the firm's attorneys in asia have also provided services on challenging cross-border corporate finance transactions encompassing mergers and acquisitions, loan and leasing agreements, convertible debentures, public offerings, options, licensing, subordinated debt, pledges, guaranty's, banking documentation, bonds, deeds, as well as advising financial institutions on bullion securities, options and derivative transactions. the firm has successfully provided legal consultation to well-known french, american, swiss, singaporean, british and other banks, including divisions of the world bank. the firm has managed major loan agreements and leasing transactions, including the finance leases of aircraft by banks for mongolia airline miat and for chinese airlines. the firm’s experience includes assisting a mongolian bank issuing bonds by a mongolian company for the first time on the singapore exchange. in addition, the firm has provided counsel and services for hundreds of major direct foreign investment matters in asia, including drafting the first insurance joint venture contracts in china, establishing major power plant contracts, and has assisted in establishing hundreds of corporations, representative offices, joint ventures and wholly owned foreign companies in asia.