Singapore
AWARDS
Leading individual for Shipping: Domestic: Finance: Singapore
Leading individual for Shipping: Singapore
Recommended lawyer for Banking and finance: Singapore
Colin Jarraw
Partner
Colin is a partner at Virtus Law. An experienced shipping finance lawyer, he heads the Singapore law side of the banking and finance department of Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance. Clients have described him as efficient and meticulous.
His principal area of practice is in banking and finance. He is also adept at company law, with a focus on shipping, having been involved in a number of major merger and acquisition transactions involving shipping companies in Singapore. Colin regularly acts as Singapore legal counsel for all the major shipping finance banks in high value ship finance and complex leasing transactions.
He has also advised owners in ship sale and purchase transactions, charterparties, shipbuilding contracts and vessel registrations and de-registrations as well as yacht financing. Colin also has had experience as a litigator, having practised both in Malaysia (as a general commercial litigator) and in Singapore (as a shipping litigator) where he has appeared up to the Courts of Appeal in both jurisdictions.
Colin’s other areas of practice encompasses aviation finance, where he has acted for both the lenders and borrowers, in transactions involving the financing of the acquisition of aircraft; as well as general banking transactions where he has advised on domestic and cross-border, syndicated and bilateral lending transactions and security arrangements.
Colin holds an M.Phil from the University of Cambridge and has qualified as a Barrister-at-law (Inner Temple) England, U.K. in 1996. He is also called to both the East Malaysian Bar as well as the Singapore Bar and has been in active legal practice since 1997. He has previously held the position of committee member of the Singapore Shipping Association’s International Committee. Colin has also contributed to the latest edition of the leading ship finance industry handbook, Shipping Finance (Fourth Edition) prepared by Stephenson Harwood.
“I very much enjoy working with Colin. He is vastly experienced, and extremely responsive and attentive.”
Chambers Asia Pacific 2024
Ship and offshore finance
Colin has provided Singapore law advice to numerous international banks and shipping companies such as ABN Amro Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BNP Paribas, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia), ING Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Bibby Line, Quantum Pacific Shipping Services, Transpetrol, TATA NYK Shipping and Vitol.
Ship finance
Acting as Singapore counsel to a number of leading banks and financial institutions in their syndicated and bilateral loans made for the acquisition of vessels.
Sale and lease-back financing
Acting for lessors and lessees on vessel chartering and sale and lease-back transactions.
Private equity
Advising private equity funds on their financing of shipping companies and conducting a due diligence exercise of the same.
Aviation finance
Debt finance and security matters
Acted as Singapore counsel to financial institutions in their loans made for the acquisition of aircraft and the securitisation of the said loan.
Sale and lease-back financing
Acted as Singapore counsel to aircraft lessors and advising on sale and lease-back financings.
Local advice
Providing local advice on aviation regulations in Singapore.
Finance
Corporate finance
Representing banks on facilities for general working capital made to major international corporations, including syndicated and bilateral loan facilities.
Yacht finance
Acting for Singapore based lenders in loans made to borrowers for the acquisition of a private yacht.
Leasing finance
Acting for finance leasing houses in sale and lease-back transactions.
Banks and banking
Colin has provided Singapore law advice to numerous international banks such as ABN Amro Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BNP Paribas, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia), ING Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.
Banking regulations
Advising Singapore banks on Singapore banking regulations and the real day-to-day practices which the bank should adopt.
General advice
Working with the internal counsel of Singapore banks on the drafting of their internal documents.
Ship finance
Acting as Singapore counsel to a number of leading banks and financial institutions in their syndicated and bilateral loans made for the acquisition of vessels.
Shipowners and operators
Sale and purchase
Representing both sellers and buyers in ship sales and purchase transactions, ranging from oil rigs, offshore support vessels, cargo vessels and oil tankers.
Ship registry matters
Acting for a number of Singapore ship owners in the registration of their vessels with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (the “MPA”) and advising said ship owners on the various incentives available at the MPA.
Structuring
Advising owners on their shipping corporate structure and on the various tax incentives which Singapore provides to ship owning companies and shipping services related companies.
Aviation
Debt finance and security matters
Acting as Singapore counsel to financial institutions in their loans made for the acquisition of aircraft and the securitisation of the said loan.
Sale and lease-back financing
Acting as Singapore counsel to aircraft lessors and advising on sale and lease-back financings.
