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Hae-Ran Song

Of Counsel

Offices

Hong Kong SAR

Hae-Ran has represented both issuers and underwriters in a wide range of corporate finance transactions.

Her experience includes public and private U.S. and international offerings of common stock, high yield debt, investment-grade debt and convertible bonds and initial public offerings, and also advises various corporate clients on the U.S. federal securities laws and general corporate matters.

Hae-Ran represents corporate and financial institution clients including CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, PT Cikarang Listrindo, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Experience

Representative matters

The initial purchasers in connection with a US$500 million Rule 144A/Reg. S bond offering by Medco Maple Tree Pte. Ltd and (ii) the dealer managers in connection with concurrent tender offers by certain subsidiaries of PT Medco Energi International Tbk. 

Greenko Wind Projects (Mauritius) Ltd in connection with the offering of US$750 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2025, unconditionally guaranteed by Greenko Energy Holdings on a senior basis. It was the first international green bond issuance to fund the construction of an energy storage project in India. 

BIM Land Joint Stock Company in connection with its high yield bond offering of US$200 million 7.375% senior notes due 2026. The transaction marks the first offshore bond offering by a Vietnamese issuer since 2019 and the first corporate green bond out of Vietnam. BIM Land is a property developer focusing on creating tourism-led townships in Vietnam. 

Mong Duong Finance Holdings B.V. in its offering of US$678.5 million 5.125% senior secured notes due 2029 and execution of a US$402.7 million senior secured loan facility provided by an international syndicate of commercial bank lenders, for the purpose of acquiring all of the outstanding project financing loans of AES Mong Duong Power Company. This highly complex US$1.08 billion transaction represented the first project bond issue and the first IPP refinancing in Vietnam. 

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, Legal Aspects of ESG Investment, Shearman & Sterling and Association of Corporate Counsel Hong Kong, August 2022

Awards

  • Recommended Lawyer for Capital Markets: Debt in Hong Kong, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024
  • Leading Lawyer, Notable Practitioner in Hong Kong Capital Markets, Debt, IFLR1000, 2023-2024
  • Leading Lawyer, Notable Practitioner in Hong Kong Capital Markets, Equity, IFLR1000, 2023-2024
  • Leading Lawyer, Notable Practitioner in Hong Kong Capital Markets, Debt, IFLR1000, 2023
  • Leading Lawyer, Notable Practitioner in Hong Kong Capital Markets, Equity, IFLR1000, 2023
  • Recommended Lawyer for Capital Markets: Debt and Equity in Hong Kong, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2023

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, New South Wales, 1998 

Attorney-at-Law, New York, 2002

Solicitor, Hong Kong, 2011

Academic

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Economics), University of Sydney, 1996 

LL.B. (First Class Honors), University of Sydney Law School, 1998

Languages

English Korean
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.