Liew Kai Zee
Singapore
Shook Lin & Bok LLP
1 Robinson Road
#18-00 AIA Tower
Singapore 048542
Tel: +65 6439 0768
Email:
kaizee.liew@shooklin.com
Web:
www.shooklin.com
Liew Kai Zee heads the Banking & Finance Practice. He has over 25 years of experience advising financial institutions and major corporates on a broad range of domestic and international financing, securitisation and debt restructuring and maintains his position as the only ranked lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Hall of Fame for Banking & Finance.
He has extensive experience in advising on syndicated lending, structured finance, leveraged buy-outs and acquisition finance, structured commodity and trade finance, Islamic finance, ESG finance, project finance, property development finance, vessel finance, REIT financing, cross-border finance, sale of debts, debt programmes, rated and unrated commercial mortgage backed securities and securitization programmes.
In addition, he has represented bank and non-bank creditors, companies, regulators and insolvency practitioners in various consensual and non-consensual debt restructurings and insolvency matters in Singapore and the region. With the knowledge and experience which he has accumulated over the past two decades in his area of practice, Kai Zee is also the legal trainer for a number of banks in Singapore and the region.
Rankings & Awards
Kai Zee is recognised as a leading banking and finance lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2013 to 2023, IFLR1000 2015 to 2022, Chambers Global/Asia-Pacific 2011 to 2023, and as an Elite practitioner in Banking and finance in Asialaw Leading Lawyers since 2019. He has been listed as a leading lawyer for insolvency and reorganization by Best Lawyers in Singapore since 2010, and as one of Singapore’s top 100 lawyers in Asia Business Law Journal’s A List 2019 and 2023. He is also the only lawyer selected for The Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Banking & Finance: Local Firms.
Asialaw Profiles 2018 notes a client who commented that he has “broad knowledge of essential regulation in the region, especially for cross-border transactions.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 noted that Kai Zee “has a wealth of experience in cross-border acquisition and structured finance, and is the counsel of choice for several corporate borrowers and financiers.” The 2022 edition quoted a client who commented that Kai Zee is “very knowledgeable and experienced” and “approachable, friendly and helpful”.
We have a long tradition, since our establishment in 1964, of providing legal support to the banking & finance industry in Singapore. Our well-recognised team acts for local and international banks and other financial institutions on major Singapore and cross-border transactions.
- Acquisition finance
- Asset and asset-backed finance
- Bilateral and syndicated loans
- Projects and property finance
- Structured finance
- Trade finance
- Regulatory and licensing
- Banking compliance and corporate governance
- Debt restructuring
- Derivatives
- Islamic finance
Shook Lin & Bok is a leading Singapore law firm with a unique appreciation of the complex legal and regulatory challenges faced by enterprises in Singapore and the rest of Asia. A hallmark of our success is the depth and breadth of our cross-border experience and relationships.
Our partners, associates and foreign lawyers have diverse legal education and language capabilities, having qualified in many jurisdictions, including Singapore, the United Kingdom, India and the People’s Republic of China.
We have established ourselves as the law firm of choice for inbound and outbound investments within Asia, with a particularly strong and successful focus on China and India.
At Shook Lin & Bok, we are totally committed to our clients, our people and the community in which we work and live. We endeavour to provide the highest standards of excellence by applying our guiding principles – integrity, commitment, professionalism, mutual respect and collaboration – in determining our actions.