Banking and Finance
Doreen Sim
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2017 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Doreen Sim is a senior partner in our Finance Practice Group. She specialises in general banking, finance and security transactions. She has extensive experience in a wide range of loan and other debt related transactions (both domestic and cross border) including bilateral, club and syndicated loans, property financing and acquisition and asset financing. Her clients include local and foreign banks, large corporates, real estate investment trusts and funds.
Doreen has led in major project finance, onshore and offshore financing, profit participation security transactions and securitisations. Doreen has also advised on banking, insolvency and other financial laws and regulations and has been involved in debt restructurings.
Doreen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Law) degree from Girton College, Cambridge in 1988 and has been practising banking law since her call to the Singapore Bar in 1990. She has been named as a Leading Lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific since 2009 and in Chambers Global since 2009. She has been a Recommended Lawyer for Banking and Finance in Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2007.
Doreen has been cited in Chambers Asia as "a highly respected name in this sphere, with particularly noteworthy experience in property financing" and who is regarded as "commercially aware, sensible and reasonable" by market sources. She has been highlighted in Chambers Global as a "true-blue banking lawyer with an active general banking practice who is adept at handling a wide range of banking and finance matters, including bilateral and syndicated loans and asset financing. She is particularly well known for property financing.” Doreen has been mentioned in Asialaw Profiles as being respected for her “commercial approach” and commended by clients for her exceptional drafting and negotiation skills.
Overview
- English
- Mandarin
- University of Cambridge
- United Kingdom, Barrister at Law, Gray's Inn, 1989
- Singapore, Advocate & Solicitor, 1990
- Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP - Senior Partner
- English
- Mandarin
- United Kingdom, Barrister at Law, Gray's Inn, 1989
- Singapore, Advocate & Solicitor, 1990
- Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP - Senior Partner
- University of Cambridge
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Singapore™ 2026 for work in:
- Banking and Finance
Awards:
- Finance Monthly: Winner of Global Award for Achievement, 2010
Insights
Court of Appeal Confirms Fair Treatment for Guarantors in Mortgage Enforcement
Are Guarantors penalised more heavily than the Borrower in case of the Borrower's Default?
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Additional Information
Case History
Cases
- The lenders to the Marubeni Consortium comprising Kansai Electric, Kysushu Electric Power, Japan Bank of International Co-operation and GDF Suez
Representing in the S$2.9 billion acquisition financing and JPY67 billion repowering of Senoko Power. Senoko Power is Singapore's largest power generation and retail company. This deal won the Singapore M&A Deal of the Year and was finalist for the Singapore Deal of the Year at the Asian Legal Business SE Asia 2009 Law Awards.
- Special purpose vehicle of MGPA
Acting in the grant of S$1.939 billion development loan facilities by a syndicate of banks arranged by Development Bank of Singapore, Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, United Overseas Bank and Hypo Real Estate Singapore Corporation Private Limited for the refinancing of the acquisition and development of Asia Square Tower 1 in Singapore.
- The Manager of Far East Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust
Acting in the grant to Far East Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust of unsecured facilities aggregating S$725 million from Development Bank of Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation respectively, and in the related swap transactions.
- Standard Chartered Bank and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (the Arrangers)
Acting in the grant of a syndicated S$650 million term loan facility to HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited in its capacity as trustee of the real estate investment trust known as the "CapitaCommercial Trust" to finance the acquisition cost of One George Street in Singapore.
- Special Purpose Vehicle of MGPA
Acting in the grant of S$645.5 million bridging loan facilities by Oversea Chines Banking Corporation, Development Bank of Singapore, Hypo Real Estate Capital Singapore Corporation Private Limited and United Overseas Bank for its acquisition of Land Parcel 720 at Marina View.
- MGP Raffle Pte Ltd
Acting in its syndicated S$624 million term loan facilities arranged by Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation to refinance its existing loans secured against 8 Shenton Way, an office building in Singapore.
- United Overseas Bank, Development Bank of Singapore and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Acting in the grant of a S$547.77 million facility to a joint venture company formed by Wing Tai Holdings Limited and City Development Limited to finance the en bloc acquisition of 18 Anderson Road in Singapore and its development into a condominium.
- Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Development Bank of Singapore and United Overseas Bank
Acting in the grant of S$480.5 million bridge facility to a special purpose vehicle of Asiamalls to finance its acquisition and development of The Nex, a 7-storey retail complex in Singapore
- Development Bank of Singapore
Acting in its grant of transferable loan facilities of up to S$435.8 million in a joint venture vehicle formed by, inter alia, Perennial Real Estate group, for its purchase and refurbishment of Chinatown Point, a commercial building in Singapore.
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
Acting in the grant of JPY13 billion financing to HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Ltd as trustee of Starhill Global REIT, secured against the units of Ngee Ann City owned by the REIT. Also acted for the existing lenders viz., Development Bank of Singapore, Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, CBA, Societe Generale and ING Bank N.V. in their security sharing arrangements with CBA as lender of the new financing.
- Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
Acting in the grant of approximately S$300 million offshore facilities to a Trust and certain of its subsidiaries to refinance their existing facilities and for general corporate funding purposes. Also acted as Singapore counsel to the Chinese Affiliates of DBS and SCB in the grant of approximately RMB30 million onshore facilities to a Chinese subsidiary of the Trust to finance its capital expenditure on a mall in Chengdu.
- United Overseas Bank
Acting in the grant of a term loan facility, approximately HKD600 million, to various special purpose vehicles in connection with the acquisition of the 18th to 22nd floors and 25 car park lots in Tower B of Kowloon Commerce Centre, a 33-storey Grade A office building located in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- HSE Holdings Pte Ltd (HSE)
Acting in the acquisition from Mauritius fund Pallas 28 Investments Limited, of its entire interest in Emerald Land Pte Ltd (Emerald), developer of the condominium development 111 Emerald Hill, a high-end residence located near Orchard Road in Singapore. This transaction is unique and is believed to be the first in Singapore with approval for the share sale of a developer company holding a Qualifying Certificate to an unrelated Singapore party and for the developer company to obtain a Clearance Certificate under the Residential Property Act.
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