SINGAPORE / PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES
Nicholas Chong Partner
Rodyk & Davidson LLP Singapore
Tel: +65 6885 3616 Email:
nicholas.chong@
rodyk.com Web:
www.rodyk.com
Jacqueline Loke Partner
Rodyk & Davidson LLP Singapore
Tel: +65 6885 3699 Email:
jacqueline.loke@rodyk.com Web:
www.rodyk.com
Biography: Nicholas Chong is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson’s corporate practice group. He is a corporate and capital markets specialist, with a focus on debt capital markets, structured products and real estate investments trusts (REITs) – both retail and non-retail, as well as regulatory work. Notable highlights include advising on the first retail standalone CDO (collateralised debt obligation) in Singapore; the first retail structured note programme in Singapore; the first retail drawdown under a structured note programme; and the first continuously issued structured note under a retail structure note programme.
Recent transactionalhighlights: •Acted for RBC Investor Services Trust Singapore, as trustee of OUE Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust, in the initial public offering of OUE Hospitality Trust, which raised approximately S$1.15 billion.
•Acted for Eu Yan Sang International, as issuer, in (a) the establishment of a S$300 million multicurrency medium term note programme, and (b) the issue of S$75 million fixed rate notes due 2018 under the Programme.
Practiceareas: Capital markets Corporate and commercial
Sector specialisations: Banking and financial services Investment funds
Languages: English and Mandarin
Bar admissions: Singapore, Malaysia, England and Wales (Solicitor)
Academic qualifications: LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore
Biography: Jacqueline Loke is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson’s corporate practice group. Jacqueline’s areas of practice include corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, unit trust and asset management, regulatory matters and corporate governance. She advises clients on regulatory compliance, particularly on regulations in the financial industry.
In the regulatory space, she has also advised on the establishment of the scripless trading system implemented by the then Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Public Utilities Board on the choice and implementation of the regulatory regime for the establishment of district cooling systems in Singapore, and provided advice to the regulatory authorities on aspects of regulation in the electricity and gas industries in Singapore. She was also adviser to the investment arm of Yayasan Mendaki in the establishment of the first Islamic unit trust scheme in Singapore.
Recent transactionalhighlights: •Acted for a company listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading, in the acquisition of shares in an offshore holding company, whose subsidiary owns an office building known as Robinson Point located within the Central Business District of Singapore, worth close to S$350 million.
•Advised TORM,one of Denmark’s oldest shipping companies, and one of the world’s largest operators of oil product tankers and significant playerinthe drybulk market, on the Singaporelaw aspects of the restructuring ofTORMand its subsidiaries’ existing secured and unsecured debt, amounting to approximately$1.8 billion and establishment of anew workingcapital facility of $100
million.This dealwas co-winner of Marine Money’s Restructuring Deal of the Year 2012 whichdescribed the dealas“the largestever lender-led restructuring in shipping”.
Practiceareas: Corporate and commercialCorporate finance Investment funds
Sector specialisations: Banking and financial services
Investment funds
Languages: English and Mandarin Bar admissions: Singapore, England and Wales (Barrister) Academic qualifications: LLB (Hons), University of Buckingham
Private equity and venture capital
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