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Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms) - China

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins' robust structured products team advises banks in the OTC derivatives space, with expertise encompassing futures, options and swaps. The team is also highlighted for impressive structured equity and margin finance expertise, offering expertise on share forward transactions and collar transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins advised UBS and HSBC on MINISO Group’s offering of 0.50% equity linked securities due 2032 in the aggregate principal amount of USD550 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Posit Laohaphan
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Posit Laohaphan
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Band 1
Posit Laohaphan is the head of Latham & Watkins' derivatives team in Hong Kong and has a diverse derivatives and structured products practice that spans the full range of the firm's work, often involving margin lending and the issuance of equity-linked products.

Posit represents the gold standard of capital market lawyers and we consult him for the most complex and difficult situations.

Posit is incredibly commercial, thoughtful, proactive and straightforward in his advice. I am vaguely suspicious that he never sleeps. On top of that he is also just a super nice guy.

Posit is super commercial and always looks at what's new and changing in the market.

Derek Chua
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Derek Chua
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Band 3
Derek Chua earns recognition from the market for his strong practice advising on total return swaps, hedging transactions, collar financing and margin loans for banks, PE funds and SPVs.

He demonstrates a high level of sophistication not just on the technical side but also in leading negotiations.

Derek is a unique legal practitioner in that, drawing upon his deep legal expertise, he is able to cut through all the facts and get to the crux of many issues very quickly.

Derek is very helpful and technically strong. He has a great attitude; we feel he understands our issues and concerns well and pursues a constructive approach to find technical solutions.

Raymond Cheng
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Raymond Cheng
U
Up and Coming

Raymond Cheng is a counsel in the Hong Kong office, where he assists with cross-border derivatives, structured financing and regulatory issues.

Raymond is incredibly bright and hardworking. He is well-balanced between the technical and pragmatic in his approach to issues. He is always responsive and a pleasure to work with.

Raymond is a great lawyer and we thoroughly enjoy working with him.

He is always reliable and helpful, responsive, commercially-minded and deeply knowledgeable. He always provides meaningful input.

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Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms)

Posit Laohaphan
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Posit Laohaphan
1
Band 1
Derek Chua
3
Derek Chua
3
Band 3
Raymond Cheng
U
Raymond Cheng
U
Up and Coming