Slaughters took the lead for the group company, as well as subsidiaries Standard Chartered Hong Kong and Standard Chartered First Bank
On both deals the Slaughters team was led by corporate partner Nilufer von Bismarck in
The deals are the latest in a string of large mandates Slaughters has won for Standard Chartered, which also instructs firms such as Allen & Overy. In June, von Bismarck took the lead advising the bank on its $750m (£372m) preference share issue. The firm was also instructed in February advising the bank on the sale of its shareholding in Standard Chartered Trustee and Standard Chartered Asset Management to a subsidiary of UBS for $120m (£60m).
On the debt issuance, Linklaters capital markets partner Jane Brown advised JP Morgan Cazenove and Standard Chartered Bank as joint arrangers on the programme.
Under the programme, Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong are permitted to issue notes to be traded on the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Standard Chartered First Bank
On the American Express deal, Slaughters worked alongside Sullivan & Cromwell M&A partner Mark Menting in the
