Yee Yik Shien
Key Practice Areas:
Yik Shien is primarily involved in debt capital markets and banking and finance matters.
Her experience includes advising local and foreign financial institutions and borrowers on bilateral and syndicated financing transactions and project financing transactions. She also regularly advises on a wide range of debt capital markets transactions (both conventional and Islamic), including issuances of bank capital instruments, retail bonds, convertible bonds, perpetual bonds, government bonds, green bonds and sustainability bonds.
Qualifications
- LL.B. (Hons) – University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Admissions
- Bar of England and Wales (2011)
- Malaysian Bar (2012)
Languages
- English
- Bahasa Malaysia
- Chinese
Market Leading Experience
- Advising the joint lead arrangers on the bonds issue of up to RM1.0 billion in nominal value by State Government of Sabah.
- Advising the lead arranger on the establishment of multicurrency perpetual notes programme of up to RM25.0 billion in nominal value by Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad for issuance of Additional Tier 1 capital securities and Tier 2 subordinated notes and senior notes, multicurrency Additional Tier 1 capital securities programme of up to RM10.0 billion in nominal value by Hong Leong Bank Berhad and multicurrency perpetual subordinated Sukuk programme of up to RM2.0 billion in nominal value by Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad for issuance of Additional Tier 1 perpetual subordinated Sukuk wakalah and Tier 2 subordinated Sukuk Murabahah.
- Advising a syndicate of lenders on a term loan facility of up to USD1.25 billion for Pengerang Terminals (Two) Sdn Bhd to fund the project costs of its oil storage terminal in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.
- Advising as Malaysian counsels for the arranger, ING Bank N.V., Singapore Branch, on the term loan facilities of up to USD75.0 million granted to a regional leading provider of solar energy to fund the development of solar projects across ASEAN and the subsequent upsizing to USD85.0 million.
- Advising the lead arranger on the establishment of Additional Tier 1 capital securities programme of up to RM1.0 billion in nominal value by Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and the establishment by Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad of a subordinated Sukuk Murabahah programme of up to RM180.0 million in nominal value and a perpetual Sukuk programme of up to RM2.5 billion in nominal value for issuance of senior Islamic medium term notes, Islamic Tier 2 subordinated Sukuk Murabahah and Islamic Additional Tier 1 Sukuk Wakalah.
- Advising the joint lead arrangers on the establishment of Tier 2 subordinated medium term notes and senior medium term notes programme of RM8.0 billion in nominal value by United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd.
- Advising as Malaysian counsels for Japan Bank for International Corporation on its guarantee of JPY200.0 billion Samurai bonds issued by Government of Malaysia.
- Advising as Malaysian counsels for principal adviser on the issue of USD680.0 million Formosa and Regulation S sustainable development goals bonds by CIMB Bank Berhad under its USD5.0 billion Euro medium term note programme.
- Advising the principal adviser on the issue of RM172,473,768 redeemable convertible unsecured loan stocks at 100.0% of its nominal value of RM1.00 by Hume Cement Industries Berhad.
- Advising as Malaysian counsels for principal adviser on the issue of USD850.0 million Formosa bonds by Malayan Banking Berhad under its multicurrency medium term notes programme of USD15.0 billion.
- Advising as Malaysian counsels for principal adviser on the issue of USD6.0 billion multi-tranche senior bonds (comprising USD2.25 billion 10-year, USD2.75 billion 30-year and USD1 billion 40-year conventional notes) by PETRONAS Capital Limited under its USD15.0 billion multi-currency global medium term note program.
- Advising the joint lead arrangers on the establishment of Islamic medium term notes programme of up to RM10.0 billion in nominal value and Islamic commercial papers programme of up to RM2.0 billion in nominal value, based on Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar, by Tenaga Nasional Berhad.
- Advising the lead arranger on the establishment of reNIKOLA ASEAN Green SRI Sukuk Programme of up to RM390.0 million in nominal value under the Shariah principle of Murabahah (via Tawarruq arrangement) by reNIKOLA Solar Sdn Bhd to finance development costs of solar photovoltaic power plants in Pahang and Perlis.
- Advising the joint lead arrangers on the establishment of multi-currency Islamic medium term notes master programme of up to RM15.0 billion in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah Bi Al-Istithmar by Petroleum Sarawak Exploration & Production Sdn Bhd.
- Advising as Malaysian counsels for Government of Malaysia on its issue of USD800.0 million 10-year sustainability Sukuk and USD500.0 million 32-year sustainability Sukuk via Malaysia Wakala Sukuk Berhad.
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