Mayer Brown acted for the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation on its first international transaction, which is the acquisition of South Korean residential mortgage assets worth US$700 million from a Korean commercial bank. This deal was notable as the first-ever "bilateral" cross-border RMBS securitisation out of Korea under Korean's ABS Act. The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation is considered to be the "Fannie Mae" of Hong Kong. It is triple-A rated and Hong Kong's biggest securitiser.
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