Claire Neo is a Singapore and New York qualified lawyer who focuses on debt and equity capital markets transactions in Singapore and across South East Asia. Claire has extensive experience in Rule 144A/Regulation S equity and debt offerings including standalone bond issues, euro and global medium-term note programmes, various liability management transactions, initial public offerings and equity placements.
Advising Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited as the issuer on the establishment of its US$5 billion global covered bond programme and subsequent covered bond issuances under the programme, listed on the SGX-ST
Advising Farm Fresh Berhad on its US$238.8 million initial public offering on Bursa Malaysia
Advising the joint bookrunners and joint underwriters on Netlink NBN Trust’s US$1.68 billion IPO on the Singapore Exchange
Advising the arrangers and dealers on the update of AmBank (M) Berhad’s US$3 billion euro medium term note programme and issue of US$300 million 2.252 per cent. Notes due 2030 thereunder, listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Advising the joint lead manager(s) on various Singapore dollar-denominated bonds guaranteed by the Asian Development Bank’s Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF), including advising the sole lead manager on Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.’s issuance of S$150 million 3.88 per cent. senior unsecured guaranteed bonds
Advising the dealer-managers on the debt capital markets aspects of Olam International's business reorganisation, comprising an exchange offer and consent solicitation across Singapore dollar and U.S. dollar-denominated senior notes and perpetual securities, and involving multiple clearing systems
Advising the joint lead managers on the offering of S$450 million 5.70% sustainability-linked perpetual (SLP) securities issued by STT GDC.The perpetual securities were issued under STT GDC's S$1.5 billion multicurrency debt issuance programme. This was the first Singapore dollar-dominated SLP, the first-ever SLP security in Asia, as well as the first public perpetual by a company that exclusively operates as a data centre.
Clifford Chance
