Hong Kong SAR

White & Case has a long history in China, having established its first office in Hong Kong in 1978, and has been practicing in China for more than 45 years.

The Firm has a strong track record advising multinationals, regional players and local Hong Kong businesses in relation to their inbound and outbound legal needs, particularly clients looking to access Hong Kong's financial markets.

The heart of our Greater China debt finance and capital markets practices

Advising financial institutions, alternative capital providers and corporate borrowers across various sectors on a wide range of financing transactions. Ranked among the leading leveraged finance firms globally and a Tier 1 banking & finance firm in Hong Kong, we advise both public and private sector clients, including sponsors and lenders.

We work closely with international financial institutions and Chinese banks and borrowers complex capital markets transactions, including both debt and equity. We cover all aspects of capital markets deals, including high yield and investment grade bond offerings, liability management exercises, U.S. and Hong Kong initial public offerings and advice on reporting and compliance obligations of U.S. and Hong Kong listed companies.

Our regional private equity hub and M&A practice

Hong Kong serves as a hub for our regional private equity practice, with a deep bench of PE specialists advising global and Asia-Pacific-based alternative asset management firms, financial investors and their portfolio companies on complex, multijurisdictional transactions, including leveraged buy-outs, bolt-on and carve-out acquisitions, joint ventures, structured investments, take-private deals and other public company transactions in Asia-Pacific and worldwide.

Our Corporate/M&A team advises on a broad range of Hong Kong and cross-border M&A transactions involving both private and public companies in Hong Kong. The team has a long track record of drawing upon the support of our specialty groups across the firm including tax, antitrust, IP, regulatory, litigation and real estate to bring global breadth and local depth to bear on our clients’ most exciting opportunities and difficult challenges. Our M&A team works seamlessly with our investment funds lawyers, who have extensive experience advising clients on their fund formation, asset management regulation, tax matters and transactional needs, as well as advising investor clients on their investments across strategies and asset classes.

Comprehensive financial restructuring and insolvency services

Our Hong Kong Financial Restructuring and Insolvency practice offers comprehensive services across the full spectrum of distressed situations. We provide expert advice on all facets of corporate and financial distress, as well as restructurings, making full use of our global network. This includes tapping into the vast knowledge of our lawyers in related global practices such as debt finance, capital markets, dispute resolution, M&A, and more, ensuring clients benefit from a holistic approach to their complex restructuring, insolvency, and enforcement deals.

Dispute resolution platform

We represent clients in complex, high-stakes cross-border arbitrations, multijurisdictional litigations and related enforcement proceedings, including those involving insolvency and distressed debtor-related matters. We have extensive experience under the rules of major arbitral institutions such as the ICC and HKIAC, and represent clients in proceedings before the Hong Kong courts.

We also assist clients in managing investigations and compliance due diligence, across a wide array of critical issues, including data privacy and protection, international export controls/sanctions, corruption, fraud, and other financial crimes.