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HONG KONG<br />
<strong>Allen</strong> & <strong>Overy</strong> has been in <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> nearly 24 years. We are part of the Greater China team which<br />
also includes offices in Beijing and Shanghai. We help banks, financial institutions and multinational<br />
corporations to fulfil their commercial strategies in Greater China. Providing solutions based on<br />
our local and international experience, our team of lawyers draws on knowledge held by more than<br />
5,500 staff and 530 partners worldwide (as at figures of July 2012). We are based in 40 offices in 29<br />
countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East and South East Asia.<br />
“Our China practice lawyers advise<br />
on <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong>, UK and US law,<br />
offering clients an integrated<br />
approach across legal areas and<br />
jurisdictions.”<br />
With over 100 internationally-qualified lawyers,<br />
<strong>Allen</strong> & <strong>Overy</strong>’s China offices offer comprehensive<br />
legal services in the China market. Much of the<br />
multi-jurisdictional work performed by lawyers in<br />
each of these offices covers cross-border deals<br />
such as listing work for Chinese clients, inbound<br />
investment by international clients and outbound<br />
investment by Chinese companies.<br />
Our China practice lawyers advise on <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong>,<br />
English and US law, offering clients an integrated<br />
approach across legal areas and jurisdictions.<br />
The <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> office is the regional hub for<br />
<strong>Allen</strong> & <strong>Overy</strong> in Asia Pacific, servicing clients with<br />
businesses in Greater China, South Korea, Taiwan,<br />
the Philippines and South East Asia and our team<br />
also includes the U.S. China Group, based in New<br />
York and our China Desks in London and Paris.<br />
We pride ourselves on the service we offer<br />
to clients:<br />
• Our Greater China team is sensitive to all the<br />
local legal and related matters needed to maintain<br />
good working relationships with regulators and<br />
governments throughout the region<br />
• We hold an impressive track record in handling<br />
complex, high-profile and multi-jurisdictional<br />
transactions for multinational corporations,<br />
banks and financial institutions<br />
• Instant access to <strong>Allen</strong> & <strong>Overy</strong>’s regional and<br />
global resources enables the Greater China team<br />
to deliver timely and cost-effective services<br />
• Adopting a partnership style of working with<br />
clients, we seek to develop long-term<br />
relationships and an in-depth understanding<br />
of our clients’ business<br />
• We work proactively to explore commercially<br />
viable opportunities<br />
• We judge our success by the extent to which we<br />
satisfy our clients and motivate our people.<br />
Law capabilities<br />
• English law<br />
• U.S. (New York and federal) law<br />
• <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> law<br />
Key practice areas<br />
• Acquisition finance<br />
• Arbitration<br />
• Asset finance<br />
• China outbound investment<br />
• Commodities<br />
• Communications, media and technology<br />
• Debt capital markets<br />
• Derivatives<br />
• Employment<br />
• Energy and resources<br />
• Equity capital markets<br />
• Equity-linked capital markets<br />
• Funds<br />
• General corporate<br />
• General lending<br />
• Insurance<br />
• International arbitration<br />
• Islamic finance<br />
• Joint ventures<br />
• Litigation investigations/disputes<br />
• Mergers and acquisitions<br />
• Private equity<br />
• Projects and project finance<br />
• Real estate and REITs<br />
• Real estate finance<br />
• Regulatory, data protection, anti-corruption<br />
(including FCPA and UK Bribery Act)<br />
• Restructuring<br />
• Retail products<br />
• Securitisation<br />
• Structured finance<br />
03.04<br />
HONG KONG
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