Slaughter and May, London and Hong Kong, advised Standard Chartered on the annual update of its US$77.5 billion debt issuance programme, under which Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited have the ability to issue notes to be listed and traded on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.
Contacts

London

Corporate and Commercial: Nilufer von Bismarck (partner); Financing: Akshay Kundaiker (associate), Thomas Jemmett (associate), Emma Kudzin (associate); Tax: Jeanette Zaman (partner), Rose Swaffield (associate); Financial Regulation: Nick Bonsall (partner), Pawel Wargan (associate)

Hong Kong

Corporate and Finance: Clara Choi (partner), Nicola Lui (associate)