Attorney Yue Song

Song Yue has extensive experience in investment grade and high yield bond issuance and debt management, debt management and debt restructuring, and is an expert in advising issuers and underwriters on international debt capital markets transactions. Many transactions led by Song have been shortlisted for "Deal of the Year" awards for debt and equity-linked or high yield bonds. Song Yue was named a "Rising Star Partner" in the Debt Capital Markets field by Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Song Yue co-authored the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Guide to Hong Kong Debt Capital Markets.

Song Yue holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining King & Wood Mallesons, Song worked in the Hong Kong office of a leading international law firm.

Representative transactions include:

Advising China CITIC Bank International Limited on its issuance of subordinated notes, which constitute Tier 2 capital under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Banking (Capital) Rules;
Representing Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. in establishing a medium-term note program and issuing bonds;
Representing the joint lead managers in assisting Ping An International Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. in issuing Shanghai Free Trade Zone bonds (Pearl bonds);
Representing the trading houses in assisting China Merchants International Financial Co., Ltd. in establishing a medium-term note program and issuing bonds;
Representing the joint lead managers in assisting SF Holding Co., Ltd. in issuing bonds;
Representing AAC Technologies Holdings Limited in its invitation to repurchase outstanding bonds (including bonds held by US investors);
Representing the joint lead managers in assisting Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd. in issuing bonds;
Representing the joint lead managers in assisting Co-lead deal manager in assisting Guanghui Automotive Services Group in its high-yield bond issuance and debt management transactions;
Provided legal services to several Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) in their bond issuances;
Provided legal services to several Chinese real estate companies in their international debt restructurings;
Represented underwriters in assisting the Republic of Korea in its SEC-registered bond issuance*;
Represented China Three Gorges Corporation in its bond issuance*;
Represented deal managers in assisting State Grid Corporation of China in its bond issuance through its medium-term note program*;
Represented Bank of China Limited in its issuance of additional Tier 1 offshore preferred shares*;
Represented China Life Insurance Company Limited in its issuance of core Tier 2 bonds*;
Represented HSBC (a company invested by two private equity sponsors) in its first high-yield bond issuance as a sponsor*.