Global Law Office is one of the ‘Outstanding’ firms in banking and finance. The firm’s banking and finance team has extensive experience in onshore, offshore and cross-border financing work, covering bilateral and syndicated loans, project finance, acquisition finance, real-estate finance, asset finance, trade and ECA-backed finance. Lawrence Lin leads the firm’s banking and finance team. The firm’s corporate and M&A team got a further boost with the hiring of eight partners in the last 12 months.
Work highlights
Advised BOC Financial Asset Investment on its investment in BAIC Bluepark New Energy Technology.
Advised CDB Equipment Manufacturing Industry Fund on Inventchip Technology’s Rmb1 billion ($140 million) Series C round of financing.
Key clients
China Merchants Innovation Investment Management, Horizon Continental Technology, Zhejiang Crystal-Optech
Work highlights
Represented A.O. Smith in a series of patent infringement and patent invalidity disputes with Midea Group across multiple technological areas, including water purifiers and gas water heaters, providing comprehensive legal services.
Represented TNSG Biotech and its affiliates in a comprehensive legal service for a series of disputes globally with ChildLife, a US children's nutrition brand.
Key clients
Alphamab Oncology, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Ningbo Dreamfish Technology
Work highlights
Advised Orient Industrial and Financial Investment on completing the fundraising and registration of the Rmb3 billion ($420 million) Tongxiang Fund of Funds.
Advised Yankuang Asset in completing the fundraising and registration of the Rmb10 billion ($1.4 billion) New Energy Fund.
Key clients
China Guoxin, Cloudview Capital, Eastern Bell Capital
Work highlights
Advised Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company on the sale of its 30% stake in H3C Technologies to UNIS Group for a total of approximately $2.1 billion.
Advised a Chinese investors consortium on an international bidding transaction to potentially purchase controlling interest of a large mining project in Kazakhstan.
Key clients
Infore Group
Work highlights
Advised YXT.com, a Chinese digital corporate learning leader, on its IPO on Nasdaq. YXT.com is the first publicly listed company in China specialising in digital enterprise learning.
Represented Laopu Gold in its $116 million IPO on HKEX. Tencent, China Southern Asset Management and CPE Fund are the cornerstone investors in this IPO, who subscribed for $56 million of shares.
Work highlights
Advised Zhuhai Huafa Group on successfully arranging a syndicated loan of HK$4 billion ($510 million), marking the largest overseas syndication by a local state-owned enterprise of the year.
Acted as a PRC legal counsel for Bank of Communications to facilitate a three-year cross-border Rmb1.5 billion ($209 million) unsecured sustainability-linked loan provided to Jiangsu Financial Leasing Company.
Work highlights
Advised Beijing Infrastructure Investment on the establishment of the Beijing Suburban Railway Joint Development Group. This is an important milestone for the cooperation between the railway company and the Beijing Municipal Government.
Advised Beijing Jingtou Xingchao Real Estate on the issuance of Beijing Municipality Special Bonds for the renovation of shanty areas in the northwest of Dongba region, with Rmb7 billion ($978 million) in the last 12 months.
Key clients
Chengdu Gas Group Corporation, China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings, Dongfang Electric Wind Power
Work highlights
Represented numerous pharmaceutical companies in responding to a large-scale criminal investigation jointly initiated by multiple authorities, including the Public Security Bureau, the Healthcare Security Administration and the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau. This case marked the largest criminal investigation involving pharmaceutical company employees in recent years and one of the most impactful government compliance investigations in the pharmaceutical industry.
Assisted Trina Solar in securing ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System certification. Trina Solar is expected to be the first company in China’s photovoltaic industry to receive ISO 37001 certification.
Key clients
Chery Jaguar Land Rover, Zai Lab
