In addition to its core corporate and acquisition finance department, King & Wood Mallesons continues to be engaged in emerging areas such as fintech and green, social and sustainable financing in Australia. Yuen-Yee Cho‘s clients range from leading Australian and offshore corporates to global private equity firms and commercial and investment banks. Ken Astridge leads on property finance, debt capital markets and corporate finance mandates. In Melbourne, Jonathan Oldham acts for sponsors and financiers, specialising in corporate finance, projects and workout matters. He is ably assisted by Marcus Wettenhall on property finance.

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  • ‘Passionate about the business and getting legal matters executed within our timeframes. ’

  • 'Yuen-Yee has consistently demonstrated that she is focused on providing the best outcomes for her clients. She is able to do this due to her breadth of coverage within corporate Australia, which in turn enables her to be confident in providing advice on what is commercially achievable. Yuen-Yee also likes a challenge and will strive to ensure the commercial outcomes are achieved and reflected in the documentation.'

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Key clients

  • Reliance Rail Pty Limited
  • BGH Capital
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Work highlights

  • Advised on the successful refinancing of Reliance Rail’s $1.8bn bank debt.
  • Advised BGH Capital on the Holdco and A$ term loan B financing of the hotly contested takeover of international IVF business Virtus Health.
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