A&O Shearman

Drawing upon the expertise of a strong and experienced cadre of lawyers in Hong Kong and throughout the region, the 'business savvy' team at A&O Shearman is a 'fantastic choice for large and complex transactions' on behalf of underwriters and issuers. On top of market developments and abreast of regulatory changes, the team regularly 'pioneers new and innovative solutions', and has been at the forefront of developing areas in the market, including as it relates to ESG/sustainability-linked bonds as well as work in the digital/tokenised bond space. The 'client-centric' Agnes Tsang is pivotal to the success in both these areas and has pioneered the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to execute mandates, including to facilitate the world’s first multi-currency digitally native green bond issuance out of Hong Kong. The 'highly responsive and very hands-on' Jaclyn Yeap, who splits her time between Hong Kong and Singapore, is also very adept at handling ESG-related bond matters often involving market firsts. Team head John Lee  is vastly experienced in the field, both on standalone bond issuances, as well as in the context of medium term note programmes (MTN). Nathan Wong left in January 2024 for an in-house role at Nomura.