Stamford Law bulks up its market-leading practice with the addition of Mr. Lim Sin Teck to its corporate practice (more…)
Norton Rose advised Standard Chartered Bank as coordinating bank and other lenders on the USD1.85 billion bridge financing to SapuraKencana Drilling Pte. Ltd. as part of the USD2.9 billion acquisition comprising of both debt and equity elements by SapuraKencana of the Seadrill tender rig business involving 18 offshore rigs in total (more…)
Ashurst has advised Asian Development Bank (“ADB”) and The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (“SCB”) as lenders to two solar power projects in Thailand financed on a limited recourse project finance basis. The financing closed on 11 April 2013 (more…)
Stamford Law builds on its strength as a leading regional player with the addition of Mr. Daniel Yong to its top-tier corporate practice (more…)
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (“SapuraKencana”), a major oil & gas services company headquartered in Malaysia, on the debt and equity financing of its acquisition of the entire issued share capital in Seadrill Tender Rig Ltd (“Seadrill”) and certain other related businesses and assets. The acquisition included purchasing 18 tender drilling rigs from Seadrill (6 semi-tenders, 9 tender barges and 3 newbuilds (more…)
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that it is opening an office in Singapore. It will be the firm’s fifth office in Asia, after Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP has announced that Gregory Salathé joined the firm as a partner earlier this week. He is a member of the firm’s M&A practice and will reside in its Singapore office after a transition period in Tokyo (more…)
The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, along with its Singapore law capability Asia Practice LLP, is pleased to announce that it has, in conjunction with Asia Practice LLP, advised the Reignwood Group on the acquisition of the entire share and loan capital of Sardinia Properties Pte Ltd (the “Target”) (more…)
Baker & McKenzie advised CP All Plc, the local operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Thailand, on its approximately USD6.6 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Siam Makro Plc, the operator of Makro cash-and-carry stores in Thailand, from Netherlands-based SHV Nederland B.V., one of the world’s largest trading groups (more…)
We currently have a number of active openings for associate roles at US and UK firms in HK / China, Singapore and two new in-house openings. As always, please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com in order to get details of current openings in Asia, as well as to discuss the Asia markets in [...]
King & Spalding has recruited Peter Megens, one of Australia’s leading international arbitration and construction lawyers, as a partner in its Singapore office. Megens will join King & Spalding from King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, Australia, where he is co-head of that firm’s arbitration practice and a senior member of its construction team. Megens is expected to arrive at King & Spalding in July (more…)
Stamford Law scored the lead role in advising SGX-listed Contel Corporation Limited in its S$582 million proposed reverse take-over by British Virgin Islands incorporated but Singapore-based YuuZoo Corporation. The Proposed RTO shall be effected via a shares and options scheme of arrangement to be sanctioned by the BVI courts, whereby Contel will acquire the entire issued and paid-up YuuZoo share capital and outstanding options from the YuuZoo shares and options holders, by way of exchange for new Contel shares and options. Upon completion of the Proposed RTO, YuuZoo shares and options holders will own 85% of Contel and YuuZoo will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contel (more…)
