金杜律师事务所澳大利亚办公室迎来银行和融资业务合伙人林永耀律师,进一步扩充并提升跨境融资业务实力。
Asia's top tier international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has strengthened its cross-border finance capability with the appointment of Banking and Finance partner David Lam.
林永耀律师在跨境融资业务领域拥有18年的执业经验。林律师深入了解中国内地和香港特别行政区客户的需求,并积累了较为广泛的客户资源。
David brings 18 years of cross-border finance experience coupled with a deep understanding and connectivity with clients in Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China.
凭借流利的普通话、广东话和英语等语言优势,林律师在处理中国境外跨境贷款融资方面(尤其是与中国相关的交易)积累了丰富的经验,协助贷款人、担保人和企业借款人处理众多的融资交易,其中包括收购融资、首次公开发行前融资、房地产融资、冲击融资、一般银团和双边贷款、重组以及不良贷款等。
Fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, in addition to English, David has built an effective practice focussed on cross-border loan financing outbound from China where he has advised lenders, sponsors and corporate borrowers on a wide range of financing transactions including acquisition financing, pre-IPO financing, real estate financing, impact financing, general syndicated and bilateral lending, restructuring and non-performing loans, with a particular focus on PRC-related transactions.
对于林律师的任命,金杜中国管理合伙人王玲表示:"欢迎林律师回归金杜全球合伙人团队!林律师的回归,是金杜为客户持续提供全球化法律服务,并以卓越的跨境专业服务获得市场认可。"
Commenting on David's appointment, KWM China Managing Partner, Wang Ling said: "We are very much looking forward to welcoming David back into the KWM global partnership. David's appointment reflects the firm's continued focus on providing a truly global offering, and one that is known for its preeminent cross-border expertise."
金杜香港银行和融资业务合伙人马绍基补充说:"林律师与包括中资、国际银行和金融机构以及中国企业借款人在内的广大客户建立了深厚良好的关系,并备受客户认可。林律师的回归将进一步提升金杜跨境融资的业务实力,并加强金杜香港与中国内地的紧密联系。"
Richard Mazzochi, Partner, Banking & Finance added: "David has strong relationships with Chinese and international banks and financial institutions, as well as major Chinese corporate sponsors. He will play a key role in further strengthening our cross-border finance practice and deepening our link to Mainland China where David is highly regarded amongst clients.
林律师在高伟绅律师事务所开始执业生涯并在该所工作10年,随后以合伙人身份加入金杜香港办公室并在金杜香港工作8年,并于2019年出任安理国际律师事务所中国业务(澳大利亚)的主管。
David commenced his career at Clifford Chance, spending 10 years with the firm, before joining KWM as a partner in Hong Kong for eight years, followed by joining Allen & Overy in 2019 as Head of their China Desk (Australia).
林律师在促成金杜香港办公室成为基建融资促进办公室的首批律所合作伙伴之一方面发挥了举足轻重的作用。基建融资促进办公室由香港金融管理局设立,致力于促进"一带一路"倡议下的基础设施投资和融资。
David championed KWM HK in its successful bid to become one of the first law firm partners to the Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO), established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, to facilitate infrastructure investments and their financings under China's Belt and Road Initiative.
林律师是继金杜亚洲和欧洲办公室近期加入的12位新合伙人后的又一位合伙人。
David joins the 12 lateral partner hires in recent months across KWM's offices in Asia and Europe.