East Asia - Hong Kong

Herbert Smith Freehills

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Herbert Smith Freehills has a good reputation in the market advising across a range of high yield, investment grade, convertible and credit enhanced bonds for a varied mix of clients including Chinese SOEs, arrangers and trustees. As well as the traction he has with Chinese entities advising on offshore bond issuances, team head William Ku also continues to represent the Hong Kong government on its retail bond programmes, including its recent inaugural green bond.

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Key clients

  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority
  • Standard Chartered Bank

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Work highlights

  • Acted for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China's Government Green Bond Programme and the issuance of its inaugural HK$20bn retail green bonds.
  • Acted for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China's retail bond programme and the issue of the HK$45bn Silver Bond Series retail bonds.

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