“Derek is a solid lawyer with a commercial understanding of what the client wants. He’s highly recommended.”
Chambers Greater China Region 2024
“Incredibly hard-working and one of my main legal contacts whenever I have any questions of a legal nature. I have worked with him on a number of transactions and am satisfied every time.”
Chambers Greater China Region 2024
“Earns recognition from the market for his strong practice advising on total return swaps, hedging transactions, collar financing and margin loans for banks, PE funds and SPVs.”
Chambers Greater China Region 2024
Up and Coming – Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (China: International Firms)
Chambers Greater China Region 2024
Recommended – Structured Finance and Securitisation; Capital Markets: Debt (Hong Kong)
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
Profile
Derek Chua is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Structured Equity and Finance Practice in Asia.
Derek advises global financial institutions, corporates, sponsors, and buy-side clients on a wide range of structured equity and finance, equity-linked, and OTC derivatives transactions.
Derek draws on his extensive experience in the Asia-Pacific region to advise clients on public and private transactions, including:
Equity derivatives transactions such as swaps, collars, forwards, options, stock lending, repos, and monetization transactions
Convertible and exchangeable securities offerings
Margin loan and other structured lending transactions
Other complex structured equity and finance and OTC derivatives transactions
He also provides transactional and regulatory advice in connection with structured products and OTC derivatives, and is experienced in structured finance transactions, including structured and repackaged notes and other complex structured products.
Derek leverages his in-depth familiarity with various markets across Asia to develop innovative financing solutions and novel, bespoke structures to help clients achieve their objectives.
Experience
Derek provides advice on a full range of matters to clients, including:
Barclays
BNP Paribas
Bank of America
Carlyle
Citigroup
CLSA
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Haitong
HSBC
J.P. Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Natixis
Nomura
Santander
UBS
Warburg Pincus
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
England and Wales (Solicitor)
Hong Kong (Solicitor)
Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, City University of Hong Kong
Latham honored as Global Law Firm of the Year in GlobalCapital’s Global and Americas Derivatives Awards for innovation and significant contributions to the advancement of the derivatives industry.
Cross-border teams in New York and Hong Kong advised on the investment in the developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China and Southeast Asia.
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