The ‘professional and efficient’ team at Milbank handles a range of DCM work for issuers and underwriters both in relation to Hong Kong and China, as well as across numerous other Southeast Asian capital markets regimes. Alex Tao has been pivotal to growing the amount of China-related work handled by the firm and since arriving in mid-2020 has effectively targeted real estate high yield issuers, as well as handling an increasing volume of investment grade mandates. James Grandolfo co-heads the team alongside Tao and continues to thrive on behalf of underwriting banks, in particular, on Philippines-related DCM work.
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- 'The team is professional and efficient.'
- 'They provide us with the latest legal advice on the latest market conditions at any time.'
- 'Alex Tao has deep industry knowledge and provides high-quality advice.'
Key clients
- JPMorgan
- Morgan Stanley
- UBS
- Deutsche Bank
- Barclays
- Goldman Sachs
- HSBC
- BPI Capital
- CLSA
- Credit Suisse
- Citigroup
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Mizuho Securities
- SMBC Nikko
- Standard Chartered Bank
- BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
- Haitong Securities
- Yanlord Land (HK) Co., Limited
- Limak İskenderun Uluslararası Liman İşletmeciliği A.Ş.
- Glory Land Holdings
- GCL New Energy Holdings Limited
- Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd
- SMC Global Power Holdings Corp.
- China Vanke
Work highlights
- Represented BPI Capital and Credit Suisse with respect to an all cash tender offer for 5.125% guaranteed undated notes issued by Ayala Corporation up to a tender cap of $100m.
- Representing Shandong Gold Financial Holdings Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited on the proposed issuance of USD perpetual bonds by its wholly-owned SPV which will be guaranteed by Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd.
- Acted for Vanke Real Estate (Hong Kong) in the 2022 annual update and drawdown offerings under its $9.5bn medium term note programme.
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James Grandolfo, Alex Tao