Ms Pauline Chong > Drew & Napier LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Drew & Napier LLC Offices
10 COLLYER QUAY
#10-01 OCEAN FINANCIAL CENTRE
SINGAPORE 049315
Singapore
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Ms Pauline Chong
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Co-Head, Banking & Finance
Career
Pauline heads the Banking & Finance practice and is also a Director in the firm’s Corporate & Finance Department. She has more than two decades of experience representing and advising clients on a wide range of local and cross-border loan and financing transactions. She has also acted for clients in mergers and acquisitions of local and foreign companies and general corporate and commercial transactions.
More specifically, Pauline has worked on bilateral and syndicated loan facilities to borrowers from the ASEAN countries, the Asia Pacific region, and Europe. She has also advised clients on the financing of infrastructure projects including power plant and highway construction projects, property construction financing, ship financing, and loan restructuring and rescheduling.
Pauline was an adjunct tutor and lecturer for graduate and post-graduate students on banking and finance topics. The Singapore Institute of Legal Education appointed her a Teaching Fellow for the ‘Corporate & Commercial Practice’ subject of the Singapore Bar Examinations.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Member, Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Education
- LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (1993)
- Admitted to the Singapore Bar (1994)
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Banking and finance: local firms
Drew & Napier LLC has a primary focus on project financing, acquisition financing, and real estate and construction financing. It is also noted for debt restructurings and green loans, syndicated financings, and bank regulatory matters. The group represents a range of local banks, regional and international banks with presences in Singapore, other financial institutions, and local and international corporate borrowers. Pauline Chong leads the banking and finance practice and has extensive experience in syndicated and bilateral financings, project finance, and debt restructurings. Renu Menon is deputy head of the group and is also noted for bilateral and syndicated loans, acquisition finance, and bank regulatory work. Lau Sok Hiang is a key figure in real estate financings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Intellectual property: Local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
- White-collar crime - Local firms
Firm Rankings
- Construction: Local firms
- Data protection and cyber security
- International arbitration
- Investment funds: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms