Victor Sim
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Related services and key industries
Biography
Victor Sim is a banking and finance lawyer based in Hong Kong.
Victor advises on complex cross-border financing transactions including leveraged buy-out, acquisition financing, structured financing, real estate financing, margin financing and take-private financing.
Victor has deep experience in representing financial institutions, private credit funds, sponsors and corporate borrowers in the most complex deals in Hong Kong and Greater China and is a ranked leveraged and acquisition finance specialist by Chambers & Partners.
Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright, Victor has worked in a Magic Circle firm and an elite New York based law firm for more than a decade.
Victor is also a member of the APLMA Documentation Committee and APLMA China Committee. He is admitted to practice law in Hong Kong and England and Wales.
Professional experience
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- Hong Kong
Advised:
- CMB International – on a bridge financing to support an acquisition by Warburg Pincus in relation to a PRC real estate asset
- CMB International – on a bridge financing to support an acquisition by a corporate strategic investor in relation to a PRC real estate
- HSBC – on a leveraged financing provided to CITIC Capital for its acquisition of a food manufacturer based in Hong Kong
- A syndicate led by HSBC – on a leveraged financing provide to CITIC Capital for its acquisition of a cosmetic e-commerce platform based in the PRC
- *A syndicate led by JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley – on a term and revolving facilities to Huazhu Group for its acquisition of Frankfurt-based Deutsche Hospitality
- *CTBC and ESUN– on a leveraged financing provided to a Japanese private equity fund in relation to its acquisition of a majority stake in a Philippines based technology and software group
- *CTBC, ESUN and Fubon– on a leveraged financing provided to a Japanese private equity fund in relation to its acquisition of a majority stake in a PRC based biotechnology group
- *Warburg Pincus – on a loan and warrant financing from Goldman Sachs to support the development of one of its logistics portfolio companies
- *Temasek and RRJ Capital as shareholders – on the debt restructuring and recapitalisation of the Swiss airline caterer Gategroup Holding AG
- *Hammer Capital – on a mezzanine rescue financing to refinance a distressed debt taken out by a Hong Kong based real estate developer
* Non-NRF deal
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News
Gaw Capital advised on its first green financing
May 12, 2022
Insights
Practical Law: Lending to a Company in Hong Kong
Publication | July 23, 2024
NDRC issues new Practice Manual for the New Mid-to Long-Term Foreign Debt Approval Registration Regime
Publication | February 13, 2023
Restructuring your business: The Asian perspective
Update | February 02, 2023