United Kingdom

10 DESIGN is an international award-winning practice of architects and creative talents with studios in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Edinburgh, Dubai, Miami, and London. 

We aspire to create innovative design solutions for multicultural projects, with economic and social integrity. 

The practice works at diverse scales, from the design of individual buildings to the planning of cities. We have expertise in the planning and design of projects in hospitality, residential, cultural, retail, commercial, education, aviation, and railway sectors.  

Our work focuses on context, both physical and social and the connections between new and existing urban fabric. We strive to provide opportunities to create living environments with positive impact far beyond site boundaries. 

Since its inception in 2010, 10 DESIGN has won over 70 international awards and major design competitions and has been ranked in the World Architecture Top 100 Architects since 2012. 

Embracing talent is part of 10 DESIGN’s ethos. We employ over 200 creatives from more than 30 nationalities, speaking over 30 languages and dialects.  This important cultural advantage brings diversity and creativity to 10 DESIGN’s work in around 60 cities across Europe, Asia, North America and the MENA.
 

Turner & Townsend is an independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management / quantity surveying and consulting across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. Since our business began over 70 years ago, we have developed the skills and experience that allow us to make a valuable difference to different projects and programmes. As one of the largest independent consultancies in the world, our market insight covers the full spectrum of industries, including some of the largest and most complex programmes across all sectors. Operating in over 130 countries around the world, our teams work together to tackle projects collaboratively to a common set of high standards to make sure you see results quickly. As we continue to grow our footprint we transfer knowledge between people, regions and sectors. This extensive knowledge and global experience helps us to think and innovate ahead of the market to deliver the best outcomes for our clients. With over 5,200 people operating 108 offices in 45 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximising value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets, making the difference to global and local companies throughout the region. We provide services to our clients in various sectors included but not limited to Power and Energy, Natural Resources, Water and Waste Management, Rail, Airports, Data Centers and Urban Development projects. These valuable experiences could be the backbone in the Belt and Road Initiative.

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.

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.

Taylor Wessing’s Hong Kong office provides legal services to companies doing business in Hong Kong, Greater China, and the ASEAN region. We also serve clients using Hong Kong as a platform for their regional and international investments.

As a European firm with 20 years presence in China, more than 1,200 lawyers at over 33 locations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and with our representative offices in the USA, Taylor Wessing offers world-wide top-quality, integrated legal and tax consultancy services to multinationals, SME and private clients. We focus on a number of key industries including Technology, Media and Communications, Energy, Life Sciences and Healthcare, and Private Wealth.

In association with HM Chan & Co, our combined offering enables us to provide a full suite of international and local commercial business law services in Hong Kong including corporate, merger and acquisition, capital markets, regulatory and compliance advice on inbound and outbound matters. Our Hong Kong and German qualified lawyers and tax advisors are fluent in English, German, Cantonese and Mandarin.

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.