Milbank’s Malaysia offering ranges from high-end financings and capital markets transactions to acquisitions and restructurings across industries such as energy, financial services, and retail. David Zemans leads the practice, being a key figure in the firm’s financial services offering, advising on commercial bank lending, private debt, and other types of leverage finance. Also heavily involved in high-end transactions is Jacqueline Chan, whose Malaysian practice includes financings and acquisitions, while James Murray is a key figurehead in project financing.
Testimonials
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‘Superfast, client oriented and able to provide alternatives.’
‘The project that Milbank worked on with us was multi- jurisdictional and required a great deal of coordination, tracking and reporting. They kept everything moving and managed complexity very well.’
‘They repeatedly helped with distillation of legalese so that we understood better what the purpose of each document was for. They were proactive in communication and kept the project moving forward by chasing us, local counsel and lenders counsel, as and when required. Coordination of the collective effort was excellent.’
Key clients
- Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank)
- CIMB Bank Islamic Bank Berhad
- Export Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad
- PETRONAS
- Equinor
- Misc Berhad
- Malaysian Airlines
Work highlights
- Advising the lenders in connection with post-financial close on-going matters with respect to the financing for the development of the RAPID petrochemical integrated project.
- Advising Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company, in connection with feed stock supply and product offtake arrangements with respect to the Pengarang Energy Complex in Malaysia.
- Advised the Malaysia-based agent on behalf of the lenders, including several Malaysian banks, in connection with the impact of Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina’s corporate restructuring and the Jambaran Tiung Biru project.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Zemans