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Capital Markets: Debt

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Provided by Matt Fairclough

UK

Practice Areas

Matt Fairclough's practice covers a broad range of debt and equity capital markets, advising on issues of debt securities, MTN, CD and CP programmes, convertible and exchangeable bonds (including pre-IPO financings), corporate hybrid capital and regulatory capital products in the UK, Europe and Africa. His clients include underwriters, corporate, financial institution and sovereign issuers and trustees.

Matt also advises on liability management transactions, including tender and exchange offers and consent solicitations, debt restructurings, debt for equity swaps and bespoke private capital markets financings. Before his relocation to London in 2020, he spent many years practising in our offices in Asia Pacific, and is a trusted advisor on regulatory issues for banks and insurers in Asia Pacific, particularly in the regulatory capital space.

Matt is an active supporter of diversity issues and a key leader of the Clifford Chance global Arcus network for its LGBTQ+ colleagues and their allies, for which he is the UK partner sponsor. Arcus aims to encourage and foster an inclusive environment at Clifford Chance that gives colleagues the choice to be open and out in all of our offices.

Most recently, Matt has advised on UCL's sustainability bond, Arçelik A.Ş green bond, Access Bank on its Additional Tier 1 issuance and Fidelity Bank on its USD 400M issuance.

Career

Oxford University (BA) 2000

Joined Clifford Chance 2001

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2003

Oxford University (MA) 2009

Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong 2010

Partner since 2011

Professional Memberships

Matt participates in a number of industry bodies, notably working with ASIFMA and the HKICPA on revisions to auditing standards and arrangements for capital markets transactions in Hong Kong. He also has participated in cross-industry consultations on bank and other financial institution resolution reform in Hong Kong.

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