Jeffrey H Chen
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 3 : Capital Markets: Securitisation (International Firms)
Band 3
About
Provided by Jeffrey H Chen
Practice Areas
Jeff Chen heads the structured finance practice at Dentons Hong Kong LLP with pan-Asia coverage on cross-border transactions.
Jeff has over 20 years' experience in Asia as a legal practitioner in all areas of fixed income, including securitization, structured notes, derivatives, private structured debt, distressed debt, and project finance.
Jeff has enjoyed prominent league table rankings throughout his career:
- Leading Individual in Structured Finance and Securitisation in the 2024 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide
- Leading lawyer (Band 2) in Capital Markets: Securitisation in the 2023 Chambers & Partners Greater China Guide
- Highly regarded lawyer in Capital markets : Structured finance and securitization in the 2023 IFLR1000 Asia Pacific Guide
- Winner for Fixed Income Lawyer of the Year in China chosen by Leaders in Law – 2023 Global Awards
- Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer in Thomson Reuters 2021 survey of global senior in-house counsels
- Lead lawyer on IFLR 2020 Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year (with the same nomination on another deal in 2021)
- Leading lawyer in the 2008 IFLR Global Guide to the World's Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers
Professional Memberships
• Co-Chair, Committee on NPL Securitization, China Securitization Forum
• Asia-Pacific Legal and Regulatory Committee of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
• Professional Advisory Board, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
• Member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Personal
He is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia and is a licensed solicitor in Hong Kong.
Education
The George Washington University Law School
JD
The University of Michigan
MA and BA degrees
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Jeffrey Chen of Dentons Hong Kong remains a solid adviser on loan securitisation and distressed debt. He has advised on Korean and Indonesian loan securitisation mandates, in addition to cross-border structured finance facilities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jeff Chen has been doing an excellent job maintaining the relationship. He's very responsive and very experienced in Asian structured financing."
"Jeff Chen has been doing an excellent job maintaining the relationship. He's very responsive and very experienced in Asian structured financing."