About

Provided by Shook Lin & Bok

The banking and finance practice of the firm provides services across all areas of transactions and products in banking and finance. Our team has experience in the negotiation, preparation and structuring of various documentation relating to:

  • bonds, loan notes, securitisation, private debt securities, capital market instruments and derivatives;
  • infrastructure, project and asset financing, including highway, telecommunications and high technology projects;
  • both cross border as well as domestic syndications in foreign and local currencies and financing, ship and aircraft financing including purchase of ships and aircrafts, mortgages of ships and aircrafts and leveraged leasing;
  • offshore loan transactions in foreign currencies including acting as local legal counsel in such transactions;
  • suppliers’ credit documentation and trade financing;
  • traditional and core areas of corporate banking and retail banking facilities;
  • financing using the Malaysian tax haven of Labuan.

Our lawyers are also involved in the area of Islamic Finance. These include developing, structuring and documenting Islamic bonds and sukuks, Islamic capital market instruments. Islamic project financing, Islamic trade financing, product development, Islamic funds. Islamic equity and quasi equity instruments and Islamic profit & loss schemes.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers
Banking & Finance - Malaysia
4
Band 4
What the Team is Known For

Shook Lin & Bok has an experienced banking law department in Kuala Lumpur that particularly assists lenders with conventional and Islamic loan facilities. The firm is especially well-equipped to handle securities-related advice, regularly advising leading domestic clients. The team also handles acquisition finance transactions.

Notable practitioners

The key point of contact for Shook Lin & Bok's banking and finance practice is Jalalullail Othman.

Work Highlights

Provided by Shook Lin & Bok
  • Shook Lin & Bok advised Malaysia Rail Link its third financing initiative, which includes conventional and Islamic revolving credit facilities and the issuance of Islamic commercial papers and Islamic medium-term notes.

Members

Provided by Shook Lin & Bok

Ivan Ho Yue Chan

Jalalullail Othman

Jalalullail Othman

Head of Department

Kiat Ching Hoh

Mei Lin Khong

Head of Department