盛德数十年来引领世界金融市场创新金融工具的发展,并且在创新方面的声誉一直延伸至亚太地区。在中国,本所的专业人士为金融服务行业的市场参与者提供法律服务。
资产为基础的债务融资、杠杆和结构性融资。
- 盛德律师为本地区及国际金融服务行业提供以下法律服务:
- 并购融资
- 资本重组
- 杠杆融资
- 商业地产融资
- 建设和开发贷款
- 以资产为基础的放贷
- 衍生金融工具
- 私募贷款工具
- 结构性融资
- 担保融资及无担保融资
自20世纪70年代证券化市场的开始,盛德律师在涉及多种资产类别及交易结构的结构性金融交易的发展中发挥主导作用。本所定期代表中国大陆、香港、韩国、新加坡、日本、台湾的创始人、发行人、协调人、托管人和中介人及世界各地的跨国客户提供法律服务。本所在房地产融资结构方面具有丰富经验,我们代表房地产融资的使用者、提供者和协调人,有限资源的结构性房地产融资交易也是本所重点领域之一。此外,我们积极参与房地产投资信托基金的组织、咨询及募资。
公司代表
盛德在各行业的融资项目中代表借贷方,包括农业企业、汽车、消费性产品、能源、金融服务、保健、保险、业主有限责任合伙企业、采矿、制造、石油和天然气、油汽输送管道、制药、房地产、零售、被监管公用事业、科技及电信行业等。本所与其它业务团队合作,在多项融资项目中引导公司客户确定结构并进行谈判,融资项目包括流动资金、首次公开发行前融资、高收益债券发行、私募融资、杠杆收购、资本重组、剥离融资、融资方案及破产后融资等。
项目融资及基础设施融资
盛德律师参与确定各类项目融资的结构并起草相关文件,包括采矿、电力、石化及液化天然气设备、炼油、替代性能源、管线、制造、高速公路、铁路终端设备及卫星电信等行业。本所代表各类项目参与方,包括开发、工程承包、次级债权人、债权投资人、高级债权人及服务供应商。我们了解不同项目参与方的需求并擅长提供能够平衡各方利益冲突的解决方案。我们熟悉建设、购电、燃料供应和运输、运营、维修及其它项目有关的合同。
债务及企业重组
盛德律师在各类融资交易中代表债权人和债务人,就提供融资方案和进行重组具有丰富经验,包括流动性融资、债权转股权交换交易、庭外销售过程、不良资产收购、破产融资、退出融资重组计划、破产出售等交易,并就复杂的债权人之间及次级债务问题进行解释、谈判并提供解决方案。
非常规资产融资
盛德协助客户确定融资交易结构并起草文件,不但涉及传统的抵押品组合如应收账款、信用卡、租约、库存、房地产、厂房及设备,也包括非常规且流动性不足的特殊金融资产,如卫星、煤炭出口应收账款、手机信号塔、服务商预付款、版税支付现金流、电影收入、未来现金流量、公用事业应收款、整体商业证券化及以生命为基础的合同性现金流等。本所经常开发创新型融资结构,包括依赖双边投资条约从而降低主权风险的融资结构。
结构性贸易融资
多年来,盛德律师代表金融机构及其他行业领导者處理了众多结构性贸易融资领域的交易,在大宗商品融资领域尤为杰出。 这些独特的担保交易结构,多为跨境交易,并涉及发达及新兴经济体的跨司法管辖区的担保事项。这些交易的形式包括:出口前融资、应收或预付款项融资、与回购义务挂钩的信贷延期、仓储融资、借款基础便利工具、生产设施融资。我们对于全球供应链融资方式的丰富经验,涵盖了一系列与自然资源相关的领域,包括:能源、金属、黄金、农业、畜牧,最近更涉及海产业。鉴于本行业的竞争特性,我们还专门就结构性贸易融资开展相互债权协议及从属协议的谈判。
Asset-Based Debt Finance, Leveraged Finance and Structured Finance
Sidley lawyers provide a full range of legal services to the regional and international financial services industry, including:
- acquisition finance
- asset based lending
- recapitalizations
- derivatives
- leveraged finance
- privately placed lending facilities
- commercial property finance
- structured finance
- construction and development loans
- secured and unsecured financings
Our lawyers are fully familiar with market loan documentation evidencing the aforementioned transactions, including secured and unsecured credit facilities, warehouse and repurchase lines, mezzanine loans, and intercreditor, participation, collateral agency, collateral trust and debt subordination agreements as well as equity enhancements of debt financings (such as warrants) and the regulatory and compliance hurdles imposed by new legislation and related regulations.
