Mei Mei Wong

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About

Areas of FocusFinancial Services Media, Sport and Entertainment Technology Finance

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

Advising Azrieli Group on the syndicated refinancing of its approximate US$850 million acquisition of Norwegian data centre provider Green Mountain, and the financing considerations of Green Mountain's expansion into the United Kingdom.
Advising VEON, a major global telecommunications group, on over USD3 billion of financing facilities, including its USD2.1 billion term and revolving credit facilities. Certain of such facilities included emerging markets loans and facilities backed by export credit agency guarantees.
Advising Global Telecom Holding, an Egyptian listed company, on a USD200 million bridge facility to finance a tender offer to buy back 10% of its share capital, and subsequently the finance aspects of VEON's mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares in Global Telecom Holding for USD2.3 billion which won “Telecom M&A Deal of the Year – Emerging Markets” at the TMT M&A Awards.
Advising Neqsol Holdings and Bakcell on the bridge financing and bond take-out for its USD743 million acquisition of Vodafone Ukraine.
Advising Preem AB, Sweden’s largest fuel company, and Corral Petroleum on their USD2.14 billion refinancing by way of a new revolving borrowing base facility and term facility.
Advising Merlin Entertainments plc, one of the world’s largest attraction operators, on the refinancing of its bank facilities including an increased and extended GBP600 million revolving credit facility and the English law aspects of its issue of USD400 million 5.75% Senior Notes due 2026.
Advising digital finance company Jaja Finance on the acquisition financing of its GBP530 million acquisition of Bank of Ireland’s UK credit card business.
Advising the joint administrators of NMC Health PLC on the finance aspects of developing and implementing a restructuring strategy for the NMC group. The NMC group is a significant provider globally in the private healthcare market, and is the UAE’s largest private healthcare group.
Advising the Department for Transport on the finance aspects of the Heathrow Expansion Programme (formerly the Airport Capacity Programme), including advising on the financing structure of the Heathrow Group and delivery support options.

Languages

Education

Monash University, Bachelor of Laws, honours

University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Commerce

Awards

Seminars

Mei Mei has presented on acquisition financing at DLA Piper’s “M&A Academy” attended by a wide range of industry professionals, and has separately conducted client presentations on finance and security structures and security enforcement matters.

Mei Mei has conducted seminars at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia on international business negotiations which were widely attended including by members of the Ethiopian government.

Memberships And Affiliations