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White & Case LLP

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

Asset finance

Within Foreign firms, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP recruited Niel Liebenberg from Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee. Sebastian Buss acted for BNP Paribas on the commercial loan financing of two aircraft for lease to Japan Airlines. Other clients include CDB and HSH Nordbank

Banking and finance

Within Foreign firms, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP ‘provides seamless service’. Kate Allchurch advised Deutsche Bank on a special purpose vehicle for slum redevelopment in India. Chen Guan Feng represented PT Bayan Resources in a $300m senior secured financing transaction. The team was boosted by the arrival of Ken Hawkes from Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee. Structured finance specialist David Barwise transferred from London. Project finance expert Sebastian Buss is recommended.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Capital markets

Within Foreign firms, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP provides ‘top-notch legal advice and service’ offering US law capability across India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Kaya Proudian and Sin Teck Lim represented PT Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk in its $232m Regulation S IPO and listing on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and Bakrie Telecom as issuer and PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk as parent guarantor in Bakrie Telecom’s $130m high-yield guaranteed senior notes offering.

Corporate and M&A

Within Foreign firms, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s Will Kirschner, recommended for his ‘exceptional focus on client service and outstanding commercial acumen’, is advising Nestlé on its S$2.1bn acquisition of Chinese confectioner Hsu Fu Chi, and worked with White & Case, S.C. in Mexico City representing long-standing client, TNK-BP in its $1.8bn acquisition of BP’s upstream and pipeline assets in Vietnam and Venezuela. The ‘responsive, clear-headed’ Charlie Wilson ‘knows the Indonesian market very well’. Jonathan Olier is singled out for praise.

International arbitration

Within International arbitration, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s ‘competent, professional’ Aloke Ray is considered ‘at the top of his game’. Together with Nandakumar Ponniya, Ray represented an Asian contractor in a $1.4bn ICC arbitration concerning an oil refinery and pipelines in Latin America. As sole arbitrator, Ray successfully represented a US corporation in a complex pensions and accounting dispute.

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, White & Case LLP is a first tier firm,

White & Case LLP ‘adds value to complicated transactions and is readily available at short notice’. The team was strengthened by the arrival of Ken Hawkes from Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee. Together with Sebastian Buss, Hawkes represented Island Power on the S$1.2bn proposed financing for the construction of a power project in Singapore. Buss represented Standard Chartered Bank in a $120m financing to PT Multi Harapan Utama’s coal operations in Indonesia.

Within Local firms Leading individuals

Restructuring and insolvency

Within Foreign firms, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,

White & Case LLP’s William Kirschner represented Lehman Brothers Holdings in the amendment of Norton Gold Fields’ A$40m convertible fixed rate notes. Practice head Kate Allchurch and Guan Feng Chen are recommended.

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Kazakhstan

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Slovakia

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Saudi Arabia

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Switzerland

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Tunisia

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Turkey

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United States

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Legal Developments in Singapore

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SINGAPORE COMPETITION LAW WATCH

On 23 November 2011, the Competition Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) released an infringement decision against 11 modelling agencies in Singapore for breaching Section 34 of the Competition Act (Cap. 50B) (“Act”). Section 34 of the Act prohibits, amongst other things, price fixing activities.

- Drew & Napier LLC
TRADE MARKS CAMPOMAR WINS THE RACE

The issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the registration of the trade mark NIKE should have been rejected on the ground that as of the registration date of the NIKE mark, there existed another identical earlier mark on the trade mark register. The appellant, Campomar SL ("Campomar"), was the proprietor of the earlier mark and had appealed against the decision of the High Court Judge, who had refused to overturn the decision of the Principal Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks ("PAR"), and allowed the trade mark NIKE to proceed to registration.

- Drew & Napier LLC
PATENTS PROSECUTION HIGHWAY

It is a common practice for companies to seek patent protection in various jurisdictions for the same invention. As each of these patent applications would need to undergo search and/or examination by the different patent offices, it is therefore not only a costly process for applicants but also one which requires significant time and effort from the patent offices to perform.

- Joyce A. Tan & Partners
ASSET-BASED LENDING IN SINGAPORE

To what extent are asset-based lending structures used (e.g., revolving and term loan facilities secured by present and future accounts and inventory, with the amount of loans available at any time based on the value of such assets)?

- Joyce A. Tan & Partners
NEW REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR CREDIT RATING AGENCIES

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) has issued a set of subsidiary legislation and regulations creating a new regulatory framework for credit rating agencies (“CRAs”).

- Drew & Napier LLC
PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF REGULATORY CONTROLS OF WESTERN MEDICINES UNDER THE HEALTH PRODUCTS ACT

The Health Sciences Authority (“HSA”) is holding a public consultation on its proposal to consolidate the legislative provisions regulating western medicine into a single statute. Currently, the regulatory controls are found in separate pieces of legislation, including the Medicines Act and the Poisons Act. It is proposed to transfer these provisions into the Health Products Act.

- Drew & Napier LLC
GUIDANCE PROVIDED ON MALAYSIAN COMPETITION LAWS

IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION LAW IN MALAYSIA Competition law in Malaysia will become a reality next year, with the Malaysia Competition Act 2010 (“Act”) due to take effect from 1 January 2012.

- Drew & Napier LLC
Proposed consumer data protection regime for Singapore

On 13 September 2011, the Singapore Government released a public consultation paper on the proposed introduction of a consumer Data Protection (DP) regime in Singapore.

- ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
The restraint of trade doctrine does not apply to forfeiture-for-competition clauses

By Venisha Lakshmi Nair

- ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
New WIPO-IPOS mediation option for trade mark disputes

By Deryne Sim

- ATMD Bird & Bird LLP