Milbank has seen growing levels of Malaysia-related work, with its Singapore office at the forefront of cross-border mandates. The practice focuses on high-value transactions across capital markets, project finance, corporate finance, and private equity, with additional support from the firm’s Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. At the head of the practice is David Zemans, whose strengths lie in commercial bank lending, private debt and other types of leveraged finance. Jacqueline Chan is a key name for corporate finance, M&A and restructuring mandates. James Murray oversees the project, energy and infrastructure finance work.
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Key clients
- Telekom Malaysia Berhad
- AirAsia Berhad
Work highlights
Represented the finance parties, in connection with the up to $4.05bn financing of a 300MW hyperscaler data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia for Yellowwood Properties Sdn. Bhd.
Practice head
David Zemans
Other key lawyers
Jacqueline Chan; James Murray