DLA Piper Advised Ping An Insurance On Major $3.5 Billion Convertible Bond Issuance
DLA Piper Advised Ping An Insurance On Major $3.5 Billion Convertible Bond Issuance DLA Piper has advised Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An), the largest insurer in China by market capitalization, on its landmark USD 3.5 billion convertible bond issuance. This transaction marks as the largest Reg-S-only convertible bond, the largest convertible bond in the...
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DLA Piper Advised Ping An Insurance On Major $3.5 Billion Convertible Bond Issuance
DLA Piper has advised Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An), the largest insurer in China by market capitalization, on its landmark USD 3.5 billion convertible bond issuance.
This transaction marks as the largest Reg-S-only convertible bond, the largest convertible bond in the insurance sector, and the first offshore convertible bond ever issued by a Chinese insurance company.
Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan served as joint global coordinators for the deal.
Ping An, headquartered in Shenzhen, is a major global finance group with over 232 million retail customers in China. The funds from this issuance are intended to bolster Ping An's capital position and support strategic initiatives in healthcare, elderly care, and other corporate areas.
The DLA Piper team, consisting of lawyers from the firm's corporate practice in Singapore and China, played a pivotal role in this transaction.
Roy Chan, Senior Partner and Co-Country Managing Partner in China, and Philip Lee, Head of Capital Markets, Asia Pacific and Regional Head of DLA Piper’s Financial Services sector in Asia, led the deal.
They were supported by Vivian Liu, Head of Capital Market Compliance for Greater China, Associate Le Jing Ong, and Consultants Ivy Zou, Daina Wang, and Vera Zhu.
Roy Chan remarked, “We sincerely thank Ping An for entrusting us with this significant transaction for both the company and the insurance sector. We are honored to support them in this historic deal for the convertible bond market in China. Ping An is a trailblazer in the industry, and I look forward to seeing the innovative products and services that will emerge from this additional funding. This deal underscores DLA Piper’s exceptional capabilities in managing high-profile capital market transactions.”
Philip Lee added, “The success of this oversubscribed deal demonstrates the Reg S market’s capacity to handle deals exceeding USD 3 billion and highlights strong investor appetite for financial service sector credits in the convertible bond space. This transaction sets a precedent for other insurance companies and robust issuers to raise capital in the Reg S market without accessing the US markets. It also showcases DLA Piper’s expertise in successfully executing large, complex, first-of-its-kind hybrid deals, which I am very proud of.”
