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Kevin Tong
Work Department
Corporate Finance practice group
Position
Partner
Career
Kevin Tong heads up the debt capital markets (DCM) practice of Deacons. He has around 20 years of extensive experience in a full range of DCM transactions, with a particular focus on offshore bonds issued by PRC and other entities. He is one of the very few practitioners in the market who has been actively involved in the development of the offshore bond market since it opened in 2007.
Highlights
Kevin has advised both issuers and arranger / dealer groups on a number of notable and industry award-winning DCM issuances, including the issuance of sovereign RMB bond issues by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, the offshore bill issuances by The People’s Bank of China in Hong Kong and the issuance of iBond and Silver Bond by the HKSAR Government. Kevin has also advised listed companies and corporates in a diverse array of industries, financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, government entities and statutory bodies on bond transactions with different structures supported by various forms of credit enhancement and/or security arrangements.
Kevin also advises issuers, financial institutions and managers on liability management exercises and the issue of regulatory capital instruments.
Kevin is also actively involved in the development of the retail financial products, new financial product platforms and derivatives in Hong Kong. He has advised major financial institutions and issuers on a number of “first of its kind” issuances, both in the retail financial products space (including retail bonds, retail structured notes, equity linked investments and SEHK-listed structured products platform) as well as the offshore bond arena.
Kevin is a regular speaker at industry conferences and seminars.
Languages
English
Cantonese
Mandarin
Education
1999 – LL.B. First Class Honours, The University of Hong Kong
2000 – P.C.LL., Passed with Distinction, The University of Hong Kong
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Capital markets (debt)
Drawing upon strong local connections developed over many years’ existence in the local market and also able to leverage resources on the mainland, independent Hong Kong firm Deacons continues to pick up good market flow for domestic and PRC-based issuers and underwriters across a broad swathe of bond issuances. Team head Kevin Tong is pivotal to the firm’s success in the market, including as it relates to green/sustainable bonds and his work in relation to PRC Ministry of Finance’s offshore sovereign issuances in Hong Kong. Icarus Yuen regularly works alongside Tong on high-profile mandates, including on sovereign issuances, and also has strong traction among Chinese SOEs, which he regularly advises on their offshore bond issuances.
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