Capital Markets: International: Asia and Euro Markets | Asia-Pacific

Clifford Chance has a market-leading team with in-depth expertise in Regulation S debt issuance, including samurai, convertible and green bond products. The firm is also well known for its work on establishing MTN programmes. It is capable in placing equity, with experience in IPOs and secondary offerings, as well as hybrid products. The team has particularly specialist knowledge of underwriter representation as counsel to major Japanese and international investment banks. The firm is also highly skilled at advising on derivatives transactions involving repackagings and structured note programmes linked to equity, currency and credit. Its key clients include Nomura International, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho Securities Asia and Citigroup.

Linklaters maintains a highly experienced and well-known bench entrusted by clients with bond offerings and MTN draw-downs. The firm has a high profile for its expertise in handling hybrid products, such as stock and convertible bond offerings, as well as pure equity placements including Regulation S and Rule 144A offerings. It is also adept at advising on a range of structured products-related matters, such as repackagings of loans, bonds and notes, and securitised margin loans. The team is frequently called upon by an impressive roster of leading financial institutions as well as regulatory bodies and associations such as the FSA and ISDA. Its key clients include Barclays Securities Japan, Citigroup Global Markets Japan and Credit Suisse International.