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Shearman & Sterling LLP

6 BATTERY ROAD #19-02, SINGAPORE 049909, SINGAPORE

Washington DC, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Sao Paulo and 13 more

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

Banking and finance

Shearman & Sterling LLP’s ‘business-minded lawyer’ Bill McCormack and the ‘technically outstanding’ Sanja Udovicic advise lenders and borrowers, representing Maxis Berhad in two corporate financings totaling $850m, and advising Pacnet in the contemporaneous closing of $50m bank loans and $300m high-yield bond offering.

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Capital markets

Within Foreign firms, Shearman & Sterling LLP is a second tier firm,

Shearman & Sterling LLP lost practice head Gail Ong to WongPartnership LLP. Capital markets partner Andrew Schleider, from Shearman & Sterling LLP New York, and associate Trevor Ingram, from Shearman & Sterling LLP London, joined the team, which handles major local and pan-Asian deals, representing CIMB, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley in Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad’s $4bn IPO and listing on Bursa Malaysia, and representing the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley in the NASDAQ listing and IPO of Indian online travel agency MakeMyTrip.

Corporate and M&A

Within Foreign firms, Shearman & Sterling LLP is a third tier firm,

Bill McCormack and his ‘sound, business-oriented’ team at Shearman & Sterling LLP advised on AES Mong Duong Holdings’ sale of its interest in the Mong Duong 2 Power Project. Clients commend Sanja Udovicic’s ‘techical and analytical skills’, and identify Shirin Tang as ‘a future star of the region’.

Dispute resolution

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International arbitration

Within International arbitration, Shearman & Sterling LLP is a second tier firm,

Shearman & Sterling LLP’s practice head and ‘solid attorney’ Yu-Jin Tay, who regularly sits as an arbitrator, handles joint venture and shareholder disputes and has particular expertise in investment treaty arbitration. Daryl Chew is recommended for ‘consistently high-quality work’. Simon Dunbar and Elodie Dulac left to join King & Spalding LLP.

Projects and energy

Within Foreign firms, Shearman & Sterling LLP is a first tier firm,

Clients praise Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Bill McCormack’s ‘deep project finance knowledge, superior negotiation skills and full dedication’, and Sanja Udovicic’s ‘technical competence and experience’. The practice represented representing the lenders in the ongoing financing of the Uch II power project in Pakistan, sponsored by International Power. It also advised AES as sponsor in the shareholder arrangements and the proposed financing of the Mong Duong II IPP in northern Vietnam.

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