Sale and Purchase
Advising on aircraft sale and purchase transactions.
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His principal area of practice is in banking and finance. He is also adept at company law, with a focus on shipping, having been involved in a number of major merger and acquisition transactions involving shipping companies in Singapore. Colin regularly acts as Singapore legal counsel for all the major shipping finance banks in high value ship finance and complex leasing transactions.
He has also advised owners in ship sale and purchase transactions, charterparties, shipbuilding contracts and vessel registrations and de-registrations as well as yacht financing. Colin also has had experience as a litigator, having practised both in Malaysia (as a general commercial litigator) and in Singapore (as a shipping litigator) where he has appeared up to the Courts of Appeal in both jurisdictions.
Colin’s other areas of practice encompasses aviation finance, where he has acted for both the lenders and borrowers, in transactions involving the financing of the acquisition of aircraft; as well as general banking transactions where he has advised on domestic and cross-border, syndicated and bilateral lending transactions and security arrangements.
Colin holds an M.Phil from the University of Cambridge and has qualified as a Barrister-at-law (Inner Temple) England, U.K. in 1996. He is also called to both the East Malaysian Bar as well as the Singapore Bar and has been in active legal practice since 1997. He has previously held the position of committee member of the Singapore Shipping Association’s International Committee. Colin has also contributed to the latest edition of the leading ship finance industry handbook, Shipping Finance (Fourth Edition) prepared by Stephenson Harwood.
“I very much enjoy working with Colin. He is vastly experienced, and extremely responsive and attentive.”
Chambers Asia Pacific 2024
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Ship and offshore finance
Colin has provided Singapore law advice to numerous international banks and shipping companies such as ABN Amro Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BNP Paribas, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia), ING Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Bibby Line, Quantum Pacific Shipping Services, Transpetrol, TATA NYK Shipping and Vitol.
Ship finance
Acting as Singapore counsel to a number of leading banks and financial institutions in their syndicated and bilateral loans made for the acquisition of vessels.
Sale and lease-back financing
Acting for lessors and lessees on vessel chartering and sale and lease-back transactions.
Private equity
Advising private equity funds on their financing of shipping companies and conducting a due diligence exercise of the same.
Aviation finance
Debt finance and security matters
Acted as Singapore counsel to financial institutions in their loans made for the acquisition of aircraft and the securitisation of the said loan.
Sale and lease-back financing
Acted as Singapore counsel to aircraft lessors and advising on sale and lease-back financings.
Local advice
Providing local advice on aviation regulations in Singapore.
Finance
Corporate finance
Representing banks on facilities for general working capital made to major international corporations, including syndicated and bilateral loan facilities.
Yacht finance
Acting for Singapore based lenders in loans made to borrowers for the acquisition of a private yacht.
Leasing finance
Acting for finance leasing houses in sale and lease-back transactions.
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Banks and banking
Colin has provided Singapore law advice to numerous international banks such as ABN Amro Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BNP Paribas, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia), ING Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.
Banking regulations
Advising Singapore banks on Singapore banking regulations and the real day-to-day practices which the bank should adopt.
General advice
Working with the internal counsel of Singapore banks on the drafting of their internal documents.
Ship finance
Acting as Singapore counsel to a number of leading banks and financial institutions in their syndicated and bilateral loans made for the acquisition of vessels.
Shipowners and operators
Sale and purchase
Representing both sellers and buyers in ship sales and purchase transactions, ranging from oil rigs, offshore support vessels, cargo vessels and oil tankers.
Ship registry matters
Acting for a number of Singapore ship owners in the registration of their vessels with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (the “MPA”) and advising said ship owners on the various incentives available at the MPA.
Structuring
Advising owners on their shipping corporate structure and on the various tax incentives which Singapore provides to ship owning companies and shipping services related companies.
Aviation
Debt finance and security matters
Acting as Singapore counsel to financial institutions in their loans made for the acquisition of aircraft and the securitisation of the said loan.
Sale and lease-back financing
Acting as Singapore counsel to aircraft lessors and advising on sale and lease-back financings.
Sale and Purchase
Advising on aircraft sale and purchase transactions.
AWARDS
Leading individual for Shipping: Domestic: Finance: Singapore
Leading individual for Shipping: Singapore
Recommended lawyer for Banking and finance: Singapore