Leong Yew Seng
Key Practice Areas:
Yew Seng primarily practices in the areas of banking, finance, and debt capital markets. His experience includes advising financial institutions and corporate entities on a wide range of loan transactions, such as club deals, syndications, offshore loans, and Islamic finance. Additionally, he provides counsel on debt capital markets transactions involving both conventional and Islamic private debt securities, perpetual securities, and asset-backed securitization.
His portfolio extends to diverse energy project financing, covering coal-fired and gas-fired power plants, regasification facilities, solar projects, and waste-to-energy facilities.
- LL.B. (Hons) – University of Liverpool
- Certificate in Legal Practice
- Malaysian Bar (2014)
- English
- Bahasa Malaysia
- Mandarin
- Advising CIMB Investment Bank Berhad in relation to a Sukuk Murabahah programme of up to RM3.0 billion in nominal value by Pengerang LNG (Two) Sdn. Bhd. which operates the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification Terminal Pengerang (RGTP) in Johor.
- Advising CIMB Investment Bank Berhad in relation to the issuance of senior Islamic medium term notes and/or subordinated perpetual Islamic notes, including issuance of green sukuk in compliance with the SRI Sukuk Framework, ASEAN Green Bond Standards, and/or Green Bond Principles, of up to RM1.5 billion in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar by Cenergi SEA Berhad.
- Advising Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad and MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad in relation to reNIKOLA Solar II Sdn Bhd’s ASEAN Green SRI Sukuk programme, the first certified climate sukuk in Malaysia and the world, for the financing/refinancing of two 30MWac solar projects in Kuala Muda, Kedah and Machang, Kelantan.
- Advising HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad and Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad in relation to issuance of perpetual securities pursuant to a perpetual note programme of RM10.0 billion in nominal value by SUNREIT Perpetual Bond Berhad.
- Advising CIMB Investment Bank Berhad and Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad in relation to a perpetual Islamic notes issuance programme up to of RM3.0 billion in nominal value by TG Excellence Berhad with a subordinated guarantee by Top Glove Corporation Bhd.
- Advising Maybank Investment Bank Berhad in relation to IMTN and ICP Programmes established by Touch Mobile Sdn Bhd for financing of Touch Mindscape Sdn Bhd and its group’s telecommunication tower business.
- Advising on a syndicated facility of up to RM2.7 billion granted to Pulau Indah Power Plant Sdn. Bhd. for the development of a 1,200 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Pulau Indah, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Advising on syndicated facilities granted to Worldwide Holdings Berhad group for the development of greenfield waste-to-energy facilities at the Jeram Sanitary Landfill, Kuala Selangor, Selangor.
- Advising on syndicated facilities granted to the United States-based private equity firm for the financing of education acquisition.
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