

“She always offers constructive advice in complex situations. She is very responsive and always provides timely feedback on our questions.”
– Chambers Greater China Region 2025
“[Jessica Zhou] handles a range of debt issuances, with notable strength in high-yield issuances.”
– Chambers Greater China Region 2024
“The very responsive Jessica Zhou is an excellent capital markets lawyer, who takes the initiative and makes sure the deal gets done.”
– The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022
Biography
Jessica Zhou is the Office Executive Partner of the Hong Kong office and a Partner in White & Case’s Capital Markets practice. She specializes in the representation of issuers, underwriters and investors in connection with Rule 144A/Regulation S, Regulation S only and SEC-registered debt and equity offerings. Her experience spans high-yield bond offerings, investment grade bond offerings, SPAC and de-SPAC transactions, US IPOs, pre-IPO investments and financial restructurings.
Jessica has been ranked as an Up and Coming lawyer for China Capital Markets: High Yield Products (International Firms) in Chambers Greater China 2022-2025. She has been recognized in “The A-List: Visionaries” by China Business Law Journal 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and as one of the Women Leaders and Highly Regarded lawyers in Hong Kong in IFLR1000’s 2024 rankings. She was also named in the Women in Business Law Guide 2020 by Euromoney’s Legal Media Group.
Prior to joining White & Case, Jessica worked at the New York and Hong Kong offices of another leading international law firm. Her experience also includes a secondment at a major international investment bank, where she advised on capital markets and merger & acquisition transactions in the Asia Pacific region.
Experience
Jessica’s recent representative experience includes advising:
Debt Capital Markets
- Greentown China Holdings Limited on its issuance of US$500 million 8.45% senior guaranteed notes due in 2028 (the New Notes) and a concurrent offer to purchase its outstanding 4.7% senior notes due 2025 and 5.65% senior notes due 2025.
- RRJ Capital on its investment in publicly listed US$150 million 5.85%, convertible bonds due 2025 in two tranches, issued by Luye Pharma Group Ltd., a leading HKEx-listed Chinese pharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, production and distribution of innovative medicines.
- Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc. and Moelis & Company LLC as joint bookrunners and Bank of China Limited, Macau Branch, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Macau Branch and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited as joint lead managers, on the offering of US$750 million 7.625% senior notes due 2032 issued by Melco Resorts Finance Limited.
- Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch as sole bookrunner, and Bank of China Limited, Macau Branch, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Macau Branch and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited as joint lead managers, on the offering of US$350 million 7.0% senior secured notes due 2027 issued by Studio City Company Limited, guaranteed by Studio City Investments Limited and certain of its subsidiaries.
- Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. on its issuance and sale of US$207 million 7.50% Convertible First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2027, and subsequent refinancing and recapitalization in 2024, which included the issuance of an additional US$25 million 7.50% convertible first lien senior secured notes due 2027, an exchange of approximately $200 million of 6.5% convertible senior notes due 2025 ("2025 Notes") to adjustable-rate second lien secured convertible notes due 2028, the issuance of US$95 million 9.00% first lien senior secured convertible notes due 2029, the amendment of 7.50% first lien senior secured convertible notes due 2027 into variable-rate first lien senior secured convertible notes due 2029, the issuance of certain warrants to the exchanging holders of 2025 notes, the US$100 million private placement of ordinary shares (the "PIPE") to Zhonghuan Singapore Investment and Development Pte. Ltd. and the issuance of certain warrant to the PIPE investor.
- Agricultural Bank of China New York Branch in an offering by the branch of US$700 million of senior notes under the medium-term note (MTN) program of Agricultural Bank of China Limited. The offering was comprised of two tranches, US$400 million of 1.50% fixed rate notes due 2025 and US$300 million of 2.00% fixed rate green notes due 2027. The proceeds from the offering of the green notes will be used to finance, or refinance, eligible green projects in accordance with the LMA Green Loan Principles 2021 and the ICMA Green Bond Principles 2021. The notes are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- BOCI Asia Limited as the arranger and dealer in the update of the MTN programme by Greenland Global Investment Limited and guaranteed by Greenland Holding Group Company Limited.
- The joint lead managers in connection with LMIRT Capital Pte. Ltd.'s Regulation S offering of US$250 million 7.25% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2024. LMIRT Capital Pte. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust ("LMIRT"). The Notes are guaranteed by Perpetual (Asia) Limited, as the trustee of LMIRT. LMIRT is a premier retail real estate investment trust ("REIT") in Asia and the first and only Indonesian retail REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. It was shortlisted for High Yield Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020.
Equity Capital Markets
- Chenghe Investment I Limited in its purchase of 2,650,000 Class B Shares and 7,900,000 private placement warrants of LatAmGrowth SPAC, a special purchase acquisition company listed on Nasdaq, from the old SPAC sponsor and the SPAC in its subsequent US$400 million business combination with Femco Steel Technology Co., Ltd., an innovative golf shaft manufacturer based in Taiwan.
- DayOne DC, a Singapore-headquartered data center and digital infrastructure provider and formerly an affiliate of US- and Hong Kong-listed GDS Holdings Limited, on its: (1) US$1.2 billion Series B equity financing; and (2) US$672 million Series A equity financing of the international business operated by GDS Holdings Limited.
- Chenghe Acquisition Co., a special purpose acquisition company, on its US$115 million IPO on Nasdaq, and its subsequent US$380 million business combination with Taiwan Color Optics, Inc., an optical and 3D sensing technology company that is primarily involved in the customization, design and supply of optical components and integrated chip for various industries.
- Special purpose acquisition company Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited (NYSE: OPA) on its US$200 million initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange and, subsequently, on its definitive merger agreement with Asia Innovations Group Limited, a leading mobile social company serving emerging markets.
- Special purpose acquisition company HH&L Acquisition Co. (NYSE: HHLA) in its US$414 million IPO and listing on the New York Stock Exchange and its subsequent definitive merger agreement with DiaCarta Limited, a U.S.-based precision molecular diagnostics company.
- Deutsche Bank, UBS and Morgan Stanley as underwriters on the US registered secondary sell-down by a subsidiary of Crown Resorts Limited (Crown) of shares in Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (MREL). The transaction consisted of an underwritten offering of MREL shares owned by Crown and a borrowing by the underwriters' affiliates of American depositary shares (ADSs) from Melco Leisure and Entertainment Group, another significant shareholder of MREL, which were resold in the same underwritten public offering to hedge the dealers' exposure under cash-settled swap transactions with Crown. MREL is a developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities in Asia, and its shares are listed on NASDAQ.
The A-List: Visionaries (International), China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) 2024-2025
Up and Coming Lawyer for China Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms), Chambers Greater China Region 2022-2025
Hong Kong: Women Leaders, IFLR1000 2022-2024
Among top female Capital Markets lawyers, Women in Business Law Guide (several editions), Euromoney’s Legal Media Group