Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Corporate

Partner (Financial Services, M&A, Real Estate)

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 2024 rankings, Bella is ranked as a Band 3 practitioner in the Real Estate practice. She has also been recently ranked as a “Leading Individual” for Corporate and M&A and acknowledged as a “Next Generation Partner” for Real Estate and Construction by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024. She is also recognised as a “Highly Regarded” practitioner in the IFLR1000 2023/2024 rankings for the Mergers & Acquisitions practice.

English, Malay, Mandarin

LLB (Hons) University of London Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya