BANKING & FINANCE

Managing Wealth

Modern banking and finance operations usually involve major transactions that cut across multiple jurisdictions. They require market-savvy advice to address the complex issues and take on the sophistication of financial products. You need technically skilled lawyers with both local know-how and significant experience in international banking.

Macau has a regulatory framework which simplifies business for economic operators. There are no restrictions on capital flows and its investment regime remains amongst the most open in the world. The last few years saw some of the larger companies building infrastructure which involved a good deal of foreign investment and the setting-up of many investment banks and branches of regional and international banks. There are no exchange controls in Macau, which means that some of the major players in Macau are traded on the Hong Kong exchange.

As other law offices in Macau, we provide advice on the full spectrum of legal and regulatory issues that face the finance services industry, including:

• loans and credit facilities provided by single or several banking institutions (syndicated loans) in secured or unsecured transactions, including the carrying out of statutory requirements;
• project finance;
• advising on financial products and general commercial banking, including debt and equity instruments, securitization, derivatives and structured financing;
• investment funds and trusts;
• regulatory advice concerning banking and other financial operations;
• litigation and enforcement matters;
• real estate finance;
• electronic banking and commerce;
• casino & gaming finance.