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Stephen Song

Greater China Region 2026

Linklaters

Ranked in 1 practice area

Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms)

China

7 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Stephen has experience in advising on a variety of OTC derivatives transactions and structured finance transactions and was an integral member of the Linklaters team which acted for ISDA in drafting the 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions.

He has recently been involved in advising dealers and buy-side institutions in relation to strategic equity derivatives, margin financings, structured credit derivatives, structured repos, close-out netting and collateral arrangements, and complex hedging arrangements in relation to project, real estate and LBO financings.

Since relocating from London to Hong Kong in 2014, he has also been closely involved in major structural developments with respect to the PRC (including, mostly recently, H-share full circulation) and related cross-border transactions.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Greater China Region

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

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Stephen Song is an experienced adviser on margin loans and total return swaps. He often acts for syndicated and individual banking clients.

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Strengths

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Stephan has good commercial sense and deep knowledge in the corporate equity derivatives business.
Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
He is knowledgeable, persuasive, responsive and highly resourceful.
Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
Stephen is great; I find him very commercial.
Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region

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