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Zhou Hongkai

Hongkai Zhou

Partner

Hongkai advises leading banks, leasing companies, other financial institutions and shipowners on financing and leasing of ships and offshore installations. He has worked on transactions involving GIEK, Hermes and K-Sure, and has been working extensively on transactions involving ECAs in China. Hongkai also acts on broader banking work, encompassing corporate lending and acquisition finance.

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Awards and Recognition

(Hong Kong) - Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025

"Zhou Hongkai knows the market really well. He knows the players and is really pragmatic in the way he approaches problems and negotiations.”

Chambers Asia Pacific 2024

(Hong Kong) - Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024

Shipping: Finance

Chambers Global & Greater China Region

Biography

Languages - English, Mandarin
Jurisdiction(s) - Hong Kong, England & Wales

 

Hongkai is a finance partner with experience in banking and asset finance.

He has worked on a full range of finance transactions in the maritime and offshore sectors. His expertise lies in international ship finance including ship registration, ship sale & purchase, shipbuilding contracts and structured ship finance and leasing.

He also advises on PRC-specific ship finance issues. His experience includes advising on the financing of the UK's biggest rig construction project for decades.

Hongkai is qualified to practice in England & Wales and Hong Kong.

 

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