acting for major domestic and foreign banks, Jingtian & Gongcheng’s core practice areas range from international commercial loans and structured finance, to debt restructuring, derivatives, non-performing assets, private banking and retail banking services. The team is also experienced in advising on commercial banks’ general daily operations, syndicated loans, financial leasing, and project, acquisition and trade finance. In Beijing, the expertise of financial business group head Jiejiang Wu encompasses credit facilities, restructuring, and acquisition, cross-border, syndicated and bilateral financings; Hongjiu Zhang is a securities, banking, corporate finance and M&A specialist; and Cheng Shen advises on aviation finance, financial regulatory, and domestic and cross-border financing. Fei Liu leads the banking and finance team in Shanghai. Guobing Ren in Beijing is also noteworthy as is Matthew Ching who excels in project finance matters.
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‘Professional, efficient, and careful. Able to provide legal services with guaranteed quality and quantity.’
‘Shulan Lin provides very efficient and professional legal services from the entire contract drafting to finalising stages. She is able to provide constructive reference opinions from the perspective of the client and other industry experts. The communication is efficient and pleasant.'
Key clients
- Fubon Bank
- Bank of Communications Financial Assets Investment
- KEB Hana Bank
- United Overseas Bank
- Cathay United Bank (Taiwan)
- Bank SinoPac (Taiwan)
- Fubon Bank
- China CITIC Financial Asset Management Co
- Bank of Communications
- China Development Bank
Work highlights
Advised Cathay United Bank, Citi Bank and UOB on an onshore-offshore parallel refinancing for Blackstone's portfolio.
Assisted CITIC Trust Co with the establishment of CITIC Trust -Lingfeng No. 119 Fixed - Income Trust Plan for the Chengdu - Chongqing Economic Circle.
Advised the client on a project contract loan that was made to a foreign subsidiary of Anhui Jiangnan Chemical Industry Co.
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Cheng Shen
Practice head
Jiejiang Wu
Other key lawyers
Hongjiu Zhang; Cheng Shen; Fei Liu; Guobing Ren; Li Li; Shulan Lin; Matthew Ching