Clifford Chance‘s capital markets team is co-led by Richard Gordon and David Clee in Sydney, and Mark Chan in Hong Kong, and also has team members based in Perth. It operates as a regional team collaborating with colleagues across Asia Pacific, offering deals structured according to Australian, Singapore, Japanese, US, English and Hong Kong law. The firm's focus is on advising financial institutions acting in arranger and manager roles on Australian debt issuance programmes, with additional expertise in acting as issuer counsel, specifically for banking clients.
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Work highlights
- Advised BNP Paribas as arranger on the technical update of Wesfarmers Limited's $3,000,000,000 medium term note programme.
- Advised Citi and HSBC as joint arrangers on the technical update of Fonterra's $4,000,000,000 medium term note programme.
- Advised Citi, HSBC and MUFG as joint lead managers on Chorus' issue of €500,000,000 3.625 per cent fixed rate notes due 2029 under its $2,000,000,000 euro medium term note programme.
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Gordon, Mark Chan, David Clee