I-Ping Soong

Practice Areas

I-Ping Soong is a Counsel in Linklaters' Derivatives and Structured Products team. She advises on regulatory matters concerning over-the-counter derivatives, including on netting and collateral, clearing, trade reporting, settlement systems and related issues. I-Ping is one of the principal drafters of the ISDA close-out netting, collateral and clearing opinions for Hong Kong. She advises on industry-standard documentation such as the ISDA Master Agreement as well as bespoke netting agreements and has been heavily involved in advising market participants on the implementation of margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. She advises on Stock Connect matters including derivatives, repos, stock lending and security over Stock Connect shares as well as on equity, credit and fund-linked products across Asia as well as stock lending and repo documentation.

I-Ping has been contributing to the regulatory development of Derivatives and Structured Products in Asia for over 18 years. She has used her vast experience as a co-author of the legal text, Hong Kong Derivatives: Law & Practice - the first Asian-focused book on the legal and regulatory issues specific to derivatives and structured products which covers the core legal issues in this area and which is a leading text on derivatives in Hong Kong.