Banking & Finance
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 1
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+852 2846 1888Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie has a respected team with an impressive spread of offices across the Asia-Pacific region and established associations with firms in jurisdictions such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Its notable Tokyo office is also respected for the capabilities to provide both domestic and international advice, whilst the overall law firm is highly regarded for matters involving Thailand, Singapore and China. The firm is able to advise on regulatory compliance issues across a wide array of jurisdictions. The team is prominent in the fields of project and real estate finance across a range of jurisdictions and capable of advising on high-profile cross-border issues. It has strong acquisition finance expertise across the region and is able to offer advice on Shari'a-compliant financing.
Tokyo-based Gavin Raftery, Singapore-based Emmanuel Hadjidakis and Hong Kong-based Sally Hung are key contacts for the group.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow acted as lead counsel to the MLAs, including MUFG Bank, on a USD1.1 billion syndicated green loan facility provided to Indian Railway Finance Corporation.
- Baker McKenzie advised AirTrunk on all aspects of the development and landmark green loan financing of its second data centre in Japan, a 110+ MW facility strategically located in western Tokyo.
- Baker McKenzie advised the mandated lead arrangers, joint social loan coordinators and lenders (CTBC Bank, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, State Bank of India and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) on a USD1.1 billion syndicated social loan facility to Housing Development Finance.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team has sufficient depth and breadth to cover simple and complex transactions. The Baker McKenzie network is also very wide and connected, which is useful for multi-jurisdictional transactions."
"They have a high level of understanding of their clients' businesses and are flexible enough to propose realistic countermeasures."
"They have excellent domain expertise in their practice areas. Their partners are hands-on in transactions and their associates are dedicated, hard-working and know what they are doing. Turnaround time and quality of work are fantastic."
"The team has sufficient depth and breadth to cover simple and complex transactions. The Baker McKenzie network is also very wide and connected, which is useful for multi-jurisdictional transactions."
"They have a high level of understanding of their clients' businesses and are flexible enough to propose realistic countermeasures."
"They have excellent domain expertise in their practice areas. Their partners are hands-on in transactions and their associates are dedicated, hard-working and know what they are doing. Turnaround time and quality of work are fantastic."