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Kok Chee Wai

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+65 6890 7724

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+65 6302 3213

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kok.cheewai@allenandgledhill.com

 

 

Kok Chee Wai has been a Partner in Financial Services since 1998. He has broad experience in domestic and international financings. His general banking and finance practice includes acting for lenders and major corporates on domestic and cross border syndicated loans, structured and acquisition financings and debt restructurings.

He also regularly acts for banks and sponsors on project financings in various sectors and has acted in many of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) and other infrastructure projects in Singapore.

His recent transaction experience includes advising:

 

a syndicate of Singapore and international banks on a S$1.56 billion loan to Orchard Turn Holdings Pte Ltd (a joint venture between Capitaland Limited and Sun Hung Kai);

Keppel Integrated Engineering in the approximately S$102.54 million limited recourse project financing lead arranged by DZ Bank AG, ING Bank N.V. and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd to develop a refuse incineration plant under the Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) public-private partnership (PPP) scheme (this deal was awarded Asian PPP Deal of the Year 2006 by Thomson Financial);

a syndicate of banks led by DBS Bank Ltd in the approximately S$167.16 million financing to SingSpring Pte Ltd for the construction of the 136,380m3/day (30 MiGD) desalination plant in Tuas, Singapore for the supply of desalinated water to the Public Utilities Board (this deal was awarded the Euromoney/Project Finance Magazine - 2003 Water Deal of the Year);

an international bank as lead arranger in an approximately S$473.85 million loan to Savu Properties Pte Ltd, a Goldman Sachs affiliate, to acquire a major office tower in Singapore;

DBS in connection with a S$937.31 million loan facility to the Mapletree Industrial Trust; and

a syndicate of Singapore and international banks as arrangers on the S$850 million secured loan facilities granted to Parkway Novena Pte Ltd and guaranteed by Parkway Holdings Limited and Parkway Irrawaddy Pte Ltd for the development of a medical complex.

 

Chee Wai graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1991. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1992, when he joined Allen & Gledhill. He has participated in and spoken at various seminars on banking related topics. Chee Wai is noted for his Banking & Finance and Projects & Energy expertise in international legal directories such as Chambers Global, Chambers Asia and Best Lawyers. PLC Which Lawyer? also notes his Restructuring & Insolvency expertise. Chambers Asia (2010) describes Chee Wai as one who “‘successfully marries the commercial and technical sides of advice - he is able to explain complex issues clearly, which makes it easy for us to understand the potential ramifications of every move,’ say clients”.

 

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