Owen Chan

Owen Chan

Office Managing Partner Corporate & Finance

Hong Kong

+852 2219 0888

[email protected]

Languages

English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Owen Chan

Overview
Experience
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Owen Chan is commended for his ‘professional knowledge’ and ability to gain regulatory approvals in the PRC.
Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2014

Owen Chan leads a bilingual team of international banking and finance lawyers based in Hong Kong and Mainland China, working with international financial institutions, PE funds, and multinational companies on their most complex and structured cross-border transactions.

China is now the world's second largest economy and its rapid development has attracted strong inbound investments and spurred large scale outbound acquisitions. Financing such investments and acquisitions requires a good understanding of onshore and offshore law and regulations. Owen and his team have vast experience in cross-border acquisition finance, real estate finance, structured finance, and restructuring. As a result, the firm is highly regarded for its leading Greater China finance practice.

Owen has been recognized as a leading individual in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, IFLR 1000, and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Owen Chan has been highly active in the outbound market for Chinese bank clients
Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2015

Representative experience

Acting for a syndicate of 25 banks led by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Citigroup, HSBC and Mizuho Bank as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in relation to the US$4.65bn term and revolving facilities to the Tencent group.

Acting for China CITIC Bank International Limited in the HK$1.49bn term loan facilities for financing the share acquisition of a property-holding group, supporting its redevelopment of a commercial building in Hong Kong.

Advising a syndicate of banks led by Citicorp in relation to a USD800m term loan refinancing to Luxshare Precision Limited, a subsidiary of the listed company Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Advising Citibank as lender and arranger on a U$1.1bn financing for the acquisition and take-private of a US listed company (Kemet Corporation) by a leading global electronic firm listed in Taiwan (Yageo Corporation).

Acting for a syndicate of 17 banks led by HSBC, China Construction Bank (Asia), Bank of China (Hong Kong), BNP Paribas Hong Kong branch, Chong Hing Bank, China Minsheng Banking Corp., Goldman Sachs, Hang Seng Bank, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered Bank in relation to HK$6.076bn and US$559m dual-currency term loan facilities granted to the Hong Kong-listed property developer, Country Garden Holdings.

Advising Strategic Property Fund Asia SCSp (an open-ended real estate fund managed by JP Morgan Asia) on its US$75m financing by way of a hybrid revolving credit facility from ING Singapore to be used to fund investments and working capital needs.

Advising a syndicate of lending banks led by Standard Chartered Bank in a US$200m financing to a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCPD for the development of a grade A office building in Indonesia, supported by onshore and offshore security.

Advising Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds on the US$97 million offshore facilities and RMB410 million onshore facilities for real estate investment in Shanghai.

Acting for Gaw Capital in relation to the HK$780m financing and refinancing of the renovation and re-branding of The InterContinental Hong Kong into Regent Hotel.