Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP

Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP‘s practice advises on a range of financing mandates, with a particular focus on syndicated and corporate lending. The team stands out for its ’exceptional performance’ and ‘outstanding expertise across the legal and banking domains’, as well as ’exemplary interpersonal and communication skills’. Working closely with the firm’s other offices in Asia, Europe, and US, the team has a broad sector specialism spanning shipping, energy, oil and gas, real estate and transport. Recent caseload features advising on a number of multimillion-dollar dual-currency syndicated term loan facilities and sustainability-linked term loan facilities. The practice is jointly led by Peter Lee who is a shipping finance specialist, and Michael Sinn who has a solid track record handling secured and unsecured syndicated/bilateral financings representing both banks and borrowers. Crystal Li is praised for her ‘requisite knowledge and skills in advising banks on cross-border matters’.