From the inception of the securitization industry in the 1970s, Sidley lawyers have played a leading role in the development of structured finance transactions involving numerous asset classes and transactional structures. We regularly advise originators, issuers, arrangers, trustees and agents from mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Japan and Taiwan as well as multinational clients from around the world. We have extensive experience with real estate financing structures representing both users of real estate finance as well as providers and arrangers. An area of focus has been structured real estate finance transactions involving limited recourse financing. We have also actively participated in organizing, advising and financing REITs.
Company Representations
Sidley also represents borrowers in a variety of financings throughout a wide range of industries, including agribusiness, automotive, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance, master limited partnerships, mining, manufacturing, oil and gas, pipelines, pharmaceuticals, real estate, retail, regulated utilities, technology and telecommunications. Working in tandem with other practice groups, we guide our company clients through the structuring and negotiation of a variety of financing facilities including working capital facilities, pre-IPO facilities, high yield debt issuances, private equity financings, leveraged acquisition and recapitalization facilities, spinoff financings, workouts and post-insolvency lending.
Project and Infrastructure Finance
Our lawyers have been involved in structuring and documenting a broad variety of project finance transactions, including mining, electric power, petrochemical and LNG facilities, oil refineries, alternative energy, pipelines, manufacturing, toll roads, rail terminal facilities, and telecommunications, including satellites. We represent all types of project participants, including developers, construction contractors, subordinated lenders, equity investors, senior lenders and service providers. We understand the needs of different project participants and are adept at crafting solutions that balance conflicting interests. We are also familiar with construction contracts, offtake contracts, fuel supply agreements, fuel transportation agreements, operating and maintenance agreements and other projects-related agreements.
Workouts and Restructurings
Sidley lawyers have significant workout and restructuring experience, on behalf of both lending and debtor clients, with respect to a variety of financing transactions. Our experience includes representing debtors and lenders in liquidity facilities, debt-to-equity exchange transactions, out-of-court sale processes, distressed asset purchases, insolvency financings, plan of reorganization exit financings, bankruptcy sales and the interpretation, negotiation and resolution of complex intercreditor and subordination issues attendant to these situations.
Financing of Esoteric Assets
We assist clients in the structuring and documentation of financing transactions involving not only traditional baskets of collateral such as trade receivables, credit cards, leases, inventory, property, plant and equipment, but also more esoteric, and often illiquid, specialty finance assets, such as satellites, coal export receivables, cell towers, servicer advances, royalty payment streams, film revenues, future flows, utility receivables, whole business securitizations and life contingent contractual cash flows. The financing of these assets is often facilitated by creative structures that we have developed such as reliance on bilateral investment treaties to reduce sovereign risk.
Structured Trade Finance
Our lawyers have represented financial institutions and other lenders on a range of structured trade finance transactions over the years, especially with respect to the financing of commodities. These secured, tailored structures are typically cross-border with multi-jurisdictional collateral issues to address, arising in both developed and emerging economies. The format might be one among several, including pre-export finance, the financing of receivables or payables, extensions of credit linked to repurchase obligations, warehouse finance, borrowing base facilities, and the financing of production facilities. Our experience with these forms of global supply chain financing has covered an array of natural resources: energy, metals, gold, agriculture, livestock, and recently even aquaculture. Given the competitive nature of this sector, we have also negotiated intercreditor and subordination agreements particular to structured trade financings.