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Hoh Kiat Ching

 

LL.B. (Hons.) (Leeds)
Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn
LL. M. (King’s College, London)

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance
Building, Construction & Engineering
Corporate
Islamic Finance
Loan & Debt Restructuring
Real Estate, Commercial & Conveyancing
Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement

Contact

Telephone Extension Number – 208
Email: [email protected]
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Overview

HOH KIAT CHING is the Head of Real Estate, Commercial & Conveyancing, Deputy Head of Banking & Finance and Deputy Head of Building, Construction & Engineering in Shook Lin & Bok.

Kiat Ching is also a Senior Partner in the Islamic Finance practice group.

Kiat Ching advises on real estate deals, including the acquisition and disposal of lands for development purposes, completed buildings (including hotels and commercial/office buildings with MSC and/or GBI status) and others. Tenancies and leases of land, buildings and office space, and co-working agreements are also within Kiat Ching’s portfolio.

Kiat Ching is experienced in corporate and retail banking documentation as well as advisory work, and corporate debt restructuring. Kiat Ching has undertaken project financing (both conventional and Islamic, and via the debt capital market) for major infrastructure and concession projects, including project financing for the construction of power plants, university campuses and hospitals as well as the expansion of palm-oil refineries.

Further, Kiat Ching was involved in a landmark RM500 million Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Islamic medium-term note issuance based on the Islamic principle of Wakalah Bi Al Istithmar arranged solely by HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad. This Sukuk deal won three prestigious awards from Islamic Finance News (IFN).

In addition to her banking and project financing work, Kiat Ching has advised on and been involved in the incorporation, take-over, merger and restructuring of companies, the formation of joint ventures and privatisation exercises (including the privatisation of a Malaysian utility company). Cross-border transactions include the simultaneous voluntary take-over of two Malaysian public listed companies by a foreign corporation, the acquisition of a substantial stake in a Singaporean public listed company by a Malaysian public listed entity, and the acquisition of a substantial stake in a major Malaysian bank by a foreign financial institution.

Kiat Ching was named as one of the IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2022, joining an exclusive group of the most prominent women lawyers across the world working in the areas of law IFLR1000 researches.

Recognition in external publications

Highly Regarded: Banking – IFLR1000 [2020]

Highly Regarded: Banking – IFLR1000 [2019]

Highly Regarded: Banking – IFLR1000 [2018]

Leading Lawyer: Banking – IFLR1000 [2017]

Leading Lawyer: Banking – IFLR1000 [2015]

Leading Lawyer: Banking – IFLR1000 [2014]

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014: Hoh Kiat Ching was listed as a recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate and M&A.
Leading Lawyer: Banking & Project Finance – IFLR1000 [2013]

“Jal Othman and Hoh Kiat Ching advised three financial institutions on a RM458m syndicated Islamic lending facility to part-finance a hospital construction project”Legal 500 Asia Pacific [2013]

“Partners Jal Othman and Hoh Kiat Ching advised the financiers, facility agent, the security agent and the project agent regarding the grant of an Islamic financing facility of up to RM310 million ($97 million) to finance the construction costs of a generation plant for the supply of chilled-water cooling energy and electricity. The plant will provide cooling energy to an air transportation hub in Malaysia.”IFLR 1000 [2012]

Leading Lawyer: Banking & Project Finance – IFLR1000 [2011]

Legal 500 [2009/2010]: Kiat Ching was listed as a recommended lawyer in the areas of Banking & Finance and Capital Markets.

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