STA Lawyers

Macao SAR

Analysis

Overview

Established in 2015, STA Lawyers boasts a highly efficient team of elite lawyers with solid theoretical foundations and practical experience in legal services. The firm's expertise extends across various sectors, with a particular focus on banking and finance, where they offer services including financial project management, mergers and acquisitions, investment and asset management, drafting confidentiality agreements, and assisting with financial institution licensing applications. Senior partner Hoi Tong (Fátima) Lam focuses her practice on commercial law, banking law, civil law, family law, and inheritance law.

Client feedback

“They are professional and efficient.” – Banking and finance

General business law

Work highlights

Advised underwriters on the issuance of treasury bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Macao SAR. The transaction, completed in October 2023, involved a Rmb50 billion ($7 billion) bond issuance, making it the largest single issuance in the Macao market to date. The firm provided legal counsel to the underwriters, ensuring compliance with Macao law throughout the process.

Key clients

Huafa Investment Holdings 2022 I Company, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau), Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance