Florence Yong

Florence Yong is a Partner in Rahmat Lim & Partners' Banking & Finance and Maritime & Aviation practices, advising financial institutions, major corporations, airlines, aircraft operators, ship-owners and lenders on domestic and cross-border banking, aviation and maritime transactions.

She regularly acts in bilateral and syndicated loans, acquisition and leveraged financing, as well as leasing and financing transactions involving aircraft and vessels, asset sales and transfers, and registrations with the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, the Malaysia Ship Registry and the Malaysia International Ship Registry. Notable matters include advising a consortium of banks including Maybank Investment Bank Berhad on the financing of the acquisition of a 68.35% stake in Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad by CVC Capital Partners; advising on the financing of the acquisition of Munchy Food Industries by a consortium led by CVC Capital Partners; and advising a Malaysian airline on the restructuring of its lease portfolio of 34 aircraft and transfer of 21 aircraft.

Florence holds an LL.B. (Hons) and an LL.M. in International Business and Commercial Law from the University of Manchester. She is admitted to the Malaysian Bar (2014) and the Bar of England & Wales (Lincoln's Inn, 2013).