Ji Liu
Latham & Watkins LLPAble to call upon the expertise of lawyers with broad coverage across Hong Kong, US and English law, US heavyweight Latham & Watkins LLP is well-positioned to advise issuers and underwriters across a wide range of complex debt transactions originating in China and abroad. As well as regularly handling conventional debt issuances, including for Chinese SOEs, the team has developed particular strength advising on hybrid issuances, including convertible notes and equity-linked securities. Structured product expert Posit Laohaphan is particularly skilled in this field and combines a very strong understanding of equity-linked product technicals with their application under US regulations. Native Chinese speaking team head Ji Liu has vast experience at handling both investment-grade and high-yield debt issuances, including for PRC real estate and infrastructure development companies and industrial clients as issuers.
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Key clients
- Vingroup Joint Stock Company
- CNCB Capital / CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Limited
- China CITIC Bank International
- Huatai International Finance Limited
- Goldman Sachs
- Bank of America
- Morgan Stanley
- J.P. Morgan
- Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited
- New Hope Group Co.
- Yiwu State-owned Assets Operation Co.
- Suzhou New District Economic Development Group Corporation
- Bank of China, ICBC (Asia)
- ABC International
- China Securities International
- CICC
- Citigroup
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Ji Liu