Simmons & Simmons JWS' team assists on matters spanning syndicated loans, private credit and project finance. Calvin Tan leads the team and has considerable expertise advising on cross-border structured lending, commodity and trade finance, funds matters as well as project finance cases. Yongmei Cai advises international and local financial institutions, commercial corporations, and equity investors on various finance aspects including corporate finance, real estate finance, commodity and trade finance. Angelia Chia is noted for her knowledge of trade and supply chain finance.
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Key clients
- Standard Chartered Bank
- OCBC Bank
- BNP Paribas
- Citibank
- MUFG Bank
- AIIB
- Mirova
- DBS Bank
- Maybank
Work highlights
Advising Standard Chartered Bank on Seatrium’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Seatrium Financial Services, on a three-year $1.1bn committed global syndicated bank guarantee facility with the support of a group of eight leading financial institutions.
Advising the client on a three-year USD50m asset backed credit facility to Ninja Van Group, Southeast Asia’s leading logistics provider, backed by receivables across Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and PRC.
Practice head
Calvin Tan
Other key lawyers
Yongmei Cai; Angelia Chia