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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 Felix Lee

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+65 6416 8035 felix.lee@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Banking & Finance Practice

Position

Partner – Banking & Finance Practice

Career

His main areas of practice include syndicated loans, club deals, bilateral loans, property financing, acquisition financing, project financing, cross-border transactions and security arrangements and documentation. He has also advised on standard forms for consumer credit transactions and debt restructuring.

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

  • Nesta Investment Holdings Limited (which is owned by a consortium comprising HOPU Logistics Investment Management Co., Ltd., Hillhouse Capital Logistics Management, Ltd., SMG Eastern Limited, Bank of China Group Investment Limited and Vanke Real Estate (Hong Kong) Company Limited) as Singapore counsel in the grant of US$4 billion term loan and revolving facilities in relation to Nesta Investment Holdings Limited’s acquisition of Global Logistic Properties Limited.
  • CMA CGM S.A., a French company which is the world’s third largest container ship operator by capacity, in the syndicated financing of US$1.65 billion to finance the acquisition by CMA CGM S.A. of all the issued and paid up ordinary shares (excluding issued and paid up ordinary shares held as treasury shares) in the capital Neptune Orient Lines Limited.
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., IBC Capital Limited (the “Offeror”), in the US$1.1 billion financing relating to the S$1.4 billion acquisition by the Offeror of all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Goodpack Limited.
  • A syndicate of lenders in a US$551 million financing granted to subsidiaries of ARA Asset Management Limited, for the acquisition of a portfolio of 38 hotels under the Hyatt Place and Hyatt House franchise across 21 states in the United States.
  • A club of offshore lenders in an offshore financing granted to DBS Trustee Limited (in its capacity as trustee of Sasseur REIT), which was part of an offshore-onshore financing relating to the initial public offering of Sasseur REIT on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. Sasseur REIT is the first outlet mall REIT to be listed in Asia.
  • The lenders in the grant of a S$1.1 billion facility to Singapore LNG Corporation Pte. Ltd. (“SLNG”) to finance the repayment of certain government loans that were extended to SLNG for the development and construction of the initial phase of the Singapore LNG Terminal located on Jurong Island, Singapore.

Awards & Accolades

Felix is a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession (2017, 2018 and 2019) for the area of Banking & Finance in Singapore. He is recognised as a Highly Regarded Banking lawyer by IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms in the area of Banking in Singapore, and is recognised as a Notable Practitioner by Asialaw Leading Lawyers for the area of Banking & Finance in Singapore.

Languages

English

Education

National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Banking and finance: local firms

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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