Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms

Allen & Gledhill LLP

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Allen & Gledhill LLP maintains a track record in handling the gamut of innovative financial products and structures, with additional expertise in OTC and exchange-traded derivatives, and is frequently appointed as opinion counsel to trade associations including the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Margaret Chin, who leads the firm’s debt capital markets group, advises on matters concerning debt offerings including vanilla bond issues, medium term note programmes and hybrid instruments, while Francis Mok has experience in financial services and commodities regulations. Chin and Mok jointly lead the practice alongside corporate finance specialist Yeo Wico, with other key contacts in the group including Magdalene Leong, who has advised on noteworthy structured finance transactions in Singapore, and Jeanne Ong.

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'Francis Mok has excellent insights and is commercial.'
'The financial markets regulatory practice is excellent.'

Work highlights

Advised Maybank Singapore Limited on the establishment of its US$10 billion global covered bond programme, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to payments of interest and principal by Silver Fern Covered Bonds Pte. Ltd.
Advised DBS Bank Ltd. (acting through its London branch) (“Issuer��) on the issuance of £500 million floating rate covered bonds (“Bonds”) under its US$20 billion global covered programme (“Programme”).
Advised Bayfront Infrastructure Capital IV Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayfront Infrastructure Management Pte. Ltd., on the issue of five classes of notes comprising US$170.6 million Class A1 senior secured floating rate notes due 2044, US$115 million Class A1-SU senior secured floating rate notes due 2044, US$54.5 million Class B senior secured floating rate notes due 2044, US$31.6 million Class C senior secured floating rate notes due 2044 and US$13 million Class D senior secured floating rate notes due 2044.