Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
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Bella Chu Chai Yee
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Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner (Financial Services, M&A, Real Estate)
Career
Bella started her practice in the dispute resolution department of the firm, focusing on banking and insolvency litigation and high-value recovery work before transitioning to the firm’s corporate practice.
She advised on mergers & acquisitions in various industries, with a focus on real estate transactions where she advises numerous leading developers on direct and indirect acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, restructurings, and development projects. Bella also advises on financing matters and regularly acts for clients ranging from international financial institutions to investment funds on cross-border financing, mezzanine financing, and offshore lending. Her financing practice is a mix of cross-border finance work and equity capital markets work, including rights and bonus offering, warrants issuance, and private placements.
Clients have described Bella as being 'able to work around non-straightforward situations’ and have commended her for her 'attention to detail and risk evaluation'.
In the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 rankings, Bella is ranked as a Band 3 practitioner in the Real Estate practice. She has also been recently ranked as a “Leading Partner” for Corporate and M&A, Real Estate and Construction, and Capital Markets by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025. She is also recognised as a “Highly Regarded” practitioner in the IFLR1000 2024 rankings for the Mergers & Acquisitions, and Real Estate practices. Bella has been named “Distinguished Practitioner” by asialaw 2024 for Corporate M&A and Real Estate practices.
Languages
English, Malay, Mandarin