Allen & Overy advises on the People’s Republic of China’s USD4 billion sovereign bond issuance

The issuance comprises four tranches including USD1bn 3-year bonds, USD1.5bn 5-year bonds, USD1bn 10-year bonds and USD500 million 30-year bonds.

This is another significant issuance by the Ministry of Finance and its second Reg S and Rule 144A USD offering. Allen & Overy also advised on the country’s first USD bond offering open to U.S. investors in October 2020. 

On this latest issuance, the Allen & Overy team advised Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Construction Bank, China International Capital Corporation, ICBC, BofA Securities, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, CTBC Bank, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Mizuho Securities and Standard Chartered Bank. The Allen & Overy team comprises partners Agnes Tsang, Jaclyn Yeap and Alex Stathopoulos supported by Jiayin Yu, Erica Lo and Gordon Ng.

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