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Madison Pacific Trust Limited (“MPTL”) is a premier independent provider of an extensive range of trustee and other agency roles including escrow, custodial, fund administration and management, directorships and company secretarial services throughout Asia Pacific. Our mission is providing the highest quality of service and responsiveness to our clients.

Our directors are all qualified legal or accounting personnel with over 20 years of expertise (law firms, accounting firms and insolvency practices). This in-house experience means clients benefit from our ability to act in a range of complex scenarios.

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. 

Our lawyers across the Greater China region have built robust cross-border investment, energy, resources and infrastructure and corporate practices, regularly advising PRC-based institutional and corporate investors on investments, deals and projects across Belt and Road countries and beyond.  Specifically, we have experience advising on the financing, development and construction of large scale infrastructure projects, the operational issues of power generation and resource extraction activities, joint ventures, capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions of infrastructure and resource companies, and litigation and arbitration in connection with the business activities of clients operating in Belt and Road markets.  

Our award-winning Belt and Road work is frequently covered by international media outlets.  Moreover, our clients deals, such as COSCO Shipping Lines Corp. Ltd and Lianyunguang Port Holdings Group Ltd’s joint investment into the SEZ Khorgos-Eastern Gateway project, have been recognized by the PRC Government as model Belt and Road deals.   

To learn more about how we can assist you, please visit www.klgates.com.

CTBC Bank’s operations include deposits, loans, guarantees, foreign exchange, offshore banking units (OBU), trusts, credit cards, cash cards, securities, bonds, proprietary futures, derivatives, factoring, safe deposit boxes, electronic banking services, and the national lottery. Faced with the challenges of financial liberalization and an increasingly globalized marketplace, CTBC Bank took the initiative to increase service locations both in Taiwan and abroad. In 2014, we have a total of 147 branches within Taiwan and 100 outlets (representative offices, branches, and subsidiaries and their branches) overseas. Our many locations in the US, Canada, Japan, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China make CTBC Bank Taiwan’s most international financial institution.

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.

Hogan Lovells has made a significant commitment to servicing the legal and business needs of our clients in Asia Pacific for nearly 35 years. They are the eighth largest international law firm in Asia.

They have one of the strongest networks in Asia Pacific, with over 240 lawyers, including over 50 partners, based in their offices in Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Ulaanbaatar. In Singapore, they operate as a joint law venture with leading Singapore firm, Lee & Lee. They are the first international law firm with permanent representation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

They regularly act on complex matters involving their clients’ regulatory affairs, multi-jurisdictional transactions and business ventures as well as some of the most high0profile commercial disputes in the region. Demonstrative of this they received over 30 awards for their work in 2014.

Hogan Lovells in Asia Pacific has significant depth of legal knowledge and resource in many key industry sectors, including, energy, natural resources and infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, financial services, TMT and real estate.

DZ Bank Group is the 4th largest banking group in Germany, ranked 54th internationally. We are a AA-rated bank. As of the 31-Decemeber-2014, DZ Bank Group's consolidated total assets amounted to ‎€ 402.5billion. The Bank is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has offices around the world's major financial centres. In Asia, DZ Bank have presences in four cities, including branches in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as representative offices in Beijing and Mumbai

The Commonwealth Bank is Australia’s leading provider of integrated financial services including retail banking, premium banking, business banking, institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. The Group is one of the largest listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange and is included in the Morgan Stanley Capital Global Index.

American Appraisal is now Duff & Phelps.

In February 2015, American Appraisal was acquired by Duff & Phelps. The transaction bolsters Duff & Phelps’ world-class valuation capabilities, adding professionals in more than 50 offices globally. As a result, Duff & Phelps significantly expand its geographic footprint in Europe and Asia.

Founded in 1896, American Appraisal, is a global valuation-consulting firm providing independent fair market valuation of real estate, machinery & equipment, entire business, intangible assets including brands, IPR & goodwill, equities, derivatives and other financial assets for investment, financing, accounting compliance and management decision making purposes. It has over 50 offices in 24 countries including, in Asia, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Taipei, Singapore, Mumbai, Bangalore, and New Delhi.

Allen & Overy is an international legal practice with approximately 5000 people, including some 525 partners, working in 45 offices worldwide. More specifically relevant to the Belt and Road initiative, we have a leading projects practice, which comprises of 70 partners globally and includes some 205 lawyers. The group advises sponsors, governments, construction companies and lenders on projects and project financings across energy, infrastructure, mining and telecoms throughout the world. We provide our clients with a fully integrated service on all aspects of project work, drawing on and mobilising Allen & Overy’s specialist skills to assist in all relevant areas of law. Our lawyers win praise for their technical ability as well as their commercial approach and can provide a comprehensive service in numerous areas, including advising on joint ventures, project structures (BOT, BOOT, DBFO, DBFM, PPP, 3P, PFI and others), conducting legal due diligence, risk allocation and reviewing the ‘bankability’ of project agreements, financing arrangements (bank and bond) and relevant security packages and considerations across the globe. We have consistently closed more project finance deals globally than any other law firm since 2000 and are recognised as ‘top-tier’ in all the major legal directories. We have already been asked to pitch on various projects in relation to the Belt and Road Initiative and have recently been mandated on a matter.

We have a wealth of experience globally on energy and infrastructure projects and have attached our APAC brochure with some highlights of our work. Please note that we have experience covering many jurisdictions, so ask not to be limited to specific markets. Our infrastructure experience covers a wide range of areas including airports, bridges, ports, rail, roads, stadia, social infrastructure, telecom, waste and water.