Banking & Finance

Our Banking & Finance team has been a trusted advisor to foreign and domestic banks, members of the insurance industry, private and public companies, as well as Government-linked companies on domestic and international aspects of banking and finance transactions across various commercial, financial, and governmental sectors.

We have experience in a diverse range of banking and finance matters, including:

• Joint Ventures / Acquisitions Involving Financial Institutions
• Banking Regulatory Advice
• Acquisition Financing
• Property Financing
• Infrastructure Project Financing
• Asset Finance
• Aircraft Finance Leases
• Structured Finance
• Pre-Delivery Payment (PDP) Financing
• Cross-Border Financing
• Early Settlement of a Facility and the Discharge of Security
• Electronic Money Payments Instruments Regime and Money Services Business Regime
• Payments, Remittances and Digital Assets Custody
• Personal Data Protection and Customer Secrecy
• Electronic Money Licensing
• Issuance of Cryptocurrency
• Advisory in Relation to Digital Banking in Malaysia
• Issuance of eWallets

In addition, we have also advised on various Islamic financing structures.

We stand out as particular leaders in the law and regulations governing financial institutions. Our team's profound understanding of and deep experience with the Financial Services Act 2013 (FSA) and the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 (IFSA) ensures that our clients’ endeavours in the field of banking and finance remain compliant, secure, and forward-focused.

• Acting as transaction counsel for the borrower, in a facility for the cross-border purchase and operations of one (1) Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft where the primary security for the facility is a mortgage over the aircraft (Ongoing).

• Advising a Malaysian company in relation to the financing of Bombardier Global 5000 Aircraft with Sabah Development Bank for the Term Loan Facility of up to RM121,500,000 (Ongoing).

• Advised a syndicate of lenders led by Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad and Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad on a RM1.1 billion project financing of a ferrosilicon smelting plant in the Samalaju Industrial Park, Sarawak.

• Advised Standard Chartered Bank Singapore on its US$115.0 Million Islamic Murabahah Facility to Baitak Asian Real Estate Fund I (Labuan) Limited, Kuwait Finance House and Pacific Star Investments Singapore to fund the Kuala Lumpur Pavillion project secured against inter alia Islamic Qardhul Hasan Loans.

• Advised Maybank Berhad on the RM175.0 Million Syndicated Term Loan and Bridging Finance to Paramount Corporation Berhad for acquisition of land and construction of Kemuning Utama new housing township.

• Advised Danaharta Managers Sdn Bhd a government linked debt restructuring agency on the sale of loan accounts and receivables by way of tender bid.

• Advised TNB Engineering Corporation Sdn Bhd in its AED87 million contract financing for work done for ‘Manazel New City’ project in Abu Dhabi.

• Advised BNP Paribas Najmah, Labuan on its Kafalah documentation for an offshore financing out of Labuan.

• Advised Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ on its Kafalah documentation.

• Acted as Malaysian Law Counsel to a foreign financier providing Pre-Delivery Payment (PDP) financing to a Malaysian commercial air operator.

• Acted as Malaysian counsel for Lenders in relation to a Pre-Delivery Payment Financing as well as the financing for the aircraft purchase, to a Malaysian listed entity, in relation to the proposed purchase of a new private jet.

• Acted as Malaysian counsel for Lenders in relation to the financing of a used private jet.

• Advised a Malaysian helicopter operator on a syndicated financing facility for its new fleet of aircraft.

• Advised a Malaysian entity on the proposed discharge of existing security and termination of existing facility, to enable the Malaysian company to enter into a sale of its private jet.

• Advising a Malaysian operator on the proposed global re-financing and new financing for its proposed new fleet of aircraft.
  

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