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KHONG MEI LIN
- Corporate
- Banking & Finance
- Real Estate & Conveyancing
- Debt Restructuring
With over 36 years of experience, Mei Lin is a veteran in the Malaysian legal landscape. Her practice is defined by deep technical knowledge and experience in debt restructuring, banking & finance, debt capital markets, corporate and complex real estate transactions.
Her multidisciplinary breadth of experience across the following practice areas allows her to provide clients with sophisticated, all-around legal counsel. By bridging these disciplines, she delivers nuanced solutions to the most complex legal challenges.
Mei Lin sits on the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) of Bank Negara Malaysia.
CORE AREAS OF PRACTICE
Banking & Finance
Advising financial institutions, corporations and investors on:
- Conventional and Islamic financing
- Syndicated and project financing
- Debt capital market and sukuk issuances
- Trade financing
Debt Restructuring & Non-Performing Loans (NPL)
Assisting lenders, borrowers and investors with debt recovery and restructuring strategies, including:
- Formal and informal restructurings
- Schemes of arrangement and workout arrangements
- Distressed debt acquisitions and disposals
- NPL transactions
Corporate & Real Estate
Structuring transactions and strategies for corporations, landowners, developers, investors and financial institutions regarding:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Commercial real estate and property development
- Distressed asset disposals
PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY
Mei Lin pairs her extensive institutional memory with a modern understanding of her clients’ business needs. Her multidisciplinary breadth of experience and having represented both sides of complex transactions, allows her to anticipate hurdles and structure deals that prioritise client interests. By leveraging this dual perspective, she delivers proactive, tailored solutions and high-impact, value-add advice.
What People Say
“The firm regularly handles numerous government finance projects. Khong Mei Lin, described as a lawyer who “brings to the table a wealth of experience and knowledge.”
– Asialaw Profiles 2015
"Khong Mei Lin is singled out for her ‘detailed, high-quality advice’; she acted for DanaInfra Nasional on its RM13bn Islamic papers-and-notes programme to finance the construction of the Pan Borneo Highway in Sarawak."
-Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019
“The ‘tactful, committed, very knowledgeable’ Khong Mei Lin, who provides ‘detailed, high-quality advice’, is recommended for debt restructuring.”
- Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019
“Recognised in Expert Guide as a “leading practitioner” in Restructuring & Insolvency (2018 -2019) and in Women in Business Law (2017-2019).”
-Expert Guide
“Recipient of the Individual Award for “Best in Restructuring & Insolvency” at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019.”
-Euromoney