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Shipping: Finance - Asia-Pacific Region

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What the Team is Known For

Watson Farley & Williams has an outstanding regional ship finance legal team, especially renowned for its prowess in China and Singapore, together with its noted Thailand office. The regional team also works regularly on financing and restructuring transactions for Korean ECAs and commercial banks. Its talented practitioners provide expertise to leading financial institutions and ship owners on sale and leaseback transactions, loan facilities and debt restructuring, particularly on matters pertaining to FPSOs and other offshore vessels. The firm is also active advising Chinese leasing companies, and regularly advises international banks. The team handles matters across the oil and gas, logistics, and cruise and ferry industries.

Notable practitioners

Madeline Leong in Hong Kong and Andrew Nimmo in Singapore are key points of contact for the firm's regional practice.

Work Highlights

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  • Watson Farley & Williams advised PB Vessels Holding Ltd a on a USD150 million three-year unsecured revolving credit facility extended by a syndicate of international banks led by BNP Paribas and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited as joint coordinating mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

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