Lee Weilin is a recognised practitioner in Chambers Asia Pacific and is recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for banking and finance work. She is also ranked as Highly Regarded in IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers and a Notable Practitioner in Asialaw Rankings. She has a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Weilin regularly advises banks and financial institutions and multinational corporations in high value transactions, cross-border secured financings based on onshore-offshore financing structures with intercreditor arrangements, acquisition/leveraged financing, borrowing base financings and public takeover financings.

Climate change, sustainability, diversity and other ESG issues are also areas which Weilin has a keen interest in. She has been involved in many green and sustainability linked financings and now heads up the firm's Sustainability Practice.  

Notable Cases & Transactions

• Acted for banks in various borrowing base facilities to the leading multi-asset funds and infrastructure funds.
• Acted for banks in on-shore and offshore financing structures in relation to the acquisition of properties and businesses.
• Acted for banks in public takeover financing made by way of general offers and schemes of arrangement.
• Acted in the first sustainability-linked loan in Singapore’s energy sector, having advised two banks as joint lenders and sustainability coordinators in connection with the grant of sustainability-linked banking facilities to a borrower for its gas-fired co-generation plant.
• Acted in the largest bilateral sustainability-linked loan in Singapore’s real estate sector to date.
• Acted for in a S$300 million sustainability-linked loan which was also one of the first SORA based loan in Singapore.
• Acted for an offeror (a consortium vehicle between the largest conglomerate in the PRC and a leading global investment firm) in financing a takeover offer of approximately S$1.9 billion for a company listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
• Acted in an inaugural green financing to help finance a sustainable rubber plantation in heavily degraded landscapes.
• Acting for a joint venture company in relation to the grant of banking facilities of up to approximately S$1 billion by a club of banks to finance, amongst others, construction costs, working capital expenses and other expenses for the development of a national iconic project consisting of a mixed use complex comprising commercial facilities hotel and attractions.
• Acting for Singapore borrowers in relation to banking facilities of up to S$820 million to finance the acquisition of land and a real-estate development in Singapore.
• Acting for Singapore borrowers in relation to banking facilities of up to S$680 million to finance the acquisition of land and the construction of a mixed retail and office development in Singapore.
• Acting for a Singapore issuer in its S$800 million medium term note programme listed on the Singapore Exchange.
• Acted for the offeror a financing of a voluntary conditional cash offer for a logistic company listed on the Singapore Exchange.
• Acting for the Singapore branch of a Swiss bank in relation to a term loan facility of up to EUR 140 million with a greenshoe option of EUR 68 million granted to a group of companies with interests in pulp and paper.
• Acting for a Singapore issuer in its S$690 million convertible bonds listed on the Singapore Exchange.
• Acting for a Singapore borrower which is a subsidiary of a REIT in relation to several bilateral loans of up to S$550 million to finance its acquisition of an office building in Singapore. The REIT is one of Singapore's largest real estate investment trust.
• Acting for a data centre REIT in relation to loans of up to the aggregate amount of S$412.5 million by various banks to partially finance the acquisition of certain data center assets for the purposes of IPO and refinance its existing borrowings.
• Acting for two international banks in relation to the grant of banking facilities of up to the aggregate amount of S$300 million to part-finance the acquisition of a hotel in Singapore.
• Acting for a club of syndicate lenders in relation to an offshore project development loan of up to the aggregate principal amount of US$250 million to a joint venture company to finance the development of an integrated development in central Jakarta.
• Acted for the purchasers in relation to US$300 million senior secured guaranteed notes issued by a telecommunications company with a presence in Asia.
• Acted for a Singapore borrower in relation to a US$100 million multi-currency term loan facility. The Singapore borrower is one of the largest government-linked developers in Singapore.
• Acted for a Singapore borrower which is a REIT in relation to a multi-currency revolving credit facility of up to S$65 million (granted by the Singapore branch of a foreign bank) to finance its acquisition of certain assets in Japan and for its working capital.
• Acted for a Singapore branch of a Malaysian bank in relation to a S$75 million Commodity Murabaha financing facility. The facility was provided on Shariah principles and on a Murabaha basis involving selected metal commodities in the London Metal Exchange.
• Acted for a Singapore branch of a Malaysian bank in relation to banking facilities of up to S$33 million for the financing of an acquisition of a stockbroking company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
• Acted for a Mauritius holding company with subsidiaries in China which collectively own about 16 hypermarkets, 100 supermarkets and 100 convenience stores in Hunan province, in its debt restructuring exercise.
• Acted for a Singapore bank in a S$168 million bilateral green term loan facility for the acquisition of a 5 star luxury hotel with 134 rooms Green Mark Platinum award located in the central business district.
• Acted for a Singapore branch of a Malaysia bank in a S$53 million acquisition financing of a boutique hotel located in the historical and hip Kampong Glam area in Singapore.
• Acted for a Singapore branch of a Japan bank in a S$200 million sustainability-linked financing transaction to a wholly owned subsidiary of a leading energy and urban development player company in Singapore.
• Acted for a Singapore bank in a S$504 million green loan facilities for the acquisition of a 29 storey Grade A office development in Singapore
• Acted for a Singapore bank in a S$539 million green loan facilities to a partnership in Singapore for development purposes.