Jennifer Rees is a Partner with the Corporate practice in the firm’s London office. She focuses her practice on cross-border capital markets and corporate finance, especially matters involving emerging markets.
Jennifer handles a range of capital markets transactions, including sovereign bond issuances, quasi-sovereign and corporate debt and equity issuances, ESG-related bond issuances and liability management transactions, and primarily represents sovereign, corporate and bank issuers and underwriters. She has advised both issuers and underwriters in connection with listings on major international stock exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euronext Dublin and Vienna MTF.
The Legal 500 UK 2025 highlights Jennifer as a "next generation partner" for both debt capital markets and emerging markets, and also recommends her for equity capital markets. She is also ranked in Chambers UK 2025 for capital markets: high-yield products, where she is praised for her "exceptional expertise in her field."
In 2024, Jennifer was named among the Financial Times' "Top Ten Most Innovative Practitioners in Europe" at its Innovative Lawyers Awards for Europe for guiding sovereign and corporate issuers through multiple first-of-their-kind capital markets issuances, including the Arab Republic of Egypt's sustainable "Panda Bond," the first from an African sovereign issuer in China's domestic markets.
Also in 2024, Jennifer was recognized by law.com International and named to its "Female Rising Stars" list for 2024, which honors the best up-and-coming women under 40 in the UK legal industry.
Sovereign Issuances
Quasi-Sovereign & Corporate Issuances
Recognised in Chambers UK for Capital Markets: High-Yield Products, 2023-2025
Listed in The Legal 500 UK for Debt Capital Markets, 2023-2025
Listed in The Legal 500 UK for Emerging Markets, 2023-2026
Listed in The Legal 500 UK for Equity Capital Markets, 2023-2025
Named a "Notable Practitioner in Capital Markets: Debt and Capital Markets: Equity" by IFLR1000, 2025
Recognised as a "Rising Star" in Debt and Equity Markets by IFLR1000, 2020-2025