SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Lee Xin Mei, Cheryl Tan, Eugene Lee and Benjamin Liew, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP (“Rajah & Tann”) is recognised in the field of debt capital markets as having highly creative lawyers with strong technical knowledge who can handle the full spectrum of complex and innovative debt capi - tal market transactions. It represents issuers and underwriters in domestic and international
offerings, exchange offers, and liability man - agement exercises, leveraging the local law ex - pertise of its network of leading ASEAN firms. It leads various first-of-its-kind transactions, including the first catastrophe bond transaction in Singapore and the first auto asset-backed securitisation in Singapore.
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Lee Xin Mei is a banking and finance, and debt capital markets specialist. She is a partner in Rajah & Tann and heads the Debt Capital Markets practice in the firm. Xin Mei
Eugene Lee is an international business lawyer who has practised at the world’s top law firms and financial centres. Eugene is a partner in Rajah & Tann and has led a variety of
regularly advises on a wide range of debt- related transactions. She has a strong interest in structured debt and securitisation transactions and has advised on several novel transactions including the first issuance of catastrophe bonds by a Singapore special purpose reinsurance vehicle.
complex, cross-border transactions, including SEC registered and unregistered offerings of secured and unsecured debt, equity and equity-linked securities. Eugene’s experience also includes SEC, NYSE, NASDAQ, HKSE and SGX-ST compliance issues, leveraged finance, high-yield and loan covenant analysis, liability management exercises, take private transactions, poison pill plans, share buybacks, and acquisitions of private and public companies.
Cheryl Tan is a banking and finance, and debt capital markets specialist. She is a partner in Rajah & Tann with more than a decade of experience. Cheryl is a dynamic
Benjamin Liew is a partner with Rajah & Tann’s Financial Institutions practice and has acted for a diverse range of financial institutions including retail and private banks,
and responsive lawyer who regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in an extensive range of financing transactions, with a particular focus and interest in acquisition financings and venture debt financings. Cheryl also has considerable expertise in a variety of debt transactions, including the issuance of private bonds, structured debt and asset- backed securities.
investment advisers, fund managers, fintech companies, brokers and derivatives dealers. As a financial regulatory and derivatives specialist, Benjamin has advised on financial regulations for securitisations in Singapore.
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