Leng-Fong Lai
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Capital Markets: International: Securitisation & Derivatives
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About
Provided by Leng-Fong Lai
Practice Areas
Leng-Fong Lai is the firm's Co-Managing Partner and the Head of Capital Markets Group in Tokyo and specialises in all forms of capital markets and structured finance instruments including receivables and other asset-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed financings, structured MTNs, equity-linked and convertible securities, securities repackaging and other forms of securitised derivatives, hybrid securities, project bonds and other infrastructure financings.
Leng-Fong also advises banks and sponsors on project and real estate finance and investments in Japan.
Career
National University Singapore (LLB) 1998
Admitted as a solicitor in Singapore 1999
Clifford Chance, London 2000
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2001
Clifford Chance, Tokyo 2005
Registered as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi (England & Wales) 2008
Partner since 2010
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Leng-Fong Lai is an international derivatives expert who assists prominent global banks with development products such as swaps, repackaging and structured note programmes. He is admitted in the UK and Singapore, and is a foreign registered lawyer in Japan.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has a thorough knowledge of the Japanese market."
"He is very experienced in structured notes and very familiar with the product. He's very reliable and accessible."
"He has a thorough knowledge of the Japanese market."
"He is very experienced in structured notes and very familiar with the product. He's very reliable and accessible."