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Deal Maker of the Year Awards 2013 WINNER - CHRISTIE TAO
DEAL: Yuexiu Property US$2 Billion Medium Term Note Programme
NAME: Christie Tao EMAIL: christie.ying.tao@zhonglun.com COMPANY: Zhong Lun Law Firm POSITION: Partner TEL: +8610 5957 2288/2085 FAX: +8610 6568 1022
DEAL OVERVIEW BIO
Yuexiu Property Company Limited announced that on January 11
2013, it successfully
established a US$2,000,000,000 medium term note programme. The Programme allows for the issue of the Notes in any currency and in any maturity subject to compliance with relevant laws, regulations, directives or requirements. Notes may be fixed rate, floating rate, zero-coupon or index-linked, with no embedded derivatives and may be of any size. The Notes to be issued under the Programme are unsecured. The Company considers that the Notes to be issued will be on terms which are customary for medium-term notes in the market. Offering of US$350,000,000 3.25 per cent. notes due 2018 and US$500,000,000 4.50 per cent. notes due 2023 (the “Notes”) under the Programme completed on 24 January 2013. The arrangers and dealers were: Bank of China (Hong Kong ) Limited, BOCI Asia Limited, DBS Bank Ltd., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc. Christie Tao was leading Zhong Lun team acting as PRC law counsel to Yuexiu Property Company Limited and coordinating its activities.
Christie Tao is a partner with the leading Chinese law firm of Zhong Lun. Her practice focuses on cross-border transactions, capital markets, outbound investment, mergers & acquisitions, real estate and banking. With over fifteen years’ experience serving clients in China, Christie Tao’s practice is nationwide. She routinely advises and assists international and domestic investors, investment banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, and real estate developers in China markets. She has participated in structuring, documenting and implementing some of the landmark transactions and investment programs in recent years in the Greater China market, including partial offer for Chong Hing Bank Limited (deal value US$1.5 billion) and acquisition by a Hong Kong-listed REIT of Guangzhou International Finance Center with deal value of US$2.3 billion, which was nominated as China Real Estate Deal of Year for 2013 by Asian Legal Business. Christie Tao is a frequent lecturer on real estate investment and financing. She speaks English and Chinese.
Zhong Lun is a national law firm with over 700 lawyers and over 160 partners in a network of six domestic offices in Mainland China in the leading economic centers of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Wuhan as well as the international financial centers of Hong Kong, New York and London. Zhong Lun is universally acknowledged as a market- leading Chinese law firm and recognized by Chambers Asia as the 2011 national law firm of the year for China.
“With real estate as its traditional core practice area, this highly regarded firm holds a reputable position in China’s real estate market, and is widely respected for its strength in international work. ”
- Chambers Asia 2013
CHINA
The Programme allows for the issue of the Notes in any currency and in any maturity subject to compliance with relevant laws, regulations, directives or requirements.
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