Stephen R. Eno is a partner in the Banking and Finance Practice Group with his main focus on general banking and restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Eno is often recommended as a leading practitioner in his field by several legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific, PLC Which lawyer?, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries and is accredited by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre as a general mediator.

Practice Focus

Mr. Eno devotes most of his practice to matters relating to general banking and debt restructuring. He provides sound advice to industry clients — including financial institutions and troubled companies — on creditors’ rights, as well as financial and regulatory issues.

Representative Legal Matters

• Represented ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited on a HKD3.8 billion term loan and revolving credit facility granted to Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust for refinancing and corporate funding purposes.
• Advised Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited on a number of term loan facilities to various corporations.
• Acted for the steering committees representing groups of banks and other financial institutions with exposure to financially troubled publicly listed groups.
• Acted for financially troubled publicly listed groups in negotiating and documenting restructuring arrangements with banks and other financial institutions, which involved companies with assets in China and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region.
• Advised financial institutions on documenting local and cross-border loan facilities both on a syndicated and single lender basis and, in particular, in the areas of property financing and takeovers.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Law Society of England & Wales
• Law Society of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Society of Notaries

Admission

Hong Kong (1984)
England & Wales~United Kingdom (1980)

Education

College of Law, Chester  (S.F.E.) (1978)
University of Kent at Canterbury  (B.A. Law) (1977)