King & Wood Mallesons is a Hong Kong-based international firm that was formed as a merger between PRC firm King & Wood, Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques, and UK firm SJ Berwin. It has
more than 2,000 lawyers and 23 offices worldwide. Apart from Hong Kong, the firm also has mainland offices in Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Suzhou.
The Sino-Australian venture is a dominant player in China’s legal market. It is the only international firm that can practise PRC law and so a go-to counsel for A-Share, H-Share, and panda bond transactions. The firm is also strong in projects, private equity, finance, M&A and structured finance and securitisation – especially in Korean cross-border ABS deals, cross-border auto loan securitisations and retail structured products.
Key clients of the firm include Wise Road Capital,
Lingyi iTECH,
Jingdan New Energy Investment,
China Merchants Bank, State Power Investment, China International Capital, Baidu, SenseTime Group, China General Nuclear Power, Geely, Macquarie, CNOOC, Sinopec and Zhongman Petroleum.
Client
feedback:
32nd edition (2022/2023)
“King & Wood Mallesons
has expertise in
the structured finance area. They are professional and full of
energy and spirit. They are good at solving
complicated problems and assist the client to reach the goal.”
“KWM is very professional in the area. They gave us
much good advice and reminders on potential risks.”
