Jacob focuses on corporate finance and capital markets transactions, including Hong Kong- and U.S.-registered initial public offerings and debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. He also has extensive experience advising in international debt restructurings. In addition, Jacob received the “Rising Star Award – International Firm” at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024.
Some of Jacob's representative IPO transactions include:
Softcare Limited’s initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Softcare develops, manufactures and sells baby and feminine hygiene products, focusing on fast-growing emerging markets including Africa, Latin America and Central Asia, becoming the first company headquartered in the Middle East and first African producer of consumer products to list on the HKEx.*
Jiaxin International Resources Investment Limited’s dual primary listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Kazakhstan’s Astana International Exchange (AIX). Jiaxin International is a tungsten mining company focusing on the development of the Boguty tungsten mine based in Kazakhstan. This marks the world’s first dual primary listing on both the HKEx and AIX, and the first "Belt and Road" segment listing on AIX.*
Beijing UBOX Online Technology Corp.’s initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. UBOX is an unmanned retail operator with the largest vending machine network in China.*
YH Entertainment Group’s initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. YH Entertainment is a famous artist management company in China.*
Guangdong Tianyu Semiconductor Co., Ltd.’s initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Tianyu Semiconductor is a manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers.*
APT Electronics Co., Ltd.’s initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. APT Electronics is a provider of intelligent automotive vision products integrating “LED+” technologies.*
In addition, Jacob has completed over 100 offerings of debt securities, including high yield, investment grade, convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds, perpetual securities and MTN programs by issuers from various industries, and advised on numerous liability management exercises, including tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations.
Jacob has also participated in some of the most novel and complex offshore debt restructurings in this region, such as Sunac China Holdings Limited's US$9.6 billion offshore debt restructuring (the first full equitization in the China real estate market), Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited's US$6 billion offshore debt restructuring (the first-ever “cram across” English Restructuring Plan by a Chinese real estate company, winning the “Pioneering Spirit Award” at the 2025 Global Restructuring Review Awards), Sunac China Holdings Limited's US$10.2 billion offshore debt restructuring (“Deal of the Year” by China Business Law Journal in 2024, “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024, the “Asia-Pacific Restructuring” award at International Financing Review’s IFR Awards 2023 and the “Turnaround Deal” award at the IFR Asia Awards 2023 ), Zhongliang Holdings Group Company Limited's US$1.2 billion offshore debt restructuring (“Deal of the Year” by China Business Law Journal in 2024), China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd.'s US$4.96 billion offshore debt restructuring (the first English scheme of arrangement of a Chinese real estate business, recognized as “Best Property Deal: China Offshore” by FinanceAsia Achievement Awards in 2023), and Hilong Holding Limited’s Cayman scheme of arrangement (the first completed offshore restructuring in the PRC oil and gas sector).
