Squire Patton Boggs’ Singapore banking and finance practice is centred on trade and commodities finance, along with maritime and project finance. The Singapore office is heavily focused on shipping and commodities, with the banking and finance team handling a range of structured trade financings, pre-export and prepayment financings, receivables and limited recourse structures. Jessica Kenworthy is an established figure in commodity finance, leading the firm’s global trade finance group and represents a range of lenders, trading houses, multilaterals and ship owners. Kate Sherrard has extensive experience in structured financing transactions across the maritime and offshore oil & gas sectors, including LNG carriers and offshore oil and gas units. Lian Yok Tan provides additional expertise in project finance.
Key clients
- CBH
- Mercantile & Marine
Work highlights
- Advised independent containerships owner Seaspan Corporation on three separate export credit agency (ECA)-backed Japanese Operating Lease with Call Options (JOLCOs).
- Advised GLAS, FPSO Invest DAC and the lenders in relation to the ongoing restructuring and sale of “OSX1” FPSO.