Withers KhattarWong LLP has an established combination of local and international legal expertise with close links to domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions. The banking and finance team is fused with the real estate department, giving it additional firepower in property financings involving the acquisition of real estate assets in Singapore and overseas. The group is also noted for distressed debt transactions, where it is able to leverage the additional expertise of the firm’s restructuring and insolvency team. Project finance is another forte, as is private credit financings. Leading name Chen Guan Feng is an experienced figure in cross-border financings involving Indonesia and Malaysia, and has established connections to Singapore banks and Singapore-based international banks and financial institutions. Kenneth Szeto has left the firm.
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‘Chen Guan Feng and Chan Bi Qing are high quality advisers who help to protect our interests whilst achieving commercial balance. They are always just a phone call away.’
Key clients
- CIMB Bank Berhad
- Accial Capital Management
- FKS Food and Agri
- ALQ Global One, a sub fund of Alteriq Global VCC
- Vallianz Holdings
- Abound Capital Master Fund I
Work highlights
Represented CIMB Bank in a S$110m facility to Hanbaobao, which is the Singapore franchisee of McDonald's.
Represented Accial Capital Management in facilitating the amendment process for the existing loan documents on behalf of the lenders.
Represented FKS Food & Agri and Enerfo in a $50m credit facility from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Singapore Branch.
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Leading partners
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Practice head
Chen Guan Feng
Other key lawyers
Chan Bi Qing