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Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with 440 partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals and 4000 staff. We are a dynamic and ambitious firm with a network of over 50 offices and associated offices supporting clients to enter, operate and grow in emerging Belt and Road centres.

The firm specialises in the sectors that move, build and power our connected world and the insurance that underpins it and is recognised as a leading firm in key areas relevant to the BRI. We are specialists in Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial, Projects and Construction, Insurance, International Trade, Energy and Transportation, and have acted on matters in more than 80 countries along the BRI. We focus on providing a complete legal service to businesses and governments around the world. Our combination of sector expertise, commercial outlook and in-depth regional understanding ensures we provide our clients with a unique perspective. We are recognised for our work in fast-moving emerging markets, and for our history of managing complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions and disputes.

We are on the front line for our clients’ interests and business operations, all over the world. Where our clients go, we follow, to support their business needs.

For more information, please visit our website -  www.clydeco.com/belt-and-road-initiative

We are an international audit, tax and advisory firm committed to helping our clients confidently build and grow their businesses. We always seek to understand our clients and their environments, adjusting our recommendations and support accordingly.

Present in over 90 countries and territories, we work together as one team across borders and functions to deliver exceptional and tailored services. We combine our skills and expertise with both a global perspective and local knowledge to provide clients with a broad array of professional services in audit and accounting, as well as tax, financial advisory, consulting and legal services*. We empower our people to help clients make the most of opportunities, operate with conviction, and give confidence to their stakeholders.

Mazars is a multicultural and united partnership with shared goals, values and service standards across the world. We take pride in our technical expertise and the quality of our work. With over 350 highly skilled professionals in Mazars in Hong Kong, we operate as one integrated firm through 40 cities in China with more than 5,000 staff. We have the skills and the scale to serve clients of all sizes, across all sectors, while remaining agile, personal and distinct in our approach.

We approach every piece of work with independence, accountability and a social conscience, and we take responsibility for shaping a sustainable industry as well as helping build the economic foundations of a fair and prosperous world.

*where permitted under applicable country laws.

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.

Deloitte is one of the region's leading professional services networks with more than 16,000 specialists in 22 offices across the Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. Since establishing a presence in Hong Kong more than four decades ago, we have grown to more than 2,600 staff including 191 partners and gained extensive market recognition: 

· named to top tier in CICPA’s Comprehensive Assessment of the Top 100 Accounting Firms for 14 consecutive years 

· Central Banking Publications’ Advisory Services Provider of the Year 2019 

· Recognized as a leader in Information Security Consulting by Forrester 

· Awarded 5A Designation, the highest honor in China’s tax profession 

· China TOP5 Most Influential M&A Service Provider to Listed Companies 

Deloitte serves more than 80% of Chinese companies in the Fortune Global 500 and ranks No.1 in HK IPO and HKEX-listed company services.  

Deloitte offers innovative, one-stop BRI solutions across Audit & Assurance, Risk Management, M&A consulting and Human Capital advisory, helping Chinese and international businesses expand their global footprints. Bringing the full extent of our regional and global resources to bear, we provide deep insights into BRI markets and policies through research reports, participation in events including the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, as well as internal initiatives like our Belt and Road Roundtable and Deloitte with B&R WeChat campaign. Our insights and expertise in BRI projects has supported the expansion journeys of dozens of large SOEs including the Silk Road Fund, China Railway Group and State Power Investment Corporation.

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs around the world. Our Energy Infrastructure & Finance team is built around lawyers who have worked on some of the largest international infrastructure projects to have reached financial close, with many years of experience shared in a closely integrated working group. We provide legal advice on every aspect of complex infrastructure projects from the procurement strategy, tax structuring contractual documentation and risk allocation through to finance structuring. We are at the forefront of the infrastructure finance sector and deliver innovative solutions to clients on all aspects of financing infrastructure assets. The diverse range of sectors we cover includes roads; tunnels and bridges; heavy and light rail/mass transit systems; ports (including midstream oil & gas terminal facilities such as KNG liquefaction and regasification facilities oil storage and terminating facilities, etc.); airports; power plants; refineries and petrochemical plants; mines and smelters and other significant infrastructure transactions. We are well placed to advise on cross-border transactions through our network of offices as well as offering multinational clients a quality service throughout the markets in which they operate.

KPMG China is part of a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG operates in 155 countries and has more than 162,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

In 1992, KPMG became the first international accounting network to be granted a joint venture licence in mainland China. KPMG China was also the first among the Big Four in mainland China to convert from a joint venture to a special general partnership, as of 1 August 2012. Additionally, the Hong Kong office can trace its origins to 1945. This early commitment to the China market, together with an unwavering focus on quality, has been the foundation for accumulated industry experience, and is reflected in the Chinese member firm’s appointment by some of China’s most prestigious companies.

Today, KPMG China has around 9,000 professionals working in 16 offices: Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Foshan, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Xiamen, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR. With a single management structure across all these offices, KPMG China can deploy experienced professionals efficiently, wherever our client is located.

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

As the largest majority-owned risk advisory network in the industry, Aon deliver:

• Advice in managing risks associated with growing business along the belt and road countries
• Consistency and accountability for our multinational risk management services
• Global platform to empower strategic global risk management engagement
• Unparalleled market analytics to efficiently design state-of-the-art risk financing options
• China experts embedded within our local offices all over the world, and working as a global team to deliver resources to your operations worldwide
• 360-degree risk management services supporting China overseas investment, construction and infrastructure projects, in compliance with local laws and regulations

Our China Global Solutions (CGS) maintains a global network of dedicated Chinese national professionals that provide the best of Aon to the Chinese community, responding to the special needs of Chinese-owned businesses and their expatriate employees, no matter they are operating along Belt and Road countries for the first time, working to optimize risk management strategies, or in need of help navigating the changing international insurance regulatory environment.