Rahmat Lim & Partners‘ team has a maritime and aviation specialism and capabilities assisting clients in the breadth of contentious and non-contentious matters therein. The team handles vessel and mortgage registrations, secured lending and leasing cases. It also represents clients in litigation and arbitration concerning charterparties, international trade, and offshore oil and gas issues. The practice is co-led by Soh Yin Chuin whose expertise is in loan and lease financing, debt restructuring, and maritime assets enforcement; Jack Yow who handles corporate and banking litigation as well as insolvency proceedings; and Chong Yee Leong whose work covers international arbitration and restructuring in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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‘Very efficient and skilled team.’
‘Soh Yin Chuin is our go-to guy. Incredibly skilled, service-minded and efficient.’
'Soh Yin Chuin is very good.'
Work highlights
Acted for the client in respect of an application to the Sheriff of the High Court of Malaya, on the discharge of cargo previously onboard the vessel “ES Valor”, which is presently lying under arrest pending ongoing proceedings.
Acted as Malaysian counsel to the client as the original borrower and its group of entities in connection with term loan facilities, multicurrency revolving cash advance facility and multicurrency letter of credit and/or bank guarantee facility in the aggregate amount of up to $335m granted by a syndicate of lenders for purposes of, amongst other things, refinancing of the existing debt of the Group.
Advised a leading agri-business conglomerate based in Singapore in respect of an ongoing proceedings before the High Court of Malaya and the Court of Appeal in respect of the conduct of arbitration proceedings under the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM) arbitration rules.
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Practice head
Soh Yin Chuin; Jack Yow; Chong Yee Leong