Banking, Finance and Insurance

Providing legal services to various commercial banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions has been one of the major practice areas since the foundation of the Firm. Our attorneys have accumulated substantial legal practice experience in this area by advising numerous international and domestic commercial banks, asset management firms, security issuers, investment and trust, companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions. We have a specialty team advising on bank loans, regulatory compliance, guarantee, project finance, asset restructuring, security issuing and finance related dispute resolution.

The financial institutions the Firm has advised or is currently advising include: The People’s Bank of China (Central Bank of China), Morgan-HSBC Bank, Aon Insurance Group, Bank of China, China Import and Export Bank, China Construction Bank, Guangdong Development Bank, China Import-Export Insurance Company, Taikang Life Insurance Company, Hurong Asset Management Co. and Xinda Asset Management Co., etc.

Experience & Capabilities:

• Providing specialty legal services on bank credit and loan management, loan contract drafting, risk management and project finance and other transactions;
• Conducting due diligence, document drafting and reviewing for bank and finance institutions on issuing security, funds and other financial products;
• Advising on bank and financial institution’s restructuring concerning restructuring design, legal documentation and rendering related legal opinions as required;
• Advising and representing clients in obtaining and processing government approval for financial operation;
• Providing structure design for project finance, syndicated loan arrangements, risk control and legal issue analysis report, participating project negotiation and document drafting and reviewing;
• Advising on setting up and operating as well as managing the investment fund;
• Acting as legal counsel on trust projects and providing trust fund related legal services;
• Representing clients to resolve various financial and insurance related disputes at arbitration tribunal and court hearings.