Clifford Chance

Leading debt specialist Alan Yeung to join Clifford Chance in Hong Kong

International law firm Clifford Chance is strengthening its US securities law and debt offering with the addition of Alan Yeung as a partner in Hong Kong. Alan, who joins the office today, is a highly experienced US qualified practitioner advising clients for more than 20 years in Asia Pacific. He is widely recognised in the market for his extensive work on many market leading debt and equity issuances, including high yield and investment grade bond offerings, and IPOs.

Anthony Wang, Co-head of the Global Financial Markets Practice in Asia Pacific said, "We are delighted to welcome Alan. This hire further strengthens our US offering in the region and globally and ensures we are best placed to meet all the anticipated financing needs of our clients."

Leng-Fong Lai, Head of Capital Markets in Asia Pacific said, "As a leading US practitioner in the debt space, Alan will deepen our significant US securities capability in Asia Pacific and enable us to continue to provide the most experienced advisors for our clients."

The team's recent high profile deals include China Merchants Bank on landmark issuance of US$600 million sustainability and green bonds, India's largest ever offshore US dollar regulatory capital securities issuance, Republic of Indonesia's US$3 billion global sukuk issuance and the first US dollar sustainability-linked bond in Asia (ex-Japan).

Alan joins from Shearman & Sterling where he advised on debt and equity offerings of securities into the US, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S placements and liability management transactions. He represents leading financial institutions and corporate clients and has been consistently recognized as a leading individual in Capital Markets by Chambers Asia Pacific and IFLR1000. He first worked at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong as an associate from 2000-2005 in the Finance and Capital Markets practices.

He received his JD from the University of British Columbia, has a BA in Economics, Asian Studies and International relations from Cornell University, and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.