Jing Wen So
Associate
jwso@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Leveraged Finance
- Private Credit
- Private Equity Transactions
- Special Situations
Biography
- Advises financial institutions, companies and investors on a range of U.K. and cross-border financings.
- Experience in leveraged finance, fund finance, special situations, real estate finance and general corporate lending.
Jing Wen is an associate in the corporate finance team of Akin’s London office. She advises financial institutions, companies and investors on a range of U.K. and cross-border financings. She has experience in leveraged finance, fund finance, special situations, real estate finance and general corporate lending.
Prior to joining Akin, Jing Wen completed a six-month secondment to the private wealth management legal team at a global investment bank.
Representative Work
- Advised borrowers on a private equity sponsored acquisition financing of accountancy and audit companies.
- Advised a global real estate investment fund on the financing of two logistics assets in Colnbrook and Redditch.
- Advised a Luxembourg bank on the amendment and restatement of a net asset value (NAV) facility.
- Advised a leading U.K. merchant banking group on numerous acquisition financings of mechanical and electrical solutions companies.
- Advised an arranger on the English law aspects of syndicated conventional and Islamic revolving facilities to a Qatar terminal operating company.
EducationL.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, with distinction, 2021
LL.M., King's College, London, with distinction, 2020
B.A. Law, University of Cambridge, with honors, 2019
L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, with distinction, 2021
LL.M., King's College, London, with distinction, 2020
B.A. Law, University of Cambridge, with honors, 2019
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
