The Legal 500

Within Foreign firms, tier 4

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP’s managing partner Eduardo Ramos-Gómez advises on tax structuring and project finance. The practice is supported by the firm’s strong reputation in Islamic finance and financial services.

Within Local firms, tier 5

Joint venture Duane Morris & Selvam LLP’s Islamic finance practice advised on the first sharia-compliant real estate fund. Practice head Leon Yee is recommended.

Within Local firms, tier 5

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP’s capital markets expert Krishna Ramachandra advised on two IPOs. Banking and finance head Leon Yee handles complex capital markets transactions. The practice is supported by its joint venture Duane Morris & Selvam LLP.

Within Foreign firms, tier 5

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP is the first US-Singapore joint venture. Joint managing directors Arfat Selfam and Krishna Ramachandra specialise in corporate finance work, while managing partner Eduardo Ramos-Gómez, who divides his time between Hanoi and Singapore, handles direct foreign investment transactions in Asia.

Within Local firms, Duane Morris & Selvam LLP is a third tier firm,

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP handles corporate and M&A work requiring Singapore legal capabilities. Joint managing director Krishna Ramachandra advised Hersing on its Storhub joint venture with Capitaland.

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.

Within Foreign firms, tier 4

Project finance specialist Eduardo Ramos-Gómez at Duane Morris & Selvam LLP and his team advise on industrial and infrastructure projects, notably involving surface transportation facilities.