Jaclyn is a leading expert in the green, social and sustainability bond market, having advised on numerous significant, high-profile ESG-related transactions involving market first features.
Jaclyn is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and in Hong Kong. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English, and can conduct business meetings in Cantonese.
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The joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on the sustainability re-linked bond offering by Bank of China Limited, London Branch, comprising USD300 million 1% notes due 2024 under Bank of China Limited’s USD40 billion MTN programme. This marks the world’s first sustainability re-linked bond issuance. This deal won Debt and equity-linked Deal of the Year, IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2022.
China Life Insurance (Overseas) Company Limited, Hong Kong Branch: advising the managers on its issuance of USD2bn 5.35% dated subordinated capital bonds due 2033.
The HKSAR Government on the inaugural issuance of HKD-denominated tokenised green bond where the beneficial interests in the green bond are recorded on issue date in the tokenised securities accounts on a distributed ledger technology-based digital assets platform.
Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, the joint lead managers on Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China’s offshore sovereign bond offerings for 5 consecutive years, including the Government’s first foreign currency bond offering since 2004, its first Euro-denominated bond issuance in 15 years and the largest Reg. S offering by an Asian sovereign to-date.
The joint lead managers on the issuance of USD450m 3.40% notes due 2024 by Wuhan Financial Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd.
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