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Latham & Watkins LLP

9 RAFFLES PLACE, #42-02 REPUBLIC PLAZA, SINGAPORE 048619, SINGAPORE

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

Banking and finance

Within Foreign firms, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,

Latham & Watkins LLP ‘provides high-quality service’ handling high-profile acquisition and project finance work across Indonesia and Singapore. Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi advised a consortium of banks as lead arrangers on a $400m bank loan for PT Saptaindra Sejati.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Capital markets

Within Foreign firms, Latham & Watkins LLP is a first tier firm,

Latham & Watkins LLP’s practice head Michael Sturrock represented PT Pertamina (Persero) on $1bn and $500m notes offerings. Together with Min Yee Ng, Sturrock represented the underwriters in ICICI Bank’s $1bn notes offering. Indian capital markets specialist Rajiv Gupta assisted Vedanta Resources with its $1.65bn high-yield bond offering.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Corporate and M&A

Within Foreign firms, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,

Mark Nelson and Michael Sturrock lead Latham & Watkins LLP ‘high-quality’ team. Sin Chei Liang advises on Singapore law-based transactions and the Singapore elements of international transactions under the firm’s QLFP licence. Together with Rajiv Gupta, Sturrock advised Vedanta Resources on the acquisition of Cairn India.

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, Latham & Watkins LLP is a first tier firm,

Latham & Watkins LLP’s Stephen McWilliams and Joseph Bevash, now managing partner of the Tokyo office, assisted Jurong Aromatics and its affiliates with the $2.08bn Jurong Aromatics petrochemicals project. McWilliams advised International Power and the project company, as sponsor/borrower, on the $390m Uch II power project in Pakistan. Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi specialises in project finance, notably in Indonesia.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Restructuring and insolvency

Within Foreign firms, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,

At Latham & Watkins LLP, Joseph Bevash in Tokyo, Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Stephen McWilliams advised on the S$2.65bn Senoko Power Project refinancing. Tjia-Dharmadi and David Miles represented the mandated lead arrangers in Protelindo’s $475m refinancing. Head of the Singapore law practice Sin Chei Liang handles capital and corporate restructuring.

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