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:
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.
Derek provides advice on a full range of matters to clients, including:
The firm was shortlisted for our work advising on market-shaping legal work in the APAC region.
Latham honored as Asia-Pacific Law Firm of the Year in GlobalCapital's Global Derivatives Awards.
Firm’s Capital Markets Practice once again earns top legal advisor league table rankings across debt and equity products and industries globally in Bloomberg, Dealogic, Deal Point Data, and LSEG.