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Rankings published in 2026
Banking - Foreign
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Capital markets - Foreign
Tier 2
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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M&A - Foreign
Tier 2
45 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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CMS
4 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Cuatrecasas
4 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Garrigues
6 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Private equity - Foreign
Tier 3
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman - China
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Project development - Foreign
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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King & Wood
14 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Project finance - Foreign
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Deal Highlights
30 results30 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, BNP Paribas, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Communications, Commerzbank, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Agricultural Bank of China, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, DBS Bank
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, HSBC, Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas, CIBC, Citigroup
Underwriter
Minsheng Financial Leasing Co - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of Communications, Groupe BPCE, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole
Underwriter
China Construction Bank - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, ICBC, China Everbright Bank, Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Bank of China, CITIC Group Corp, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Central China International Capital Ltd, HSBC, Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd
Underwriter
Mega Wisdom Global Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, CITIC Group Corp
Underwriter
China Industrial Securities International Financial Group Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of Communications, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, CEB International Capital Corp Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital, China International Capital Corp, Bank of China, CISI Financial, China Minsheng Banking, CITIC Group Corp, Guosen Securities Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Guoyuan Securities Co Ltd, Zhongtai International Securities Ltd, Chiyu Banking Corp Ltd, Industrial Bank Co Ltd
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of Communications, Bank of China, Citigroup, BNP Paribas, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Mizuho Bank, HSBC, China Everbright Bank, CITIC Group Corp, Crédit Agricole, SPDB International Capital Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Haixi Overseas Investment Co. Ltd. - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
China Everbright Bank, Dongxing Securities Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Agricultural Bank of China, Goldbridge Hong Kong Securities Ltd, Fosun Hani Securities Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd
Underwriter
China Cinda Asset Management Co - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
ANZ Bank, CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Agricultural Bank of China, China Minsheng Banking, Bank of China, Standard Chartered Bank, Credit Suisse, China Huarong Asset Management Co, Central China International Capital Ltd, Bank of Communications, Dongxing Securities Co Ltd, China Merchants Bank, China Cinda Asset Management Co, BNP Paribas, ICBC, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, China Securities Co Ltd, Mizuho Bank, Deutsche Bank, DBS Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd
Underwriter
Sichuan Development (Holding) Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of Communications, China Everbright Bank, Bank of China, Central China International Capital Ltd, Bank of East Asia, China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd, China Merchants Bank, China Minsheng Banking, Industrial Bank of Korea, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital, China Securities Co Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Guosen Securities Co Ltd, TF International Securities Group Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, Standard Chartered Bank, Huatai Securities Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, Shenwan Hongyuan Group
Underwriter
China Construction Bank - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, Bank of Communications, Crédit Agricole, ANZ Bank, Mizuho Bank, China Minsheng Banking, CSC Financial Co Ltd, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, China Merchants Bank
Underwriter
Huzhou Moganshan High-Tech Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CEB International Capital Corp Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, BOSC International Co Ltd, Soochow Securities Co Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd
Underwriter
Yunnan Communications Investment & Construction Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
ICBC, China Everbright Bank, CISI Financial, China Minsheng Banking, Glory Sun Securities Ltd, Industrial Bank Co Ltd
Underwriter
Beijing Energy Group Co - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
KGI Bank
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
UBS, China Minsheng Banking, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, Bank of East Asia, Bank of Communications, CITIC Group Corp, China Everbright Bank, ICBC, Industrial Bank of Korea, HSBC, Mizuho Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
CSI Properties Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CSI Properties Ltd
Issuer
Jinan Hi-tech Holding Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Jinan Hi-tech Holding Group Co Ltd
Issuer
China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd
Issuer
Tangshan Jidong Cement Co - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Tangshan Jidong Cement Co
Issuer
Central China International Capital Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, China Minsheng Banking, Central China International Capital Ltd, ICBC, CISI Financial, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, China Everbright Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, Bank of China, Standard Chartered Bank, Orient Securities, Citigroup
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Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
ESG
Lawyers at A&O Shearman and Vinson & Elkins say that judges are approaching statutory interpretation differently following Loper Bright, but they are still paying attention to government arguments
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
M&A
Paolo Nastasi, managing partner for Italy, delves into Q1 market trends, deal structures and how the firm is driving growth at a practice level
Regulations must be effective, not excessive, says OCC chief Rodney Hood
M&A
As the European Commission seeks input on updating its 20-year-old merger rules, focusing on traditional competition metrics will no longer be enough, lawyers say
The UK managing partner reflects on her career and discusses the opportunities ahead for the firm, particularly in leveraged finance
Partner Tom Grant discusses the legal innovation behind the first Solvency II-compliant restricted tier 1 bond issuance in Portugal and how it can help the firm to win more work
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