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Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee

Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee

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Singapore

4

Banking and finance: foreign firms

Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee’s team advises banks, private capital providers and development finance institutions on a broad range of financing transactions, including general secured and unsecured corporate lending as well as receivables finance. Kaveeta Sandhu leads the team and advises on various financing structures, in both regional and cross-border contexts, notably across Southeast Asia and the wider Asia Pacific region. Matthew Bubb has extensive expertise in corporate finance and project finance.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The Hogan Lovells banking and finance team brings a client-centric and responsive approach which is much appreciated by us. The team brings decades of experience in infra financing across Asia Pacific and this is evident in their work and approach.’

  • ‘Matthew Bubb is highly regarded and has an excellent understanding of our needs as a leading infrastructure financier. He is commercially pragmatic and brings an excellent understanding of recent market developments across jurisdictions of relevance to us.’

  • ‘The team continuously innovates its service to benefit clients, particularly through their investment and commitment to ESG and sustainability work, driven by the growing demand for energy transition.'

  • The firm has also adopted cutting-edge legal and commercial tech streamlining processes and improving the efficiency of service delivery. ’

  • ‘Hogan Lovells’ practice in Singapore, led by Kaveeta Sandhu, is outstanding due to their expertise in cross-border transactions with a particular focus on geographies in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the wider Asia Pacific region.'

  • They have extensive experience advising banks, private capital providers, development finance institutions, financial sponsors and corporates on a broad range of financing transactions covering almost all the industries in the market. This includes general secured and unsecured corporate lending, acquisition financing, fund financing, as well as receivables finance and aviation finance, which showcases the strength, depth and diverse capability of the Singapore banking and finance team.’

Key clients

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Australia and New Zealand Banking Corporation (ANZ)
  • British International Investment (BII)
  • BNP Paribas SA (BNPP)
  • Citibank, N.A. (Citibank)
  • Coӧperatieve Rabobank U.A. (Rabobank)
  • DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS)
  • Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO)
  • MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG)
  • Pentagreen Capital Assets Pte. Ltd. (Pentagreen)

Work highlights

Advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) on a US$200m sustainability linked loan to Capital and India Trust Management Pte. Ltd.
Advised IFC, BII and SRF on a US$400m term loan facility to Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited for the acquisition of Telenor Pakistan Private Limited and Orion Towers Private Limited.
Advised BII and Pentagreen on a US$80m holdco facility to ib vogt (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for the purpose of development of greenfield utility-scale solar, wind and battery energy storage systems projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Practice head

Kaveeta Sandhu

Other key lawyers

Matthew Bubb