Goh Chai Ling
Key Practice Areas
Chai Ling’s area of practice is primarily in banking and finance, debt capital markets and Islamic finance.
Her experience includes advising financial institutions and corporations on a wide range of conventional and Islamic banking and finance transactions including securities borrowing and lending, syndicated and bilateral financing, corporate bonds and Sukuk, asset backed securitisation transactions, convertible securities issuances, perpetual securities issuances, project financing transactions, ESG bonds and Sukuk issuances and debt restructurings.
Having acted as transaction counsel in local and cross-border debt capital market issuances involving multi-currency Regulation S issuances and complex structures, Chai Ling has played a major role in advising on pioneering and award-winning Malaysian Islamic capital markets transactions such as ASEAN Green SRI Sukuk and SRI Sukuk.
- LL.B. (Hons) – University of Tasmania, Australia
- Certificate in Legal Practice
- Malaysian Bar (2009)
- Bahasa Malaysia
- English
- Asian Legal Business’s Malaysia Rising Star 2020
- Ranked as a rising start partner in Capital Markets: Debt by the IFLR1000
- Advised the lead arranger in relation to the issuance of Islamic medium term notes of up to RM215.0 million in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah bi al-Istithmar by Tadau Energy Sdn Bhd.
- Advised the lead arranger in relation to the establishment of an Islamic commercial papers programme of RM500.0 million in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah bi al-Istithmar by Sunsuria Berhad.
- Advised the lead arranger on the establishment of a Sukuk programme of up to an aggregate amount of RM2.5 billion in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah bi al-Istithmar by Qualitas Sukuk Berhad for the issuances of senior Sukuk Wakalah and/or perpetual Sukuk thereunder.
- Advised the lead arranger and financial adviser on the issuance by Mex 1 Capital Berhad of up to RM1.126 billion in nominal value of Sukuk Musharakah in connection with the restructuring of the MEX 1 Highway financing.
- Advised the lead arranger in connection with the establishment of an ASEAN Green MTN facility of RM415.0 million in nominal value by Segi Astana Sdn Bhd, a special purpose vehicle jointly established by WCT Land Sdn Bhd and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
- Advised the lead arranger in connection with the issuance of perpetual Islamic notes pursuant to a perpetual Islamic notes programme of RM2.0 billion in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalh bi al-Istithmar by Eco World Perpetual Capital Berhad with Eco World Development Group Berhad as the Kafalah provider.
- Advised the lead arranger in connection with the establishment of a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Sukuk programme of RM225.0 million in nominal value based on the Islamic principles of Istisna’ and Ijarah and in accordance with the SRI requirements under the guidelines by Tadau Energy Sdn Bhd. The first issuance of the Green SRI Sukuk under the SRI Sukuk Programme took place on 27 July 2017 and was the first Green Sukuk issued in the world.
- Advised the lead arrangers in relation to the issuance of unrated perpetual Sukuk Musharakah of up to RM1.5 billion by Malaysia Airlines Berhad.
- Advised the lead arrangers in connection with the establishment of a medium term note programme of RM8.0 billion in nominal value by Pavilion REIT Bond Capital Berhad, a company wholly-owned by AmTrustee Berhad (as trustee for Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (Pavilion REIT)).
- Advised the lead arrangers in connection with the establishment of a medium term note programme of RM5.0 billion in nominal value by GENM Capital Berhad and irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by Genting Malaysia Berhad.
- Advised the lead arrangers in connection with the establishment of a Sukuk programme of up to RM500.0 million in aggregate nominal value by Midciti Sukuk Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KLCC Real Estate Investment Trust (KLCC REIT).
- Advised the lead arrangers in connection with the establishment of a Sukuk programme of up to USD1.5 billion in nominal value by Axiata SPV 2 Berhad and this transaction consequently was awarded the Cross Border Deal of the year by the IFN.
- Advised the lead arrangers in relation to the establishment of a Sukuk programme of up to RM5.0 billion in nominal value by Celcom Transmission (M) Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celcom Axiata Berhad.
- Advised Hong Leong Bank Berhad in connection with the establishment of a multi-currency Euro medium term note programme of up to USD1.5 billion in nominal value pursuant to Regulation S of the United States Securities Act 1933.
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