Ashurst provides its broad range of banking and financial clients with cross-border knowledge alongside PRC law advice. Patrick Phua handles outbound and cross-border financings and heads up the practice. Eric Tan has extensive experience in a variety of lending and financing matters including government lending, pre-IPO, fund and real estate financing. Daniel Lau lends his expertise to outbound investments by Chinese companies.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team understands clients' needs and business objectives, the bank's position and are able to provide practical solutions.’
‘Eric Tan is very hands-on, easy to work with, willing to share market insights and very responsive.’
‘The team provides practical legal services at a reasonable price. The team has good commercial awareness and understands our commercial needs well.’
‘Daniel Lau is solution-oriented, provides practical advice and helps us bring transactions over the line. He is hands-on and is willing to get involved when needed.’
‘The partners are highly responsive and pleasant to work with. They are flexible with billing arrangements and focus on helping clients achieve their commercial objectives.’
‘The team led by Eric Tan is professional, technically proficient and efficient. They are sensitive to clients' needs and strong at providing effective and feasible solutions to complex issues. The advice they offer is reliable and clear.’
Key clients
- Standard Chartered Bank
- HSBC
- Banco Santander
- Natixis
- BSCOMC Limited
- BNP Paribas
- ICBC International
- China CITIC Bank and CITIC Securities Finance (HK)
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
- Shuifa International Holdings (BVI) Co. Ltd.
- CNCB Investment
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Patrick Phua
Other key lawyers
Eric Tan; Daniel Lau; Jennifer Lok