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Mr Yeo Wico

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+65 9753 8722 yeo.wico@agasia.law View profile

Work Department

Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Corporate Regulatory & Compliance; Islamic Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Wico has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, and is well regarded in the practice area. He achieved the record of working on both the largest IPO and the largest bond offering in Singapore in the same year. Since the inception of business trusts (“BT”) in Singapore, Wico has built up leading experience in infrastructure BT, including working on a multi-billion IPO of the largest ever infrastructure BT. Beyond award-winning and landmark transactions in both equity and debt capital markets, his experience extends to securitisation and structured finance.

He is well known in the field of Islamic banking and finance. He pioneered the largest sukuk transactions in Singapore, which includes the first sukuk issue, the first sukuk programme, the first statutory board issuer of sukuk and the first sukuk to cross the S$1 billion value.

In the field of innovative retail bond offerings, he advised on the pioneering retail offering of bonds under the exempt bond framework as well as the world’s first offering of listed retail bonds backed by cashflows from private equity funds.

He also advised on a new method for issuing Singapore Government Securities (SGS) through the introduction of syndication and establishment of a new programme for SGS (Infrastructure). The initial bond issue of S$2.4 billion under this programme was the first 50-year (and longest) bond issued by the Singapore Government as well as Singapore’s inaugural sovereign green bonds and the longest-tenor green bond issued by a sovereign.

Languages

English

Memberships

Wico is a member of the MAS Appeal Advisory Panels, the Income Tax Board of Review, and the Corporate Law Advisory Panel.

Education

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree.

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms

(Leading individuals)

Yeo Wico – Allen & Gledhill LLP

Allen & Gledhill LLP has demonstrable experience across the full range of structured products, in addition to OTC and exchange-traded derivatives, including interest rate, currency, credit and equity derivatives. The practice is well-placed to advise on regulatory, compliance and tax issues arising in relation to financial products and structures and is frequently appointed as Singapore opinion counsel by the ISDA and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Head of the debt capital markets group, Margaret Chin, leads the team alongside Francis Mok, who is noted for his expertise in financial services and commodities regulations, and corporate finance expert Yeo Wico, whose experience extends to securitisation and structured finance. Other key contacts in the group include Magdalene Leong and Jeanne Ong.

Singapore > Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms

Recognised as ‘market leaders’ by corporates and investment banks, the capital markets practice at Allen & Gledhill LLP stands out for its expertise in first-of-its-kind equity and debt transactions in Singapore, while also boasting impressive capability in the REITs and business trust arenas. Tan Tze Gay spearheads the equity capital markets group and advises on high-value IPOs and listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), in addition to regional and international exchanges to global debt offerings. Head of the debt capital markets practice, Margaret Chin has experience across a range of debt offerings, including vanilla bond issuance, medium-term note programmes, hybrid instruments, and liability management exercises, while managing partner Jerry Koh leads the REITs group. Other key contacts in the team include corporate finance expert Yeo Wico, who is noted for his expertise in IPOs and bond offerings, and Kern Wong, who was promoted to partner in January 2023.

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