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Linklaters Allen & Gledhill

ONE MARINA BOULEVARD, #28-00, SINGAPORE 018989, SINGAPORE

Warsaw, Tokyo, Stockholm, Singapore, Shanghai, São Paulo and 22 more

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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Singapore

Banking and finance

Within Foreign firms, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,

Linklaters Allen & Gledhill’s lawyers are commended for their ‘ability to relate to commercial and business matters’. Practice head Philip Badge advised a consortium of banks on a $6bn financing to the Vedanta group to acquire a controlling stake in Cairn Energy. Richard Ginks assisted Fortis Global Healthcare Holdings with a $135m facility and a HK$273m facility provided by DBS to fund the acquisition of the Hong Kong and Macau-based healthcare business of Quality HealthCare Asia.

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Capital markets

Within Foreign firms, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,

Clients consider Linklaters Allen & Gledhill ‘the go-to firm for big, complex transactions’, and appreciate its ‘great product expertise, market knowledge and fast response times’. Dean Lockhart assisted Cebu Air with its $617m IPO. Indian capital markets specialist Arun Balasubramaniam and his team acted on Standard Chartered’s Listing of Indian Depositary Receipts on the Indian stock exchanges - the first-ever listing by a non-Indian company. Practice head Kevin Wong advised on Khazanah’s S$1.5bn sukuk.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Corporate and M&A

Within Foreign firms, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,

Linklaters Allen & Gledhill’s Stuart Bedford and his team advised Mitsui on the MYR3.3bn acquisition of a 30% stake in Integrated Healthcare Holdings, and represented JPMorgan in Vallar’s $3bn acquisition of shares in Bumi Resources and Berau Coal Energy.

Legal market overview

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Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Norton Rose (Asia) LLP and White & Case LLP hold Qualified Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences, allowing them to practise domestic law employing Singapore-qualified lawyers. Other firms achieve this through joint law ventures, notably Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP, Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, Linklaters Allen & Gledhill, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee and Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP. In 2011, market liberalisation produced new alliances and local subsidiaries of international firms, notably Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, a joint law venture between Duane Morris LLP and Selvam LLC, and Ince & Co’s establishment of Incisive Law LLC.

Projects and energy

Within Foreign firms, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,

Linklaters Allen & Gledhill’s team, led by Richard Ginks and Nathan Dodds, is recommended for ‘good technical knowledge and ability to relate to commercial and business matters’, advising the international lenders on the $1.3bn financing of CLP’s 1,320MW Jhajjar IPP in India, and advising the Singapore Treasury on the S$1.8bn Sports Hub PPP.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Restructuring and insolvency

Within Foreign firms, Linklaters LLP is a first tier firm,

Linklaters Allen & Gledhill’s Philip Badge and Kevin Wong advised Suzlon Energy on its restructuring. Richard Ginks advised HSBC Bank on the Jaya Holdings restructuring.

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China

Offices in Shanghai and Beijing

Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms

Ghana

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Hong Kong

Offices in Hong Kong

Regulatory : Regulatory

India

Foreign firms : Foreign firms

Japan

Offices in Tokyo

Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures

London

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Poland

Offices in Warsaw

Tunisia

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