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Kevin Tong

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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)

Leveraging its longstanding local connections and Mainland resources, independent Hong Kong firm Deacons consistently secures a strong flow of instructions from domestic and PRC-based issuers and underwriters in a wide array of bond issuances. Team head Kevin Tong is able to provide ‘highly technical’ advice to clients as a result of his deep and longstanding immersion in the sector, with expertise not only for PRC clients on offshore bond issuances but also in relation to Hong Kong retail bond issuances. Notably, in what was the first listed HK dollar retail bonds issued by a non-government issuer, Tong recently advised the joint lead managers on the Airport Authority’s HK$5bn retail bond issuance. Icarus Yuen was involved in the aforementioned deal on behalf of the bond trustee and is also a key member of the team.

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