Banking & Finance: International
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Singapore
Band 4
Email address
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+65 6221 2214About
Provided by Ashurst
Ashurst Singapore's banking and finance team is a market leading practice with a wide client base. Our multi-jurisdictional capacity and technical expertise enables us to provide an international perspective coupled with an understanding of local client needs. We have a track record of successfully managing large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions and projects, and delivering practical and commercial solutions wherever in the world our clients operate.
Our team comprises practitioners with deep market experience and industry knowledge, in large and complex secured and unsecured corporate, restructuring and insolvency, acquisition, Islamic, project and infrastructure, real estate, REIT, share-backed, pre-IPO, syndicated and sovereign financing transactions across multiple sectors and jurisdictions across in Asia.
Chambers Review
Ashurst's Singapore team handles high-profile and multicurrency mandates, leveraging its regional strength to advise on matters involving Indonesia, as well as across the Asia-Pacific region and further afield. The team is especially active on fund financing, as well as trade financing, commodities financing and project financing in the energy sector. It represents a broad mix of clients including banks, borrowers, issuers and real estate entities.
Work Highlights
- Ashurst advised Community Investment Manager on an asset-backed social loan to Citrasena Microfinance Fund to finance SMEs in Indonesia on the peer-to-peer platform managed and operated by PT Amartha Mikro Fintek.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ashurst have a tremendous understanding of the regulatory landscape and can work across borders to deliver a unique value-added solution."
"The team are very easy to work with and commercial in their approach towards negotiations. That greatly helps everyone to get across the finishing line on time."
"Ashurst have a tremendous understanding of the regulatory landscape and can work across borders to deliver a unique value-added solution."
"The team are very easy to work with and commercial in their approach towards negotiations. That greatly helps everyone to get across the finishing line on time."
Notable Practitioners
Jean Woo is well versed in a range of deals, including niche expertise in capital call facilities and property finance.
"She makes herself available and explains complex legal issues in a simplified manner."
"Jean strives to deliver balanced advice to clients. She is skilled at dissecting complex problems and finding sensible outcomes. It is always a pleasure to work with her."