As a senior associate in the Auckland office, Ling Yan specialises in debt capital markets and structured finance, in particular securitisations and covered bonds. Her work highlights include acting on ASB Bank’s USMTN and covered bond programmes, New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency's debut sustainable financing bond issuance, and Goodman Property Trust's inaugural green bond issuance.
Ling Yan also regularly advises corporates and financial institutions on financial services regulation, such as the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 and the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. She is actively involved in legislative developments, including submissions on the Deposit Takers Bill and appearing before Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Financial Markets Infrastructure Bill.
Ling Yan began her career at Russell McVeagh. She worked at Linklaters LLP in London in the structured finance group before returning to Russell McVeagh in 2017.