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WongPartnership LLP Offices

WongPartnership LLP
12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore
Visit website 65 6416 8000 65 6532 5711

Mr Alvin Chia

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+65 6416 8214 alvin.chia@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Services Group; Banking & Finance Practice; Special Situations Advisory Practice.

Position

Partner – Banking & Finance Practice.

Partner – Special Situations Advisory

Career

He has extensive experience in lending transactions such as project finance, property development finance, asset finance, structured lending, financing for general offers and corporate takeovers, trade finance, securitisations and syndicated loans generally and debt restructuring. Also advises on Islamic financing, private banking transactions and bank standard forms.

Significant transactions that Alvin has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

  • A syndicate of lenders in the refinancing of the S$2.1 billion facilities granted to Senoko Energy Pte. Ltd., a power generation company owned by a consortium comprising Marubeni Corporation, ENGIE, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. and Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
  • The borrowers in a S$2.005 billion financing granted to Milano Central Pte. Ltd., Roma Central Pte. Ltd., Verona Central Pte. Ltd., which are special purpose vehicles owned by a joint venture between Lendlease and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, for the construction of a mixed-use development located at Paya Lebar.
  • The lender in the grant of facilities of S$1.26 billion to CITIC Environment (International) Company Limited (being a consortium formed between CITIC Limited and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.) to finance, inter alia, the general offer for the acquisition of all the shares in United Envirotech Limited (a Singapore-listed water solutions provider).
  • Avago Technologies Limited, a leading designer, developer and global supplier of analog, digital, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems, as Singapore counsel, in respect of a US$4.6 billion facility granted by a group of banks led by a major German Bank for the acquisition of LSI Corporation, a technology company which designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacentres, mobile networks and client computing.
  • A club of lenders in a S$1.2 billion “green loan” granted to Frasers Property Aquamarine Trustee Pte. Ltd. (in its capacity as trustee-manager of Aquamarine Star Trust) for the refinancing of Frasers Tower, a premium Grade-A energy-efficient office tower with its own park and podium roof gardens, located at the gateway to Singapore central business district. The loan is the first syndicated green loan under the Green Loan Principles in Singapore and South East Asia.
  • A major German Bank in relation to the restructuring of Bilcare Singapore Pte. Ltd. which involved several groups of lenders and Jurong Town Corporation (the Singapore government’s industrial property landlord).Awards & Accolades:
    Alvin has been recognised as a leading Banking lawyer by Who’s Who Legal: Banking since 2016 and IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms since 2010. He has also been consistently recommended as a leading lawyer for Banking and Finance work by The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession since 2008; Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business since 2009; Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business since 2009; and Best Lawyers since 2009. Alvin has also been listed as a leading practitioner in Asialaw Leading Lawyers – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers.
    Alvin is recognised by Chambers Asia-Pacific for his ability to advise on the “commercial reality of whether something will or won’t work”. He is also “widely praised by commentators” and hailed as “solid rock in transactions [who] knows what is important to emphasise and adopts a very pragmatic approach”. Clients lauded that Alvin is a practitioner who is “a driving force of the team”, and one who is “best known for his versatile practice covering the full range of finance matters”. He is recognised for being “very commercial and has good knowledge of what the client wants” by The Legal 500: Asia Pacific and a “standout lawyer for banking work”.

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Languages

English.

Memberships

Member, Law Society of Singapore.

Education

Admitted, 1993, Singapore Bar; 2009, Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.).

Leisure

Leisure cycling.

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Banking and finance: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Alvin Chia – WongPartnership LLP

WongPartnership LLP remains a market leader in banking finance, noted for its history in acquisition finance, real estate finance and general corporate lending. More recently it has been at the forefront of green loans and sustainability-linked financings. It continues to be active in acquisition finance in the real estate sphere and advised Perennial Shenton Property on the refinancing of the acquisition of, and the S$3bn green loan syndicated financing of the 8 Shenton Way project development. The firm represents all three of Singapore’s major banks and international banks with a presence in Singapore, the vast majority of Singapore’s top real estate developers and REITs, leading international private equity houses, prominent government-linked companies and established multinationals based in Singapore. Susan Wong is at the pinnacle of the profession, heads the financial services group and has over 35 years of experience in major banking and finance transactions, including acquisition finance and real estate finance. Christy Lim is deputy head of the banking and finance practice, and also leads many of the firm’s top banking and finance engagements. Alvin Chia is another leading name in the team, as are emerging talents Felix Lee and Bernadette Tan.

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