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Kevin Roy

Kevin has acted on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, specialising in US equity, debt capital markets, restructuring and private equity work.  Kevin has considerable experience representing both companies and investment banks in IPOs, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and SEC registered offerings, US private placements of high-yield debt, convertible bonds and equity and M&A transactions in the United States, Europe and Asia.  Kevin is listed as a leading capital markets lawyer in Asia in several publications, including IFLR and Chambers Asia.

Kevin formerly practised at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London and New York and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York.  He is fluent in German.



Credentials

  • MGM China, a Macau casino operator, on its HK$11.7 billion (US$1.5 billion) IPO on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering.  JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and BofA Merrill Lynch were the joint global coordinators and joint sponsors
  • CICC, Goldman Sachs and Nomura as joint underwriters on the US$1.838 billion (HK$ 15.85 billion) Regulation S international offering of convertible bonds by a subsidiary of China Unicom (Hong Kong), a Hong Kong and New York listed telecommunication service provider in China. The offering was guaranteed by China Unicom (Hong Kong) and it was the world's largest international convertible bond issuance by a PRC company to date
  • BNP Paribas, BOC International, ICBC International, UBS, Credit Suisse, HSBC, BofA Merrill Lynch and Nomura as joint underwriters in relation to the HK$13 billion (US$1.7 billion) H-share rights issue by ICBC
  • Credit Suisse as the sole global coordinator and sponsor on the HK$3.45 billion (US$445 million) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of PCD Stores, a luxury department store chain
  • Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered and BOCI Asia as joint global coordinators on the HK$2.25 billion (US$290 million) listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of Yuanda China, a curtain wall manufacturer headquartered in China
  • UBS, China Everbright, Cinda, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and Macquarie, as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, on the HK$5 billion (US$643 million) Hong Kong IPO and Rule144A/Regulation S global offering of China Datang Corporation Renewable Power, China’s second-biggest wind-power producer by capacity
  • Fosun International on its US$300 million Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of high-yield bonds, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered and UBS were the joint lead managers and joint bookrunners
  • Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs on the US$600 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of high-yield bonds for Hong Kong-listed Shimao Property Holdings, a Shanghai-based luxury property developer
  • Morgan Stanley as the sole global co-ordinator and sponsor on the HK$3.64 billion (US$466 million) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of ANTA Sports Products, a leading Chinese footwear manufacturer
  • Greentown China Holdings Limited, a leading property developer based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, PRC, in its US$400 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of high-yield bonds underwritten by JP Morgan and UBS
  • Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley as joint global coordinators on the HK$3.2 billion (US$410 million) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of Honghua Group, the second-largest onshore oil rig in the world and the largest in China
  • Merrill Lynch and Macquarie Bank as joint lead managers on the US$169.8 million convertible bond offering by Thai-listed Thoresen Thai Agencies, the second-largest integrated shipping company in Thailand. This was the largest convertible bond issuance in Thailand in the past 10 years and the second international convertible bond by a Thai company since 2002