Banking & Finance - Malaysia
What the team is known for
Albar & Partners has a leading team of lawyers in Kuala Lumpur who are highly respected for extensive experience advising on conventional and the full suite of Islamic finance structures. The firm regularly advises arrangers, advisers and issuers, including a number of Malaysia's leading financial institutions, on complex DCM transactions such as sukuk and conventional bonds. The team also advises clients on asset and acquisition financing deals and financings related to REITs, and is often active on deals across a range of sectors, including TMT, healthcare, real estate and petrochemical. Albar & Partners' roster of clients includes CIMB Bank, RHB Bank and Hong Leong Bank.
Work highlights
Albar & Partners assisted Maybank Islamic with a commodity murabaha term financing facility of MYR37.23 million to Puspakom.
Albar & Partners advised CIMB Investment Bank on the MYR270 million issuance of a perpetual sukuk programme structured around the principle of musharaka.
Notable practitioners
Chung Swee Loong is the joint managing partner at Albar & Partners. He is a market leader in this space in Kuala Lumpur, with particular strength in acting for Malaysian banks on complex sukuk structures and MTN programmes.
Sharifah Dalilah Albar in Kuala Lumpur advises domestic and international clients on term loans and debt capital market transactions. She acts for financial institutions and corporate borrowers.
