Jacqueline Heng is a capital markets lawyer based in London, who is qualified in England, New York and Ireland.
Jacqueline is recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Debt Capital Markets by Legal 500, and a “Notable Practitioner” in the IFLR 1000 Rankings. She has also been awarded 'Rising Star for Capital Markets' and 'Rising Star UK' at the inaugural Euromoney LMG Awards.
Jacqueline advises on Regulation S offerings outside of the United States, as well as Rule 144A offerings into the United States, and on both publicly listed and privately placed deals.
For over a decade, she has advised investment banks, DFIs, sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers and corporate clients across a broad spectrum of industries including financial services, energy, manufacturing, mining and natural resources, transport and TMT.
Jacqueline has worked on various debt securities offerings (including corporate bonds, green bonds, sovereign bonds, convertible and exchangeable bonds, high-yield bonds, ORB retail bonds and mini-bonds), EMTN programmes, CP and CD programmes, and structured notes. She has also advised on liability management transactions (including consent solicitations and tender offers) and securities law compliance matters (including continuing disclosure obligations and market abuse regulations).
Jacqueline is a thought leader in the area of green bonds and sustainable financings, and is a regular author/commentator and panel speaker. She has also been active in dealing with issues arising from the transition from LIBOR to risk free rates.
Jacqueline graduated from Cambridge University with an MA (Cantab) in Law and an LL.M. (Commercial Law).