Shook Lin & Bok LLP has long held the status as a banking and finance heavyweight and with its large team it has achieved high levels of specialisation and regional coverage. The firm continues to stand out for its expertise in asset finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, sustainability-linked financings, real estate finance, trade finance, and bilateral and syndicated lending, amongst multiple other areas. The team has close links to large local, regional and international banks and advises a range of corporate borrowers. It has also continued to advise on a multitude of green and sustainability-linked financings. Liew Kai Zee has an outstanding reputation as a senior banking and finance professional with impressive connections to influential financial institutions. Stanley Lim is another experienced partner in the team with extensive experience in bilateral and syndicated loans, collective sale financing, trade finance, project finance, acquisition finance and asset-backed finance. Tan Zhi Ming, Aditi Mathur, Deborah Wong and Clement Khoo are amongst a large number of partners who routinely lead major engagements for big-name clients.
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'Shook Lin & Bok has one of the best teams in Singapore. They are dependable, prompt in responses and most importantly, provide sound advice.’
‘Liew Kai Zee is very knowledgeable, able to understand the issues we face when approached and able to gather his team to work with us immediately. We have the comfort in working with him and will approach him on any legal issues we face. Time is the essence, and he will respond even if past the working hours.’
‘They have a strong team of lawyers who are able to provide advice to clients and to ensure legal documentations are completed in the shortest possible time.’
‘Stanley Lim is very approachable and always ready to provide advice when it comes to legal matters pertaining to structuring of collaterals, ensuring that both client and bank's interest are not compromised.’
Work highlights
- Acted for Maybank as sole financier and sustainability structuring adviser in the first Islamic Sustainability-linked RCF in the shipping sector in Southeast Asia.
- Acted for the lenders in the financing of the privatisation offer for Healthway Medical Corporation.
- Acted for the lender in the growth capital financing granted to Mensa Brands through a combination of debt facility and convertible investment.
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Practice head
Liew Kai Zee
Other key lawyers
Stanley Lim; Marilyn See; Pok Eu Jin; Tan Zhi Ming; Aditi Mathur; Bryan Chang; Clement Khoo; Kelvin Wong