Finance

Aircraft Finance

The 2000/2001 edition of the "Asia Pacific Legal 500" refers to Richards Butler Hong Kong as one of two firms in the top category advising lenders on aircraft finance transactions. Our team has represented the lenders on almost 50 of the total of 130 aircraft deliveries to China which have been supported by US Exim Bank, as well as on many European export credit supported financings and a wide range other aircraft finance transactions elsewhere in Asia and Europe including:

• operating leases;
• export-credit supported transactions;
• cross-border tax leases;
• Islamic finance;
• down-payment financing;
• other structured debt arrangements.

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• Andrew Brown

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Bank Lending

We advise both lenders and borrowers on syndicated and bilateral loans, secured finance, bond issues and other debt raising exercises in Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China and throughout the Asia Pacific region. The finance team has acted on power project financings, telecommunications financings, property finance and acquisition finance. In addition, we advise on banking regulatory and compliance issues.

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• Andrew Brown

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Debt Restructuring

The finance team has acted on many of the large financial restructurings which have taken place in Hong Kong in recent years. In particular, we represented the Guangdong Provincial Government and the companies within the Guangdong Development Enterprises Group on their comprehensive corporate and debt restructuring with a total deal value of almost US$6 billion. The transaction was awarded "Restructuring Deal of the Year" by International Financial Law Review. We can assist companies and creditors in connection with negotiations for workouts, standstill agreements, rescheduling of debt, resolution of default problems and handling bond-holder formalities and disputes.

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• Andrew Brown

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Ship Finance

We represent banks, ship owners (both private and state-owned), charterers, joint ventures and other commercial organisations in connection with all types of shipping finance transactions. We are familiar with the legal, regulatory and structural issues involved in owning, chartering, buying and selling and financing ships and we have established contacts which enable us to negotiate directly with governmental and export credit agencies as well as international, open and national ship registers.

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• Andrew Brown

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Structured Finance

We have extensive experience in cross-border structured and tax based and off-balance sheet financings and leasing transactions including Japanese, German, US and UK tax Leases, Hong Kong Leveraged Lease transactions, derivative products, credit derivatives and securitisations.

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• Andrew Brown

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