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Sidley Austin LLP

6 BATTERY ROAD, SUITE 40-01, SINGAPORE 049909, SINGAPORE

Washington DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Shanghai, San Francisco and 12 more

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Banking and finance

Within Foreign firms, Sidley Austin LLP is a third tier firm,

Sidley Austin LLP’s Prabhat Mehta transferred to Singapore from New York. Of counsel Gerard Hekker, who speaks Mandarin Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia, joined from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Clients recommend the ‘impressive, practical’ Matthew Sheridan, who relocated from Hong Kong. Clients include Goldman Sachs, CIMB and PT Bank Mandiri.

Capital markets

Within Foreign firms, Sidley Austin LLP is a third tier firm,

Sidley Austin LLP’s team was boosted by Prabhat Mehta from the New York office and Gerard Hekker’s arrival from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The team represented PT Bank Mandiri in its $1.35bn rights offering and contemporaneous secondary share offering by the Indonesian government. The ‘impressive’ Matthew Sheridan, who divides his time between Singapore and Hong Kong, assisted PT Indosat with two debt tender offers and a high-yield bond offering.

Corporate and M&A

Within Foreign firms, Sidley Austin LLP is a third tier firm,

Sidley Austin LLP’s nine-lawyer practice provides ‘prompt service and clear, practical advice’ to financial institutions and corporations on pan-Asian and multijurisdictional transactions. The team was boosted by the arrival of Prabhat Mehta from the New York office. Gerard Hekker, who joined from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Matthew Sheridan handle deals in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and India.

International arbitration

Within International arbitration, tier 5

Sidley Austin LLP’s Hong Kong-based bilingual Yang Ing Loong, who ‘can effectively bridge Chinese and Western cultures’, acted as presiding arbitrator in a Chinese language CIETAC arbitration in Shanghai. He represented the national Malaysian automobile manufacturer regarding its joint venture with a Chinese company and enforcement of SIAC arbitral awards in China.

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