Simmons & Simmons has continued to expand in China with the appointment of Financial Markets partner Jay Lee, who commenced in the Hong Kong office on 05 December.
Jay joins the firm from Standard Chartered Bank, where he was Head of DCM Legal for North East Asia and responsible for capital markets legal matters in China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
He has previously worked at Citigroup, for Korean firm Shin & Kim and at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York. He is qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and an attorney-at-law in New York, and speaks Korean, Mandarin and English.
Commenting on the appointment, Jonathan Hammond, Head of theFinancial Institutions Sector at Simmons & Simmons, said: ”Jay will be focusing on developing our debt capital markets practice in China, with an emphasis on our market leading RMB bonds practice and other deals such as G-3 bonds, medium term note programmes, equity linked products and local currency bonds.”
”His significant experience, gained at two major international banks, will be of benefit to our clients in the Financial Institutions Sector in this important and growing market,” he added.
