Experience:

Among the transactions Zhen Hong has worked on are: 

• acted for AmBank (M) Berhad in relation to a term loan facility of up to RM18,300,000.00 only taken up by a local construction company to finance on the purchase price of a piece of freehold land situated in Klang Valley, measuring approximately 44,142.79 square feet in land area; 

• acted for AmBank Islamic Berhad in relation to an Islamic banking financing of up to RM155,000,000.00 only (based on the Shariah principle of Murabahah Tawarruq Wakalah, Murabahah Tawarruq and Bai’ Dayn Kafalah) taken up by two (2) local poultry companies as joint borrowers/customers to finance on, inter alia, their capital expenditures and working capital; 

• acted for CIMB Bank Berhad in relation to banking facilities of up to RM41,000,000.00 only (which comprise term loan facility and bridging loan facility) taken up by a local developer company to finance a development of 19-storey tower block situated in Klang Valley, measuring approximately 1.00 acres; 

• acted for Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad in relation to Hong Leong CM Flexi Term Financing-i of up to RM50,000,000.00 only (based on the Shariah principle  of Murabahah via Tawarruq) taken up by a local plantation company to finance on, inter alia, their CAPEX to operate one of their plantation lands situated in Sibu, measuring approximately 4,562 hectares in area;

• acted for HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad in relation to banking facilities of up to RM25,000,000.00 only taken up by a local engineering company to finance on inter alia, their capital expenditures; 

• acted for Malayan Banking Berhad in relation to banking facilities of up to RM40,100,000.00 only taken up by a local developer company to, inter alia, redeem a piece of development land situated in Klang Valley from a local financial institution and part finance construction and development costs of a project;

• acted for OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad in relation to  omnibus revolving credit facility, overdraft facility, USD revolving credit facility of up to RM400,000,000.00 and foreign exchange line of RM150,000,000.00 only taken up by a subsidiary of a local universal financial institution; 

• acted for OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad in relation to an Islamic financing facility(ies) (based on the Shariah principle of Ijarah and Murabahah) of up to RM80,000,000.00 taken up by a local logistic company to, inter alia, refinance existing term financing facility from a local financial institution and finance CAPEX;

• acted for RHB Bank Berhad in relation to structured revolving credits, overdraft and bank guarantee of up to RM61,000,000.00 only taken up by a local developer company to, inter alia, part-finance a development of high-rise residential development, comprising more than 460 units of condominium situated in Klang Valley, measuring approximately 6.1588 hectares; 

• acted for Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad as the principal adviser, the lead arranger and the lead manager in relation to the issuance of Islamic medium term notes (Sukuk Murabahah) pursuant to the Sukuk Murabahah Programme of up to RM300,000,000.00 in nominal value, based on the Shariah principle of Murabahah (via Tawarruq arrangement) by Danum Sinar Sdn Bhd;

• acted for CIMB Investment Bank Berhad as the principal adviser, the lead arranger and the lead manager in relation to the issuance of asset backed securities via a medium term notes programme of up to RM700,000,000.00 in nominal value by Starbright Capital Berhad; 

• acted for AmInvestment Bank Berhad and CIMB Investment Bank Berhad as the joint principal advisers, the joint lead arrangers and the joint lead managers in relation to the issuance of asset backed securities via a medium term notes programme of up to RM700,000,000.00 in nominal value by Swirl Assets Berhad; 

• acted for AmInvestment Bank Berhad and CIMB Investment Bank Berhad as the joint principal advisers, the joint lead arrangers and the joint lead managers in relation to the issuance of asset backed securities via a medium term notes programme of up to RM800,000,000.00 in nominal value by Glacier Assets Berhad;

• acted for Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad as the lead arranger, the lead manager and the facility agent in relation to the issuance of medium term notes via a medium term notes programme of RM1,000,000,000.00 in nominal value by Premier Auto Assets Berhad; 

• acted for Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad as the lead arranger, the lead manager and the facility agent in relation to the issuance of Islamic medium term notes via an asset-backed Islamic medium term notes programme of up to RM900,000,000.00 in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Ijarah by Semarak Gigih Berhad; and

• acted for Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad and MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad in relation to the issuance of asset-backed Islamic medium term notes pursuant to an asset-backed Islamic medium term notes programme of up to RM3,000,000,000.00 in nominal value by AC First Genesis Berhad.