Kenneth Tang

Practice Areas

Kenneth is a leading specialist in acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate finance, funds financing, restructuring work-outs, secondary debt trades and distressed investing, both in domestic and cross border transactions with over 20 years’ experience.

Kenneth has particular expertise on senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt packages accessing both bank and debt capital markets; on syndicated and bilateral corporate finance facilities; and on financial restructurings in distressed scenarios, across a wide range of industries including healthcare, retail, professional services, insurance, venture capital, education, agribusiness, technology, telecommunications, media and manufacturing.

Career

In the Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Edition, Kenneth has been ranked as a recognised Practitioner in Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance. Kenneth as also been recognised as a Next Generation Partner in by Legal500 Australia. Ken is also recognised in Best Lawyers Australia 2025 for Banking and Finance Law, Distressed Investing and Debt Trading Practice, Leveraged Buyouts.

Clients

Kenneth has worked closely with a wide range of loan market participants including, commercial and investment banks, credit funds and other direct lenders, and corporate and private equity borrowers in the Australian, European and US markets.

Languages Spoken

English, Cantonese

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Australia

Work Highlights

• Advised lender side on a senior secured debt financing supporting Advent Partner’s acquisition of the RMS Global business.

• Advising Rixon Capital in providing a senior secured warehouse financing to Kashcade to fund the growth of their research and development loan portfolio.

• Acting for a club of senior lenders to a leading Australian owned optometry group to support its growth and both-on acquisition strategy.

• Advising a super senior lender under a unitranche debt facility to a private equity owned business in the technology and communications industry.

Education