Norton Rose Fulbright has an impressive record in trade and commodity finance, landing it an illustrious client list of regional and international banks, alternative financiers, commodity traders, export credit agencies and others. Acquisition and leveraged finance, asset finance, project finance and securitisation are also fortes for the Singapore team, which has a particularly extensive experience in Indonesia. Moreover, the firm is making a further impression in sustainability-linked loans. Qualified in Singapore, Hong Kong and England, Yu-En Ong heads the Singapore office and the structured lending and markets team. Janelene Chen left in January 2024.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very hands-on and responsive. Good value for the fees charged. Their bills often come in below their quotes - that rarely happens in my experience.'

  • ‘Experienced banking and finance team.’

  • ‘The NRF team has been nothing short of excellent - the people whom I work with are very approachable, collaborative and ensures that our legal / structuring queries are always attended to. The strong ability to turn around and agility to make things happen at short notice has always been impressive, to which has helped enable the Bank to better provide for our clients in turn.’

Key clients

  • ANZ
  • ABN AMRO
  • Barclays Bank
  • Citibank
  • Credit Suisse
  • DBS
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Frasers (Central House) Limited
  • Frasers Property Treasury Pte. Ltd
  • Hillington Park S.A R.L.
  • HSBC
  • ING Bank
  • Maybank
  • MUFG
  • Olam Agri Holdings
  • SMBC
  • UOB

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Yu-En Ong