Wei-Yang Lim

Representative matters include advising:

Greater China

• An ad hoc group of noteholders in respect of the US$250 million notes issued by Wise Source International Limited and guaranteed by CEFC Shanghai International Group Limited
• China Singyes Solar in respect of the restructuring of two series of senior notes totaling US$425 million
• Bain Capital in respect of a mezzanine facility for its portfolio companies, ChinData, a leading operator of hyperscale data centers in China and Bridge Data Centres
• A global credit fund on the financing for the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios in China
• A private credit investor in the financing of Goldin Financial Holdings Limited and certain of its subsidiaries

India

• An ad hoc group of credit funds and banks in respect of the restructuring of US$370 million of indebtedness of Wollongong Coal Limited, a mining business listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and its controlling shareholder, Jindal Steel and Power (Australia) Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, a steel and power company listed in India) through schemes of arrangement sanctioned by the Supreme Court of New South Wales. This transaction was named “Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year” by the Australasian Law Awards 2020
• A credit fund on its investment in certain non-convertible debentures issued by certain affiliates of GMR Infrastructure Limited, an operator and developer of airports listed in India
• A syndicate of distressed debt/special situations funds and par lenders on the US$765 million debt restructuring of six separate offshore facility agreements of Jindal Steel and Power (Mauritius) Limited (a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, a steel and power company listed in India)

Indonesia

• Offshore senior secured lenders of PT Apexindo Pratama Duta Tbk., an offshore and onshore oil and gas drilling contractor listed in Indonesia, in connection with the restructuring of over US$445 million of debt by a Court-supervised Indonesian suspension of payments proceedings
• First lien and second lien private credit investors on the financing of Kinross International Group Limited’s acquisition of Mitsubishi Corporation’s joint venture interests in a variety of oil and gas fields in Eastern Java held through Kangean Energy Indonesia
• A consortium of private credit investors on the refinancing and restructuring of the US$235 million indebtedness of Nixon Investments Pte Ltd. (a subsidiary of PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk., an energy infrastructure company listed in Indonesia)
• Private credit investors on the financing and restructuring of the indebtedness of PT Energi Mega Persada Tbk., an upstream oil and gas company listed in Indonesia

Selected Others

• Asian based global commodities giant, Noble Group Limited on its multi-billion dollar global restructuring. This transaction was named “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 and “Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring” by The Asia Legal Awards 2019
• Apax Partners on the leveraged financing of its public takeover bid of the dual-listed Trade Me Group Limited
• arrangers on the leveraged financing of Permira’s acquisition of Tricor Group
• arrangers on the leveraged financing of CVC’s acquisition of Sisal Group
• Carlyle on the leveraged financing of its public takeover bid of the LSE-listed Innovation Group plc
• Baring Private Equity Asia on the leveraged financing of its acquisition of a stake in Weetabix Food Company
• a coordinating committee of pre-export facilities lenders in connection with Ferrexpo plc’s debt restructuring
• a variety of banks and funds that were secured vessel lenders in connection with the debt restructuring of Zim Integrated Shipping Services Limited