Acting as a hub for Greater China-related capital markets work as well as mandates occurring more broadly across the Asia Pacific region, Mayer Brown's Hong Kong office has established a strong reputation among issuers, underwriters and trustees across a range of debt products, including high yield bonds. In a deal which involved the mobilisation of US and Hong Kong-based lawyers, a recent highlight was the firm's advice to Prologis on its inaugural "dim-sum" bond offering (which was particularly notable for being a rare example of such a bond being issued by a US-listed company). Jason Elder and Thomas Kollar , who co-head the team, were involved in the aforementioned matter, with both also being particularly skilled at undertaking work in emerging/frontier markets, including Mongolia and Indonesia.
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Key clients
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, BofA Securities, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS AG Singapore Branch, PT BRI Danareksa Sekuritas and PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk
- Prologis, L.P.
- Mongolian Mortgage Corporation HFC LLC and MIK Holding JSC
- Development Bank of Mongolia LLC
- BofA Securities, DBS Bank Ltd., HSBC, Mandiri Securities, Standard Chartered Bank, PT BRI Danareksa Sekuritas and PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk
- Shriram Finance Limited
- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Barclays and MUFG
- Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, CLSA Limited, Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd. Singapore Branch, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company Limited, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities (H.K.) Limited, China Credit International Securities Co., Limited, TFI Securities and Futures Limited, CEB International Capital Corporation Limited, CMBC Securities Company Limited, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Limited, Tai Fung Bank Limited and Fosun International Securities Limited
- Zhejiang Xinchang Investment Development Co., Ltd.
- Haitong International Securities Company Limited, Shanghai Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, CLSA Limited, JQ Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Zhongtai International Securities Limited and Zhonghui International Securities Limited
- Zhongtai International Securities Limited, Alpha International Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities (H.K.) Limited, SunRiver International Securities Group Limited, China Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong Branch), Hua Xia Bank Co., Limited Hong Kong Branch, Far East Horizon International Securities Limited, CEB International Capital Corporation Limited and Haitong Bank, Macau Branch
- Zhongtai International Securities Limited
- Guosen Securities (HK) Capital Company Limited
- HK Onlink Technology Co., Limited
- DBS Bank Ltd.
- GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Limited, China CITIC Bank International Limited, Dingxin (Securities) Limited, Alpha International Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, China Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong Branch), Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch, Hua Xia Bank Co., Limited Hong Kong Branch, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Limited and Pearl International Securities Limited
- Shangrao City Construction Investment Development Group Company Limited
- Shandong Qihe International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Work highlights
- Represented the joint lead managers on a $2.05bn three-tranche, SEC-registered global bond offering issued by the Republic of Indonesia.
- Advised Prologis, L.P. as the issuer on the issuance of CNY1.5bn 3.5% bonds due 2027.
- Advised Shriram Finance Limited (the issuer), one of India's largest retail Non-Banking Financial Corporations (NBFC), on its successful Rule 144A / Regulation S offering of $750m 6.625% senior secured Notes due 2027 under its $3.5bn GMTN Program and on its subsequent drawdown of $750m notes. Also advised on its annual GMTN Program update to $3.5bn.
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