Jennifer Lee Tze-Hui
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Jennifer advises foreign and local sponsors, lenders, borrowers and issuers in banking transactions, project financing transactions and debt capital markets transactions, both conventional and Islamic. Her experience includes advising, structuring, negotiating and documenting banking transactions, project finance transactions, Islamic finance transactions, debt transactions, asset-backed securitisation transactions, structured notes and other structured finance transactions.
Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Jennifer was practicing in a regional law firm in Malaysia, and was a foreign lawyer in Singapore, in one of Singapore’s leading law firms.
Jennifer’s noteworthy transactions include advising on deals involving the issuance of Basel II and Basel III Tier 1 and Tier 2 securities in Malaysia for various Malaysian and international banks, issuance of retail bonds in Singapore, perpetual securities in both Singapore and Malaysia and several significant Rule 144A / Regulation S debt issuances, including but not limited to sovereign sukuk issuances by the Government of Malaysia.
- LL.B. (Hons) (First Class) – University of West England, Bristol
- Malaysian Bar (2007)
- English
- Bahasa Malaysia
- IFLR 1000 Rising star partner
- Chambers Up and coming lawyer
- Legal 500 Other key lawyer
Advising CIMB Investment Bank Berhad in connection with the issue of Non-Innovative Tier 1 Capital Programme comprising (1) Non-Cumulative Perpetual Capital Securities of up to RM4 billion in nominal value by CIMB Bank Berhad stapled to (2) Subordinated Notes of up to RM4 billion in nominal value.
- Advising United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd and HSBC Malaysia Bank Berhad in relation to the issuance of up to RM500 million nominal value Tier 2 subordinated bonds.
- Advising CIMB Investment Bank Berhad in relation to the offering of multi-currency Euro medium term notes pursuant to a multi-currency Euro medium term note programme of up to USD1.0 billion in nominal value under Regulation S of the United States Securities Act 1933 by CIMB Bank Berhad.
- Advising as Malaysian counsel to Malaysia Sukuk Global Berhad, a special purpose vehicle of the Government of Malaysia in 2016 in relation to the issuance of USD1 billion Trust Certificates due 2026 and USD500 million Trust Certificates due 2046.
- Advising the lender in connection with the proposed acquisition of shares in a premier lifestyle property development group listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia.
- Advising as Malaysian counsel to the lender in relation to the acquisition of shares in a healthcare group.
- Advising as Malaysian counsel to syndicated lenders in relation to financing facilities granted in connection with the acquisition of an information technology and business process outsourcing group.
- Advising the lender in connection with the proposed acquisition of K-12 education group.
- Advising a lender in relation to a financing facility granted in connection with the acquisition of shares in a household retailer group.
- Advising as Malaysian counsel to an international bank in connection with the proposed subscription of rights issue in the listed property company in Indonesia.
- Advising on the setting up of the first unlisted Shariah-compliant REIT, with a global mandate focusing on education, in Malaysia.
- Advising one of the largest fund management companies in Malaysia in connection with its investment in a foreign fund in Luxembourg.
- Advising the lead arranger in connection with the establishment of ASEAN Green Sri Sukuk Programme, involving solar assets.
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