Our team advised Bank of China the issuance, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE
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Our team advised Bank of China the issuance, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr represented the Bank of China’s Johannesburg Branch.
Bank of China is one of the five largest state-owned commercial banks in the People's Republic of China. Our capital markets team advised this prestigious client in the issuance, in December 2017, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE. The issuance was made under the Bank of China’s ZAR 15 billion domestic medium term note programme.
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