Lilian heads the Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance practice at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. (a member of ZICO Law).
She has advised Malaysian and international financial institutions and project sponsors on single bank and syndicated term and multi-facility loans, banking regulations and other general banking matters. She has extensive experience in advising, structuring, negotiating and documenting project finance transactions, Islamic finance transactions, debt and equity linked security issues, bank capital instruments, asset-backed securitisation transactions, structured notes and other structured finance transactions. Lilian’s experience also includes advising local and international lenders on the financing of some of the largest infrastructure projects in Malaysia based on conventional and Islamic financing structures. Lilian has led many award winning capital market deals, including the world’s largest sukuk offering (as at January 2012) by Malaysia’s biggest expressway toll company, PLUS Malaysia as well as the ground-breaking Axiata Group’s multi-currency sukuk programme of USD1.5 billion
Lilian started her career in legal practice at Shook Lin & Bok in January 1992. In 1995, Lilian joined the firm as an associate and she was made a Partner in 1998.