Dentons Hong Kong

Structured Finance

Jeff Chen heads the structured finance practice at Dentons Hong Kong LLP with pan-Asia coverage on cross-border transactions.

Jeff has over 20 years' experience in Asia as a legal practitioner in all areas of fixed income, including securitization, structured notes, derivatives, private structured debt, distressed debt, and project finance.

Jeff has enjoyed prominent league table rankings throughout his career:

• Leading lawyer (Band 3) in Capital Markets: Securitisation in the 2024 Chambers & Partners Greater China Guide
• Leading Individual in Structured Finance and Securitisation in the 2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide
• Highly regarded lawyer in Capital markets : Structured finance and securitization in the 2024 IFLR1000 Asia Pacific Guide
• Winner for Fixed Income Lawyer of the Year in China chosen by Leaders in Law – 2023 Global Awards
• Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer in Thomson Reuters2021 survey of global senior in-house counsels
• Lead lawyer on IFLR 2020 Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year (with the same nomination on another deal in 2021)
• Leading lawyer in the 2008 IFLR Global Guide to the World's Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers

Co-Chair, Committee on NPL Securitization, China Securitization Forum Asia-Pacific Legal and Regulatory Committee of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Professional Advisory Board, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong Member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

George Washington University School of Law, JD The University of Michigan, M.A. The University of Michigan, B.A.