Financing and Insurance

Mourant is a leading offshore law firm with expertise in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Jersey and Guernsey law.  

Our clients include many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices. We routinely work in partnership with the most prestigious international legal and accountancy firms. 

As one of the world's leading offshore law firms, our business is intrinsically connected to the global economy and the capital flows that support it. But our global perspective is far more than that. It's at the heart of what we do: the way we think, the way we organise ourselves and the way we deliver our services. 

We operate as one borderless firm, bringing our collective insights to each of our clients wherever in the world they have a presence. And we build trusted relationships with our clients and their advisers, underpinned by a set of client service principles that we call The Mourant Way.  

Our 'one firm, one team' approach means that we are uniquely positioned to leverage the skills and experience of a broader team, across Asia, US and European time zones to support the projects across the Belt and Road Initiative.

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.

Investment bank focused on advising on cross border mergers and acquisitions in Japan, China, South East Asia and countries of emerging Asia.

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.

We are a law firm with global influence. Our team of more than 1,500 lawyers covers 47 offices in 20 countries to support clients wherever law, business and government interact. We provide access to new knowledge, new markets and new expertise. 

With extensive local and regional positions in Eastern and Western Europe, North America, the Middle East and Latin America, plus our strong Asia Pacific presence in Greater China (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong), Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Perth Sydney, Darwin, we are well positioned to support clients on major infrastructure transactions and projects in connection with the “Belt and Road Initiative”. Our extensive global experience in infrastructure and commercial transactions, and international trade and public policy capabilities, enables us to provide comprehensive legal support to clients.

Holman Fenwick Willan is recognised as a leading global law firm advising on all aspects of international trade and commerce. Across 13 offices worldwide, our 425 lawyers provide a first-class service in advising a range of governments and some of the world’s leading companies on trade issues and major infrastructure projects, particularly within our core sectors of energy and resources, ports and terminals, shipping, aviation and construction. Many of our Partners are recognised experts in their fields and our dedicated projects group applies its sector expertise in advising from procurement, risk and quality management stage through to land tenure and management including negotiating concession agreements, financing, construction, on-going operations and maintenance and dispute management and resolution in relation to projects spanning the key global international transport routes and the trade zones including China, the Persian Gulf, Central and Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean and Europe. Our group also has specialists expertise in joint venture arrangements (both with government and private sector projects), creating structures for investment funds, advising on issues relating to real estate funds management, the sale and acquisition of companies and interests, project finance, structured finance and leasing, planning and regulatory approvals and dealing with governmental agencies. Our offices throughout Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe have particular expertise in assisting clients on major infrastructure projects in key emerging markets forming part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Since 1949, Baker & McKenzie have advised leading corporations on the issues of today’s integrated world market. we bring to matters the instinctively global perspective and deep market knowledge and insights through the most developed global platform in the legal profession, geographically and in the scope of our practice with unrivalled network of 77 offices in 47 countries.

In terms of our network in countries along Belt and Road Initiative, Baker & McKenzie owns offices in 28 cities of 23 countries which are involved in the Initiative. Those countries include: China, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippine, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, The Republic of Czech, The United ARAB Emirates, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam. Although we do not have an office in India, Baker & McKenzie's India Focus Group has been helping companies capture opportunities in India for over 50 years.

Baker & McKenzie’s Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai offices were established in 1974, 1993 and 2003, respectively. In total, the three offices are staffed by over 400 lawyers and professional staff. The Firm provides dedicated legal services across the broad spectrum of corporate law. Baker & McKenzie’s practice in Hong Kong and Mainland China is consistently ranked in the top tier within legal directories as well as industry surveys, and described as a leading or highly recommended firm in almost all categories of law.

Deacons is Hong Kong's own world-class law firm. With over 160 years of experience in providing legal services, our clients are assured of the integrity and stability of one of the region's oldest and most respected law firms.

We opened our first office in China in 1986 making the firm one of the first foreign law firms to gain a presence in the PRC. Since then, Deacons has established representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Our principal service areas include : Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, China Trade & Investment, Construction, Corporate and M&A, Employment & Pensions, Investment Funds, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Private Clients, Real Estate, Regulatory and Tax.