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James Ma is a Partner in the Paul Hastings Hong Kong office. He has over twenty year’s extensive experience in the international legal practice related to corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and banking and financings, with a focus on the structuring and executing cross-border transactions in the greater-China region and Asian markets. Mr. Ma’s practice focuses on leveraged financings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, investment grade and high yield bond offerings, medium-term-note programs, US and Hong Kong IPOs, privatization of public companies, real estate financings, trade financings, project financings, business reorganizations and refinancings, syndicated banking facilities, revolving and working capital facilities, letters of credit, secured financings and various hedging, securitization and derivatives. Mr. Ma represents large and medium sized stated owned enterprises, commercial companies, leading international investment banks, commercial banks (including major Chinese banks) and private equity funds in the structuring and negotiation of numerous business projects covering sectors such as commercial and residential real estate, hotel, energy, mining, heavy machinery, manufacturing, export and international trade, retail business, transportation, communication, high-tech, clean energy, biotech and medicine, textile, food and beverage, education, advertising and information technology. Mr. Ma is a native of China and is fluent in English.