Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP covers a broad range of banking and financing matters, including leveraged and acquisition financing, margin lending, funds financing and financial restructuring. Charles Ching and Graham Price jointly lead the team. Price has extensive experience advising on special situations loans as well as debt finance transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is one of the few specialist teams based in Hong Kong that can advise private equity sponsors, private credit funds, major institutional lenders and asset managers on a wide range of finance transactions, including cross-border leveraged financings, restructurings, special situations, direct lending, margin loans, real estate finance and corporate facilities.'
- 'The team is able to draw on an international network which has market-leading lawyers covering many of the world's top-tier global sponsors.'
‘Graham Price is an excellent practitioner. His pragmatic and commercially sensible advice is underpinned by excellent legal skills.'
- 'Graham is well supported by lead associate Isolde Tsukabayashi who runs transactions skilfully and efficiently and is friendly and a pleasure to deal with.’
Key clients
- Ad hoc group of holders of notes issued by China Aoyuan Group
- Ad hoc group of holders of notes issued by Shimao Group Holdings
- Advent International
- FountainVest Partners
- NWS Holdings
- Unitas PE fund
Work highlights
Advised on new finance instruments entered into as part of the successful restructuring of more than US$7 billion of offshore debt of China Aoyuan Group Limited and its subsidiary, Add Hero, including over $3 billion of offshore bond debt.
Acting for the ad hoc group of bondholders in relation to the proposed restructuring of more than US$6 billion of offshore bond debt issued by Shimao Group.
Practice head
Charles Ching; Graham Price
Other key lawyers
Isolde Tsukabayashi