Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Legal Services | Mainland China, China
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517- 520 South Office Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre | No. 1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District | Beijing | Mainland China | 100020 | China

Overview

Beijing, China’s capital city is home to most of the 95 Chinese enterprises included in the 2014 Fortune Global 500 and many of the largest companies in China. Our Beijing office is located in the heart of Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD) and a short walk from major international hotels such as the Westin Chaoyang, the Kempinski and the Four Seasons.

From our Beijing office, we strive to build the best team for each client, by using a multidisciplinary approach that combines knowledge, experience, language and individual strengths. The lawyers of our Beijing office not only have the profound knowledge of the industries like energy, infrastructure, oil and gas, power, mining, automobile, railway, aviation, manufacturing and sales, financing, etc., but also have the knowledge, experience and multi-language capacities required to serve each transaction. The multi-language capacities in Chinese, English, French and Spanish have enabled the Beijing office to provide efficient and effective services to our clients in their main markets like Africa and Latin America. With significant experience in international energy, mining, infrastructure and financing related matters, our lawyers handle a variety of complex transactions across multiple borders.

Our clients include a number of significant Chinese companies and banks conducting business in China and throughout Asia, as well as Chinese companies and banks that seek to establish and grow their presence internationally. Our particular experience over the past 13 years in China has been in the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas interests, infrastructure development projects and financing. Recently, our Beijing office has also rapidly expanded intellectual property (IP) practice focused on international IP transactions and protection.

Year this Office was Established: 2005
Lawyers Worldwide: more than 1000

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Hunton Advises on Emera US Finance, LLC’s $750M Senior Notes Offering

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented the Underwriters in connection with Emera US Finance, LLC’s (the “Issuer”) SEC-registered offering of (i) $450 million 4.500% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and (ii) $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.200% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Emera Incorporated (“Emera”) and Emera US Holdings Inc.The Issuer is owned indirectly by Emera...

Hunton Advises on Complex REIT Capital Raise by Guidance Short-Term Income Trust

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented Guidance Short-Term Income Trust (GSTIT), a Maryland REIT, in connection with its initial equity offering through a private placement of its common shares of beneficial interest.  The transaction marks the launch of the REIT’s first capital raise to support its investment strategy of investing in a diversified portfolio of newly-originated, Shariah-compliant home finance assets (Finance Assets) in the US. The complex offering, which is believed to be the first private offering of Finance Assets by a REIT, is a further example of Hunton’s ability to advise on unique structures by leveraging its multidisciplinary REIT platform...

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