德恒律师事务所近日分别助力中煤能源和光大集团在上交所、深交所发行“注册制”公司债券，这是新《证券法》自3月1日生效以来，在两个交易所分别首发的“注册制”债券。

中煤能源此次发债规模为30亿元人民币，债券发行从申请受理到发行仅用11个工作日；光大集团发债规模为20亿元人民币，从项目申报到完成注册仅用7个工作日。

根据德恒的一份新闻稿，中煤能源本次募集资金中将安排不少于10%的比例以预付款形式向其上游供应商及相关物流企业支付采购货款和运输费用等，带动配套企业增强协同复工复产动能。

德恒中煤能源项目组牵头律师为合伙人徐建军、杨兴辉；光大集团项目组牵头律师为合伙人赵雅楠、马恺。

中信建投证券及中信证券担任了中煤能源发债主承销商；光大证券担任光大集团发债主承销商。

Deheng act on the first two registration-based bonds in China

DeHeng Law Offices has assisted ChinaCoal and China Everbright Group on the issuances of two registration-based bonds in Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange, respectively. Those are the first two bond issuances since China launched a registration-based system for bond sales on March 1.

The issue volume of ChinaCoal was $428 million and the registration took eleven working days; meanwhile the issue volume of China Everbright was $285 million and took seven working days.

According to Deheng, ChinaCoal would use at least 10 percent of the proceeds to pay the suppliers and logistics, aiming to further resume its production capability.

The ChinaCoal project was led by partners Xu Jianjun and Yang Xinghui; the China Everbright project by partners Zhao Yanan and Ma Kai.

China Securities and CITIC Securities acted as sponsors for ChinaCoal, while Everbright Securities acting for China Everbright.

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