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Bidlake brings more than 18 years of experience to leverage the law firm’s public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practice in Asia.

From Indonesia’s resource-rich, onshore EV supply chain, to Hong Kong’s suite of sophisticated primary market products, experts assess the opportunity on offer to both regions’ capital markets, following formal signature of a strategic partnership between HKEX and IDX last week.

The bank has provided funding to a Hong Kong-based insurtech firm, OneDegree.

The move reduces exchange-rate risk and could encourage the accumulation of renminbi funds overseas over time, observers believe.

The US regulator’s latest crackdown on crypto exchanges is harmful for those looking to expand in the US, but beneficial for Asian markets looking to become global crypto hubs, observers note.

The bank has expanded its Greater China tech lending facility to support regional innovation alongside the rollout of debut venture debt capabilities.

In January, the government of Hong Kong announced Apac’s largest US dollar green bond issuance to date. It has since made headlines with other innovative green bond deals.

Investors can tap China’s interest rate swap markets directly through a pioneering derivatives mutual market access programme.

The law firm has highlighted private capital, energy transition, ESG, tech and cyber risk, as strategic focus areas.