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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Singapore
Banking and finance
Within Foreign firms, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a second tier firm,
James Harris’s ‘responsive, commercial, on the mark’ team at Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee, which includes Philip Robb, and Andrew Carey who relocated from London, advised Standard Chartered Bank on projects in India. Lawrence Low advised International Finance Corporation on a $20m loan to a hospitality group in the Maldives to help the local economy recover from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami. Ken Hawkes left to join White & Case LLP.
Capital markets
Within Foreign firms, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a third tier firm,
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee’s ‘responsive and knowledgeable’ team, led by debt capital markets specialist Andrew Carey who relocated from London, advised Citibank as Trustee, and Sinopac Securities (Asia) as Arranger, on King Yuan Electronics’ $40m convertible bonds issue. Yvette Abel advised Bank of New York Mellon. Clients appreciate the firm’s specialist trustee capability. Ken Hawkes left to join White & Case LLP.
Corporate and M&A
Within Foreign firms, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a second tier firm,
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee’s team ‘has excellent depth and ability to draw on London and US resources’. The ‘level-headed and commercially minded’ practice head Stephanie Keen advised a consortium comprising Unitas Capital, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers (in administration) on the complex sale of Metalform Group. Keen also assisted Bermudan company IRF European Finance Investments with the acquisition of shares in Greek bank Marfin Investment Group.
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Dispute resolution
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International arbitration
Within International arbitration, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a third tier firm,
Recently promoted partner Jonathan Leach, who ‘demonstrates great understanding of sensitive issues’, and Paul Teo, legal advisor to the Singapore Construction Association, at Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee handle regional and international disputes involving joint venture, project/construction, maritime, trade and energy.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
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, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee provides ‘consistent, efficent service and high-quality legal advice’. Following Ken Hawkes’ departure to White & Case LLP, Philip Robb was seconded to the team and Alex Wong promoted to partner. Practice head James Harris led a team advising the Singapore Sports Council on the S$1.8bn Sports Hub. Brad Roach advised Medco Energi on the landmark $2.8bn Donggi-Senoro LNG project in Indonesia. As the only international firm with an office in Mongolia, this is becoming an increasingly important source of work.
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What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Investment funds : Investment funds
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Competition : Competition
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping : Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Chemicals (REACH)
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Environment (including WEEE and RoHS)
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Food
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Telecoms
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Transport
China
Offices in Beijing, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shanghai
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
Croatia
Offices in Zagreb
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Foreign investment, projects and privatisation : Foreign investment, projects and privatisation
- Real estate : Real estate
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
Germany
Offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, and Berlin
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Large deals : Corporate and M&A: Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring : Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring
- IP: patents: Litigation : IP: patents: Litigation
- IP: trade marks : IP: trade marks
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Media: Entertainment : Media: Entertainment
- Media: Press and publishing : Media: Press and publishing
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction: Real estate : Real estate and construction: Real estate
- Real estate and construction: Construction : Real estate and construction: Construction
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Alicante
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
- Transport : Transport
France
- Aviation : Aviation
- Aviation finance : Aviation finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- Health and life sciences : Health and life sciences
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Media and entertainment: Full-service firms : Media and entertainment: Full-service firms
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
Indonesia
India
Italy
- Administrative law : Administrative law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt : Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity : Capital markets: Equity
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : International firms and joint ventures
- Intellectual property : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: US law capability
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Corporate and commercial : Venture capital
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Commodities: physicals
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Overview
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Public sector : Overview
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Public sector : Public affairs
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Rail
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Competition/antitrust : Competition/antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Moscow : Corporate and M&A: Moscow
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- International arbitration : International arbitration
Saudi Arabia
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
Tunisia
United States
Offices in Los Angeles, McLean, Denver, Colorado Springs, Baltimore, Washington DC, Chicago, Boulder, Miami, New York, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Finance : Project finance
- Industry focus : Energy: litigation
- Industry focus : Energy: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Labor and employment : Immigration
- Litigation : International trade
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: aerospace/aviation
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
Vietnam
Offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi