Thomas Shen is a senior lawyer in the award-winning Structured Finance & Derivatives group at Simmons & Simmons’ London office. With over 15 years’ experience at leading law firms in London and the Asia-Pacific, Thomas advises investment banks, asset managers and financial product manufacturers on a wide range of capital markets, structured products and derivatives transactions. His expertise covers structured notes, exchange-traded products, OTC derivatives, repos, securities lending and bespoke hedging solutions.
Thomas has recently focused on developing complex structured product platforms for both wholesale and retail markets, providing strategic advice on structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions linked to credit, equity, indices, inflation, commodities and digital assets. He is also highly regarded for his work in Islamic finance and exchange-traded products, particularly those involving cryptocurrencies and precious metals. Thomas serves a global client base and works in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Representative matters include:
- Advising a financial services group on a guaranteed debt issuance programme with bespoke collateralisation.
- Acting for a global investment bank on a commodity inventory monetisation platform.
- Advising on a margin loan financing and equity hedging strategy for a major asset manager.
- Representing a commercial bank in bespoke fourth-trigger credit default swaps referencing ISDA Master Agreements.
- Advising on structured repos and related security arrangements.
- Acting for an exchange-traded product provider on the establishment and listing of an FX-hedged, commodity-backed ETP programme.
- Advising on the establishment and listing of a digital currency-backed ETP programme.
- Representing an international bank in the issuance of secured notes backed by Middle Eastern sovereign treasury securities.
- Advising on the establishment of a Shariah-compliant structured notes programme.
