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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

9 TEMASEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 29-01, SUNTEC TOWER TWO, SINGAPORE 038989, SINGAPORE

Wilmington, Washington DC, Vienna, Toronto, Tokyo, Sydney and 17 more

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

Banking and finance

Practice head Rajeev Duggal at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP advised Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital, Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank Ltd as underwriters in a $300m high-yield offering of senior secured guaranteed notes by Pacnet. Gerard Hekker left to join Sidley Austin LLP.

Capital markets

Within Foreign firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is a third tier firm,

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP combines US law capability with a strong Indian practice and regional presence, notably in Hong Kong. Rajeev Duggal represented Credit Suisse and DBS Bank as placement agents for the $400m financing of new units in Ascott REIT. Together with Jonathan Stone in Hong Kong, Duggal represented Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley in Bakrie Telecom’s $130m Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield guaranteed senior notes offering.

Corporate and M&A

Within Foreign firms, tier 4

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s five-partner regional practice represented Credit Suisse as financial advisor to Ascott REIT in its acquisition of a $1bn global property portfolio. Practice head Rajeev Duggal and Jonathan Stone in Hong Kong are leading names.

International arbitration

Within International arbitration, tier 5

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s Paul Mitchard QC, one of the few QCs based in Asia, represented a Chinese energy company in a dispute with one of its investors in a New York-law governed international arbitration in Hong Kong. Frances Kao relocated to Singapore from the office in Chicago.

Projects and energy

Within Foreign firms, tier 4

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is representing Temasek Holdings in its $400m investment in Brazil’s Odebrecht Oil and Gas. Alan Schiffman is advising PT Paiton on financing the expansion of a coal-fired power plant in Indonesia.

Restructuring and insolvency

Within Foreign firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is a third tier firm,

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP advised on Lehman Brothers’ sale to Nomura Holdings.

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HOT-TUBBING IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

In this issue Hot-tubbing in International Arbitration…1 By Chia Voon Jiet Upcoming Amendments to the International Arbitration Act …………….. 3 By Chew Kiat Jinn & Mahesh Rai

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FIRST THREE SETS OF GUIDELINES ISSUED UNDER MALAYSIAN COMPETITION LAW

Five months after the Competition Act 2010 (“Act”) came into force on 1 January 2012, the Malaysia Competition Commission (“MyCC”) has issued the final version of three guidelines (collectively, “Guidelines”) it had previously made available for public consultation last year. The Guidelines comprise of the following:

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gTLDs Update: Implications for Trade Mark Owners

There are currently only 22 generic top level domains (gTLDs) in the world. A top level domain is the last part of a domain name (e.g. .com).

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THE MALAYSIA COMPETITION COMMISSION ANNOUNCES QUANTUM OF FEES FOR EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS UNDER...

THE COMPETITION ACT

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TELECOMS, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

IDA ISSUES TELECOM COMPETITION CODE 2012 AND NEW TELECOM CONSOLIDATION AND TENDER OFFER GUIDELINES

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IMPORTANCE OF RECORDINGS IN BANKING DISPUTES

Crédit Industriel et Commercial v Teo Wai Cheong [2012] SGHC 94

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REVISED CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

On 14 June 2011, the Corporate Governance Council (“Council”) issued a consultation paper with proposed revisions to the Code of Corporate Governance (“Code”). Please click here to refer to Drew & Napier LLC’s update on that consultation.

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Bad faith established

In P.T. Swakarya Indah Busana v Haniffa Pte Ltd and another [2012] SGHC 69, the Plaintiff sought to invalidate the Defendants’ 15 “Martin” formative trade marks (“the Challenged marks”) on grounds that the marks were registered in bad faith (section 7(6) read with section 23(1) of the Trade Marks Act (the “Act”), and that there was fraud in the registrations or the registrations were obtained by misrepresentation (section 23(4) of the Act).

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Finders are not always keepers

The recent decision of the Singapore High Court (“the Court”) in the appeal of Wong Seng Kwan v Public Prosecutor [2012] SGHC 81 (“Wong”) clarifies the law relating to the obligations of a person who finds lost property (“a Finder”).

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The invocation of a civil penalty enforcement action

On 11 April 2012, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it took a civil penalty enforcement action against Mr Lau Kee Swan for contravening section 201(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA), which prohibits the employment of manipulative and deceptive devices in connection with the subscription, purchase or sale of securities.

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