Independent law firm Shook Lin & Bok in Singapore has a well-diversified practice across the financial and corporate space. The firm maintains offices in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and has also established China and India desks.

The firm performs consistently well in banking and finance, M&A, restructuring, capital markets and investment funds practices. Sectors of focus include banking and financial services, energy, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, transportation, technology and telecommunication, oil and gas, and real estate.

Highlights

The banking team acted for Maybank as sole financier and sustainability structuring adviser in the first Islamic Sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facilities (RCF) in the shipping sector in Southeast Asia. It is Southeast Asia's First Islamic sustainability-linked finance in shipping.

On the capital market front, the team acted for Uni-Fuels as Singapore Counsel to a proposed NASDAQ listing of an oil and gas company. This is the first major oil and gas company in Singapore to list on NASDAQ.

Another significant capital market mandate saw the firm act for UMS Holdings in the placement of shares in the capital of the Company. The placement was done in accordance with the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore. It is one of the largest placement exercises by a SGX listed semiconductor company.

Key clients

Malayan Banking, United Overseas Bank, EvolutionX, BPCE SA, DTDS Technology, Insignia Venture Partners, Urohealth, Dymon Asia Private Equity (S.E.Asia) Fund II, Heliconia Capital Management, MMA Brand Services, OMS