Life sciences
COVID-19 vaccine pharmaceutical company
Advised an international pharmaceutical company on a US$210 million loan facility for the establishment of a new regional centre in Singapore.
MUFG Bank
Advised MUFG Bank on a series of financing, including a US$300 million convertible bridge loan to a global pharmaceutical company, a US$85 million loan to a leading biopharmaceutical company, and a S$120 million acquisition financing to a Philippines-based personal care manufacturer.
Singapore bank
Advised on a US$90.8 million loan facility to a leading pharmaceutical company in Singapore for re-financing of its resettable onward starting equity-linked securities (bonds).
Technology
MUFG Bank
Advised MUFG Bank on a US$150 million refinancing to a leading business and IT professional services firm in India.
HDFC Bank
Advise HDFC Bank on two separate loan facilities aggregately US$86 million to a leading Indian technological company focusing on pharmaceuticals which is based in Bangalore.
CTBC Bank
Acted for CTBC Bank on a US$15 million to a private sector institution (in joint venture with International Finance Corporation) offering financing to companies involved in clean technology.
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Technology
Transportation and trade
National Australia Bank and The Korea Development Bank
Advised National Australia Bank and The Korea Development Bank on their US$236,400,000 secured facility to Korean group for refinancing of existing debt facilities relating to two 174,000 cbm membrane type, MEGI Engine, LNG vessel tankers.
OCP Asia
Acted for OCP Asia, a leading Asia focused investment manager on a secured credit facility to its Indonesian borrower to finance the acquisition of a 50,000 dwt gas producing floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) operating in an offshore field in Indonesia.
Bank of Communications Financial Leasing
Advised Bank of Communications Financial Leasing in respect of the ground breaking transaction in connection with the US$900 million lease financing by a syndicate of PRC lessors of the cruise ship ‘Genting Dream’.
Decarbonisation
Peacock sustainability-linked financing
Advised a syndicate of lenders – comprising ABN AMRO Bank, ING Bank, TIAA FSB, Clifford Capital, and new joiners KeyBank and CIC – on documenting and increasing Peacock Container Group's (Peacock) sustainability-linked loan.
ANZ Bank
Advised ANZ Bank on a US$50 million sustainability-linked loan to U-Ming Marine Transport (S) Pte Ltd, which is a fully owned subsidiary of U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation.
Mekong Timber Plantations
Acted for Mekong Timber Plantations, a leading sustainable plantation forestry business, on its financing and expansion of certain planted areas in Laos.
Private capital and funds
State Bank of India
Advised the State Bank of India on a US$1 billion credit facility to the Government of Sri Lanka.
ASEAN Industrial Growth Fund
Advised ASEAN Industrial Growth Fund (AIGF) on its investment in BHS Kinetic, and on the acquisition financing of a logistics company.
Dental Innovation Investment A BV
Advised Dental Innovation Investment A BV on its investment in Proof & Company, one of Asia Pacific's leading independent spirits companies, which has a wide-ranging portfolio of independent spirits brands.
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International trade
Indian bank
Advised on a US$20 million loan facility from an Indian bank to a coal mining business in Indonesia for servicing of its clients (thermal power stations in India).
Back-to-back letter of credit
Assisted on a US$12.5 million back-to-back letter of credit and US$2.5 million term loan facilities from an Indian bank to a Singapore subsidiary of a leading infrastructure and energy company.
Trade finance bank
Advised a trade finance bank on its US$13 million facility to a Russian infrastructure company.
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Energy and natural resources
Private bank
Acted for a private bank in respect of its US$600 million and US$250 million guarantee facilities to two affiliated energy companies for counter-guaranteeing payment obligations for de-listing exercises.
Multiple lenders
Concurrently advised multiple lenders in respect of their US$153 million, US$150 million, US$135.5 million, US$63.6 million and US$61.5 million bilateral loan facilities to an offshore energy company for the acquisition of over twenty vessels.
Singapore energy company
Advised a Singapore energy company on the disposal of its shareholding in a Liberian plantation company and a listed crude palm oil producer to a listed Malaysian multinational plantation company.
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Banks and banking
British bank
Represented a British bank, Indian bank and French bank in respect of their bilateral US$400 million, US$100 million, US$100 million and US$45 million term loan facilities to the Hong Kong branch of a government owned bank for general corporate purposes.
Leading Singapore-based lender
Acted for a leading Singapore-based lender in relation to its US$350 million and US$200 million term loans to the Hong Kong branch of an Indian state-owned bank for general working capital purposes.
Japanese, Singaporean, Indian and British lenders
Separately advised Japanese, Singaporean, Indian and British lenders in respect of their US$230 million, US$150 million, US$75 million, US$75 million and US$70 million bilateral loans to a leading American IT services and consulting company.
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Aviation
Aerospace group
Acted for an aerospace group in relation to its US$140 million export credit financing term loan facility from a syndicate of banks for the purposes of financing of four (4) ATR-500 and four (4) ATR-600 aircraft.
Australian bank
Advised an Australian bank in respect of a US$132 million loan facility to an aircraft owning/leasing arm of a Chinese bank for the purchase of three (3) A320-200 aircraft.
New Zealand airline
Acted for a New Zealand airline in respect of its financing (approximately US$100 million) of three A320 aircraft from Japanese and Australian lenders.
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