WILFRED ONG’s practice focuses on cross-border debt finance transactions. He has represented a variety of clients based in Asia, including lenders, private equity sponsors and corporates, on leveraged and acquisition financings, asset financings, and loan and corporate restructurings. Prior to joining Sidley, Wilfred practiced at a leading Southeast Asian law firm.
Wilfred is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Managing Associate
Wilfred Ong
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Wilfred’s experience includes representing:
- Ninja Van Group, Southeast Asia’s leading tech enabled logistics organization, on a 3-year committed US$50 million revolving credit facility from HSBC.
- Blue Earth Capital AG (BlueEarth), a Switzerland-headquartered global impact investor, in connection with a direct-credit investment into Q Collection Pte. Ltd., a leading vertically integrated apparel manufacturer headquartered in Singapore and with manufacturing operations in Bangladesh. This collaboration marks BlueEarth’s first sustainability-linked loan.
- Geo Energy Resources Limited (Geo Energy) on its US$220 million financing from PT Bank Mandiri, to be applied toward the funding of certain acquisitions, working capital, and other capital expenditure requirements. Geo Energy is a major Indonesian coal producer listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and principally engaged in operating coal mines, coal production, and coal sales throughout Asia.
- A leading harbor towage operator headquartered in Italy on its financing and acquisition of two major regional harbor towage service providers.
- A U.S. based multi-strategy fund on its approximately US$220 million mezzanine financing to a Philippines based conglomerate for its acquisition of a gas-to-power project in the Philippines, as Singapore counsel.
- A Malaysia headquartered bank on its approximately S$156 million financing to a Singapore based purchaser for the acquisition of a regional pharmaceutical distribution group.
- A leading Singapore bank on its enforcement, debt restructuring and asset recovery strategies in relation to approximately US$100 million in outstanding debt from the shipping arm of one of Singapore’s largest oil trading groups.
- The informal steering committee of creditors holding US$1.34 billion of debt on the restructuring for Pacific International Lines.
- A Singapore headquartered shipyard as a major creditor on the restructuring of approximately US$900 million in debt owed by the Borr Drilling Limited group (NYSE: BORR) (OSE: BORR) as part of its overall restructuring of over US$2 billion in secured debt.
*Includes matters completed prior to joining Sidley.
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資格
弁護士資格・登録
- Singapore (Advocate & Solicitor)
学歴
- University of Nottingham, 法学学士, 2016 (Second Class Upper Division with Honours)