Well-regarded for its cross-border capabilities, the team at WongPartnership LLP assists a diverse client base of international and domestic banks and financial institutions, REITs, and private equity sponsors, amongst others, with a wide range of financing transactions. Its transactional workload includes advising on high-value real estate and development transactions, cross-border and domestic acquisition financing, as well as bank lending and corporate borrowing cases. Practice head Christy Lim has a ‘sharp commercial mind’ and handles syndicated loans, club deals and cross-border and multi-currency transactions. Susan Wong has extensive expertise in a wide range of local and international loan and other debt-related transactions while Alvin Chia is well regarded for his work on syndicated loans, project finance and property development loans. Bernadette Tan is a key individual.
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  • ‘Collaborative, great working relationship with clients, pre-empts issues.’

  • ‘Christy Lim and Bernadette Tan think on behalf of clients and are prompt, collaborative and commercial yet protects clients. Great associate team working for them.’

  • ‘The law firm stands out for its deep bench of legal talent and consistently delivers the attentiveness of a trusted local advisor.’

  • ‘The lawyers that we engaged with have sector-specific expertise and provide commercially sound solutions. The lawyers are also responsive and highly collaborative, with proven strength.’

  • ‘Depth in technical knowledge and commitment to helping clients achieve commercial objectives.’

  • ‘The team is well-resourced and turns around documents and discussions in a timely manner. Also able to advise clients on documents, implications and workarounds as needed.'

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Practice head

Christy Lim

Other key lawyers

Bernadette Tan; Susan Wong; Alvin Chia