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Founded in 1896, Withers is a leading international law firm dedicated to serving the business interests of organisations. Comprised of over 160 partners across 17 strategic offices in Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, our lawyers are qualified to practice in the laws of several countries and work closely with colleagues around the world to provide seamless international services. Our firm can operate across multiple legal disciplines, time zones and jurisdictions. Legal services that we can advise on include: corporate, personal and corporate tax, intellectual property, dispute resolution, arbitration, immigration, real estate, wealth and estate planning. We have a team of experienced project finance lawyers who have worked on major project finance deals including in Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, CIS, Middle East and Africa across multiple sectors. The range of industries we have experience in include power generation and transmission, oil and gas, mining, transport, telecoms and agribusiness. We regularly advise clients from the early stages of project structuring on risk allocation between different counterparties, bidding procedures and concession agreements, as well as on project bankability and security arrangements. We also have significant experience advising lenders and borrowers on debt and equity investments by multilateral institutions in emerging markets. Our project finance clients include international banks, multinational borrowers, lenders, equity investors, project companies and state institutions. Our wide range of clients and jurisdictional coverage allows us to have a comprehensive understanding of the issues affecting our clients, and to come up with the relevant legal advice for their transaction.

Dezan Shira & Associates is a pan-Asia, multi-disciplinary professional services firm, providing legal, tax and operational advisory to international corporate investors. Operational throughout China, ASEAN, Vietnam & India, our mission is to guide foreign companies through Asia’s complex regulatory environment and assist them with all aspects of establishing, maintaining and growing their business operations in the region.
With 25 years of on-the-ground experience, the firm has grown into one of Asia’s most versatile full-service consultancies with operational offices across China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Vietnam, Alliance Partner firms in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, as well as liaison offices in Italy, Germany and the United States.
Our services include pre-investment and entry strategy advisory, comparisons of investment destinations, due diligence, corporate establishment, tax planning, accounting & reporting, treasury administration, financial review, internal audit & compliance, human resource administration & payroll, and ERP & financial system review.Dezan Shira & Associates is committed to improving the understanding and transparency of investing across Asia. The firm publishes significant and well received business intelligence about each of the markets and disciplines in which it operates in through its publishing subsidiary Asia Briefing Ltd.., which includes technical publications and highly rated websites concerning business investment in China, India, Vietnam, ASEAN and other Asian Countries along Belt and Road Area. Silk Road Briefing is designed to monitor investment and infrastructure developments and potential opportunities for foreign investors to participate along the "One Belt, One Road" scheme.

Sidley is a premier global law firm with a practice highly attuned to the ever-changing international landscape. With 1,900 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide, the firm has built a reputation for being an adviser for global business. We maintain a commitment to providing quality legal services and to offering advice in transactional, regulatory and litigation matters spanning virtually every area of law.

Sidley’s global Project Finance and Infrastructure team represent sponsors, lenders, investors, contractors, credit agencies and service providers across virtually every major industry including energy and infrastructure, alternative energy, electric power, mining and manufacturing, oil and gas, telecommunications and transportation. We have, for decades, assisted clients within the energy industry on corporate transactions, litigation, international arbitration, internal and government-related investigations, rate cases, reliability standards, enforcement actions, market manipulation, compliance matters and corporate restructurings. In addition, our market-leading Investment Funds practice is widely recognized for their significant transactional and regulatory capability in all key segments of the fund management market in Asia. We have deep experience in advising our clients on alternative investment structures related to infrastructure and energy assets.

Leveraging the firm’s vast network of lawyers across regions, we have been actively involved in projects, as well as transactional, regulatory and litigation matters in the Belt and Road countries including China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, the Middle East and Vietnam, etc.

Strong leadership in advising clients has earned us acknowledgment from numerous industry publications including Chambers, Euromoney and Who’s Who Legal. We were ranked as a first-tier firm in Project Finance and Energy in the 2017 U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Survey. Chambers Global 2017 also ranked Sidley as Band 1 in Mongolia in the General Business Law (Expertise-based Abroad) category. Our work on the Aboitiz Equity Ventures–CRH’s acquisition of Lafarge’s cement and building materials business deal was awarded “M&A Deal of the Year 2016” by Asian Legal Business.

Lockton is a global professional services firm with 6,500 Associates who advise clients on protecting their people, property and reputations. Lockton has grown to become the world’s largest privately held, independent insurance broker by helping clients achieve their business objectives.

Lockton Companies (Hong Kong) Limited, established in 1983 and controlling office of the Greater China’s operation of Lockton Companies LLC, is a leading provider of risk consulting, insurance broking services and employee benefits solutions to a wide range of businesses. Our operation today comprises of 140 experienced professionals and our operating divisions cater to our clients’ needs and offer them access to experts throughout Asia and around the globe.

Our Services: risk management, insurance & reinsurance solutions to: construction and property development, catering and restaurants, financial services, hotel and hospitality, innovation and technology, manufacturing, power and energy, professional Services, retail and trading, marine hull & P&I.

Dun & Bradstreet, the global leader in commercial data and analytics, enables companies around the world to improve their business performance. Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Cloud fuels solutions and delivers insights that empower customers to accelerate revenue, lower cost, mitigate risk, and transform their businesses. Since 1841, companies of every size have relied on Dun & Bradstreet to help them manage risk and reveal opportunity. 

D&B Belt & Road Solutions offer businesses the most comprehensive and actionable view on the 100+ Belt & Road economies with unparalleled depth and accuracy. With data coverage of 105+ million D&B-verified businesses along the Belt & Road, our solutions in risk management, country insights, data & analytics and supply & compliance are tailored to empower your organization to capitalize on the most profitable opportunities and gain a competitive advantage. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com.hk.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited ("ICBC (Asia)") is the flagship of overseas banking business of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ ICBC”) – currently the largest commercial bank in China. It is engaged in commercial banking, investment banking and other financial services including securities, insurance and funds, with a focus on commercial and retail banking as well as financial market related businesses.

ICBC Group has established a comprehensive network with operations covering 42 countries and regions globally. Through the collaboration with ICBC institutions, ICBC (Asia) is well positioned to provide services like syndicated loan, project financing and bond financing to support the high quality transportation infrastructure, energy development, transportation and logistics facility projects in Asia-Pacific and “Belt and Road” region.