Weiling Lee | People | Baker McKenzie

Biography

Weiling is a Local Principal in the Finance & Projects Practice Group in the Singapore office. A dual-qualified Singapore and England & Wales banking and finance lawyer with over 15 years of private practice and in-house experience, Weiling advises arrangers, lenders, borrowers and sponsors on complex cross-border acquisition, leveraged, structured, sustainability-linked, real estate and general corporate financings across Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Weiling is recognised as a "Next Generation Partner" in Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Weiling was also appointed a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths on 1 October 2026.

Practice Focus

Weiling has advised corporate sponsors, financial institutions, private equity firms and business trusts on cross-border and domestic finance transactions, including general banking work, structured lending, leveraged and acquisition finance, take-private financings, trade finance, real estate and infrastructure finance, and fund finance.

Representative Legal Matters

Advised a group of mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and underwriters on a holdco financing for a Singapore-based digital infrastructure company, later amended to include sustainability-linked provisions and upsized through an accordion exercise.
Represented the arrangers, the lead sustainability coordinator and the lenders on an up to USD 1.5 billion syndicated sustainability-linked loan facility to a Singapore logistics company.
Advised on an approximately USD 1 billion syndicated facility to a sponsor-controlled vehicle financing its acquisition of a Singapore-listed industrial group.
Advised a large group of arrangers and lenders in the general corporate financing to one of the largest market players in Thailand's communications sector, a large US Dollar and Thai Baht facility featuring seven arrangers.
Advised a Singapore private credit fund in a USD 45 million secured term loan facility granted to a Singapore borrower controlled by a regional private equity sponsor, for the acquisition of shares in a PRC electronics company and leading provider of battery charging infrastructure used in electric vehicles and solar and wind power.
Advised a multinational financial institution in connection with the provision of loan facilities to a Mauritius incorporated borrower controlled ultimately by a sponsor who controls a multinational for-profit private hospital network, for the purposes of an acquisition of the shares of a listed Indian company.
Advised arrangers and lenders on a large-scale sustainability-linked syndicated JPY facility for a major Thai telecommunications and digital services group, following an earlier facility for the same group.
Advised on a substantial financing for the proposed management buyout and take-private of a global leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems.
Advised a group of arrangers, underwriters and bookrunners on syndicated term and revolving facilities to a private-equity-backed subsidiary financing its acquisition of a waste management and infrastructure group.
Advised arrangers on acquisition facilities for a Philippines-based power group, for its acquisition of interests in two power plants.

Professional Honors

Next Generation Partner, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2025
Rising Star, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2023

Professional Associations and Memberships

Law Society of Singapore
Singapore Academy of Law

Admissions

England & Wales (2018)
Singapore (2010)

Education

National University of Singapore (Bachelor of Laws) (2009)

Languages

English