China (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong)
We have been in China for over 30 years and, in 1993, were one of the first international law firms to obtain official approval from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Justice to register an office in Beijing. We have one of the most experienced China practices in the region, and have the ability to advise on Australian, German, Hong Kong, English and U.S. law matters.
Services in relation to the laws of the People’s Republic of China are provided by Allen & Overy LLP’s joint operation firm, Shanghai Lang Yue Law Firm. Read our brochure to understand how Allen & Overy Lang Yue supports clients either based in, or seeking to do business in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
We offer a substantial full-service practice from our three strategically located offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, advising clients on a broad range of national, cross-border and multidisciplinary deals and disputes. Our China practice provides a one-stop service to clients across a broad range of practice areas (including Corporate/M&A and Private Equity, Equity Capital Markets/IPOs, Banking and Finance, Antitrust/Competition, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory) covering a variety of sectors including Energy and Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Industrial and Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Transport, Life Sciences, Real Estate, Retail and Consumer Goods, and Technology, Media and Telecom.
Our China team has a robust understanding and extensive experience of the many practical and legal issues that our clients, both Chinese and international, face in China, and the majority of our lawyers are fluent in both English and Mandarin.
We also advise Chinese clients on their investment and business operations overseas. We have a strong reputation for cross-border work and multijurisdictional transactions, leveraging our network of international offices seamlessly and cost-effectively.
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Our experience
- The Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China
- The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
- Bank of China
- China Three Gorges International
- Global Investment Bank
- Morgan Stanley
- A global technology and media company
- Marine construction company Baggerwerken Decloedt en Zoon NV
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- China Resources Enterprise and China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company
- Duiba Group
- Reckitt Benckiser Group
- Ping An Group and Ping An Overseas Holdings, together with another investor
- Hong Kong International Construction Investment Management Group
- China CITIC Bank
- BMW
- Diageo
The Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China
- The joint lead managers in connection with the offering of USD6 billion sovereign bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China. This marks China’s biggest U.S. dollar-denominated bond issuance on record and is the largest Reg. S offering by an Asian sovereign to-date.
- The joint lead managers in connection with the offering of EUR4bn sovereign bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China. This is China’s first Euro-denominated bond issuance in 15 years.
- The joint lead managers and joint bookrunners in connection with the offering of USD3bn sovereign bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China.
- The joint lead managers and joint bookrunners in connection with the offering of USD2bn sovereign bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China. This is the first foreign currency bond offering by the Ministry of Finance since 2004
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
In connection with its USD1bn green bond issuance. This is the first issuance under the government’s HKD100bn green bond programme.
Bank of China
The joint lead managers in connection with the issuance of Belt and Road Initiative-themed USD3.8bn equivalent multi-tranche and multi-currency bonds by Bank of China Limited under its USD40bn medium term note programme.
China Three Gorges International
Global Investment Bank
Morgan Stanley
A global technology and media company
on various contentious and regulatory issues in Hong Kong, including on data privacy laws, content regulation, defamation and freedom of expression, judicial independence, and dawn raids.
Marine construction company Baggerwerken Decloedt en Zoon NV
in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of the Philippines, arising out of the cancellation of a EUR280 million infrastructure project. This was the first successful ICSID award obtained against the Republic of the Philippines.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
as joint administrators, on a dispute arising out of the distribution of the USD18 billion estate of Nina Wang, the largest-ever estate litigation in Hong Kong.
China Resources Enterprise and China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company
Duiba Group
Reckitt Benckiser Group
Ping An Group and Ping An Overseas Holdings, together with another investor
Hong Kong International Construction Investment Management Group
China CITIC Bank
BMW
Diageo
Our offices
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Beijing
Allen & Overy LLP Beijing Representative Office (UK)
46th Floor China World Tower A, No. 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue Beijing
Beijing
100004
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Hong Kong
Allen & Overy
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Hong Kong
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Shanghai
Allen & Overy LLP Shanghai Representative Office (UK)
15F, Phase II, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong
Shanghai
200120
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