Christine Chen

Fangda Partners - China

Partner

Beijing/Hong Kong

+86 10 5769 5608 / +852 3749 1110

Highly regarded

Mandarin
English


Bar admissions:

China
New York

Jurisdictions:

China
Hong Kong SAR

Practice areas:

Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity


Christine Chen focuses on capital markets and financial regulatory advisory work.

Prior occupations: Davis Polk & Wardwell (Counsel); JPMorgan Chase (Managing Director, Legal Head of North Asia); King & Wood Mallesons (Partner)

Awards: Euromoney “Best Woman in Capital Markets” (2017); recommended by Legal 500 (2015; 2017)

  • Advised Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on its establishment of RMB 10 billion panda bond program and RMB 3 billion Combating COVID-19 panda bond offering thereunder
  • Advised Asian Development Bank on its establishment of RMB 10 billion panda bond program and RMB 2 billion issuance thereunder (ADB’s largest Asian local currency borrowing)
  • Advised Crédit Agricole S.A. on its RMB 4 billion senior preferred note offerings (first bail-in-able, TLAC-eligible panda bond offerings)
  • Advised BMW on its establishment of RMB 35 billion panda bond public offering program and RMB 7.0 billion issuances thereunder (first public offering of panda bonds by a European corporate)
  • Advised the World Bank on its SDR 500 million Mulan bond offering (first SDR–denominated bond offering in China; first SDR bonds settled in RMB)

  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Financial services regulatory

  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Investment management

  • All China Lawyers Association
  • New York City Bar Association

  • Fudan University, LL.B. (1992), LL.M. (1995), Ph.D. in Economics (2000)
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M., Hauser Global Scholar (2001)