Chuan Wei Kong

Mr. Kong’s experience includes advising:

Acquisition Finance

• SATS Ltd. on the €2.25 billion financing to acquire Worldwide Flight Services, the world’s largest air cargo handling firm
• TPG on a term-loan facility in connection with acquiring Gribbles Pathology (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Quest Laboratories Vietnam Co., Ltd., and certain assets of Quest Laboratories Pte Ltd, providers of diagnostic laboratory services
• Adani, through Endeavor Trade and Investment Ltd, a special purpose vehicle, on the US$4.5 billion financing to acquire Ambuja Cements Ltd and ACC Ltd., two of India’s leading cement companies
• A consortium comprising TPG Capital, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, and others on a senior facility and a bridge-to-bond financing for a transaction to combine SingLife with global insurance company Aviva plc’s Singapore life insurance business, Aviva Ltd
• Several subsidiaries of the PAH Group, a TPG healthcare services portfolio group, on their term-loan facility jointly arranged by CIMB Bank Berhad and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad
• PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk on a US$1.3 billion term-loan facility to acquire PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk, an Indonesian-based producer and distributor of cement, ready-mixed concrete, and aggregates
• San Miguel Corporation on a US$2.1 billion term-loan facility for the proposed acquisition of Holcim Philippines, a Philippines-based cement manufacturer
• Warburg Pincus on the financing to acquire a portfolio of real estate assets in Singapore
• TPG on a term-loan facility to acquire Columbia Asia Healthcare Pte. Ltd., a healthcare services provider
• TPG, as a co-investor with Northstar, on the financing to acquire a majority stake in Greenfields Dairy, a Singapore-based agriculture company

General Corporate Lending

• Hongkong United Ascend Limited, a provider of assembly and test services for semiconductor chips, on a US$500 million term loan and US$45 million revolving credit facility
• Loka Holdings, an Indonesian-based online travel company, on a US$300 million term-loan facility from a syndicate of leading private capital lenders
• Ola, India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, in an US$500 million term loan B debt financing from marquee international institutional investors
• MyRepublic Group, a telecommunications provider in Asia-Pacific, on refinancing its SG$74.2 million term loan
• MyRepublic Holdings Ltd in the S$105 million term-loan facility incurred for refinancing purposes 
• StorHub Singapore Investment Pte. Ltd., a portfolio of self-storage real estate companies in Singapore, and certain of its subsidiaries, on a term to (i) refinance in full its existing financial indebtedness and (ii) finance/reimburse the acquisition of certain properties in Singapore to add to the group’s existing property portfolio
• EMP Bentu Limited, a subsidiary of PT Energi Mega Persada Tbk, on its term-loan facility from Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, for refinancing purposes
• MCO Nominee One Limited, a subsidiary of Melco Resorts & Entertainments Limited, an operator of integrated resorts with entertainment and casino gaming facilities, on a HK$14.8 billion revolving credit facility

Other Representative Experience

• Adani Hybrid Energy Jaisalmer One Limited, a 1.69-GW hybrid portfolio of solar and wind renewable projects in India, on a US$1.35 billion term-loan facility
• Pentagreen Capital on an up to US$100 million term-loan facility for Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation to finance the development of solar power projects in the Philippines
• Vingroup on selling a stake in Vinhomes Joint Stock Company, a Vietnam-based real estate developer, to a consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
• Asian Development Bank, JBIC, NEXI, and a consortium of commercial bank lenders in the US$701 million project financing of the 98.4-MW Rantau Dedap Geothermal Power Project in South Sumatra, Indonesia
• PT Pertamina EP Cepu on the US$1.8 billion financing to develop the Jambaran Tiung Biru oil and gas field
• The underwriters on Star Energy Geothermal’s issuance of US$580 million 6.75% senior secured notes due 2033, which garnered recognition from The Asset Asian Awards as the 2018 Best Green Bond (Indonesia)