Xuan (Sean) Jin Xuan (Sean) Jin

Xuan (Sean) Jin

Consultant Hong Kong

T: +852 2168 6736

Xuan Jin is a Consultant in the corporate group.

Xuan has over 19 years of experience advising on a wide range of complex cross-border financing, capital markets and regulatory matters across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. His clients include financial institutions, development finance institutions, governments and market leading multinational corporations.

Dual-qualified in England & Wales and Hong Kong, his practice spans the full spectrum of debt capital markets and structured finance products, including public and private credit, liability management, as well as sustainable, sustainability-linked and Islamic finance matters.

Xuan Jin is recognised as a Rising Star Partner for Capital Markets: Debt in Hong Kong SAR by IFLR1000 (2023-2025).

As noted by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025, “Xuan Jin is a knowledgeable and responsive partner, who delivers a high-quality service” and “provides further senior expertise in debt offerings, structured products and Islamic finance”.

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 also highlighted his diverse practice, noting that: “Further bolstering the team is Xuan Jin, whose specialisation in debt capital markets is accentuated by niche proficiencies in sustainable finance and Islamic finance. This wide-ranging skill set extends beyond his representation of financial institutions to encompass sovereign entities, a testament to his versatile capabilities.”

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  • Advising the Dealers and Managers on various issuances by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GoI) under its Rule 144A/Reg S US$45bn Trust Certificate Issuance Programme, including tranches of Green Sukuk.
  • Advising Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and African Development Bank as Guarantors on the debut issuance of RMB 3.5bn 3.51% three-year Sustainable Panda Bonds by the Arab Republic of Egypt.
  • Advising Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) on the establishment and updates of, and multiple issuances under, its Rule 144A/Reg S Global Medium Term Note Programme and its Rule 144A/Reg S Global Trust Certificate Issuance Programme.
  • Advising the Dealers and Managers on the establishment and subsequent updates of, and multiple drawdowns under, the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Rule 144A/Reg S Global Medium Term Note Programme and its Rule 144A/Reg S Global Trust Certificate Issuance Programme.
  • Advising Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund and the sole provider of real estate refinancing and liquidity solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) on the establishment of, and inaugural drawdown under, its Saudi Government Guaranteed Regulation S US$5bn International Trust Certificate Issuance Programme.
  • Advising an Asian multilateral development bank as Purchaser on the private placement by a major Turkish construction and renewable energy conglomerate of US$ denominated Senior Guaranteed Sustainable Notes.
  • Advising an international multilateral development bank as Subscriber on the issuance of Senior Total Loss Absorption Capacity (TLAC) Senior Notes by a major Japanese international banking group under its Euro Medium Term Note Programme.
  • Advising Subscribers on issuances of Infrastructure Asset-Backed Securities (IABS) and Senior Sustainable IABS sponsored by, among others, Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation and Bayfront Infrastructure Management.
  • Advising a major Chinese insurance group as Issuer on the establishment and updates of its private placement Medium Term Note Programme and multiple drawdowns thereunder.
  • Acting for Bondholders and Lenders on private placements of Perpetual Bonds and Loan Notes issued by Hong Kong, Singapore and Middle Eastern corporates.
  • Advising a major Chinese bank as Issuer on private placements of Portfolio-Linked Notes and subordinated perpetual securities.
  • Advising the Joint Lead Managers on Perfect Point Ventures Limited’s issuance of US$300m Guaranteed Notes Unconditionally and Irrevocably Guaranteed by C C Land Holdings Limited.
  • Advising the Dealers on the update of Far East Horizon Limited’s US$4bn Medium Term Note and Perpetual Securities Programme.
  • Advising the Dealers and Managers on updates of (and drawdowns under) DP World’s Rule 144A/Reg S Global Medium Term Note Programme and Trust Certificate Issuance Programme.

Education

  1. 2007 · LPC, College of Law Moorgate, London
  2. 2006 · LLB (Hons), London School of Economics and Political Science

memberships and associations

England & Wales SRA
Hong Kong Law Society