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White & Case Pte. Ltd.

8 MARINA VIEW #27-01, ASIA SQUARE TOWER 1, SINGAPORE 018960, SINGAPORE

Tel:: Work +65 6225 6000
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Web:: www.whitecase.com

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Singapore : Asset finance

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

White & Case LLP maintains an active relationship with China Development Bank, and assisted in several of the bank’s aviation-related financings for Shenzhen Airlines, AerCap and CDB Leasing. Sebastian Buss is recommended.

Singapore : Banking and finance

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

White & Case LLP’s ‘responsive’ and ‘co-ordinated’ practice worked on a number of major deals in 2012. It advised China Development Bank and Bank of China on a $600m loan financing provided to Indonesian company PT Bumi Resources Tbk, and also acted for Deutsche Bank on a syndicated loan of up to $650m for Adani Power in India. The sizeable team is led by Ken Hawkes, and was recently bolstered by the addition of John Tivey from Freehills.

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Singapore : Capital markets

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

White & Case LLP advised Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) on its $1bn global bond issuance. It also assisted Asia Aviation (owner of Thai Air Asia) with its IPO and subsequent listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Kaya Proudian heads the two-partner practice.

Singapore : Corporate and M&A

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

White & Case LLP has an ‘extremely effective operation’. A notable recent mandate for the ‘technically exceptional’ and ‘commercially minded’ team was advising Nestlé on its acquisition of a 60% stake in Hsu Fu Chi International for $1.7bn. The ‘outstanding’ Jonathan Olier is praised for his ‘technical expertise and attention to detail’.

Singapore : International arbitration

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

White & Case LLP is ‘an excellent law firm with highly skilled, experienced lawyers’, and is ‘certainly worth the expenditure’. Recent highlights include representing a major Asian oil company in an arbitration, under New York law but seated in Singapore, arising out of a dispute with a contractor in connection with a pipeline construction project in Indonesia. Aloke Ray has ‘excellent cross-examination skills’.

Singapore : Projects and energy

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

White & Case LLP’s projects team is led by Ken Hawkes, and ‘can match all others for quality and value’. Its recent work includes advising GMR Infrastructure on the sale of 30% of its stake in GMR Energy to a subsidiary of Petronas; and acting for the project sponsors on the $2bn development of a greenfield project in southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It is providing ongoing advice to PT Antam Tbk and PT Feni Haltim for a proposed $1.6bn financing in Indonesia.

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Singapore : Restructuring and insolvency

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

White & Case LLP’s large team of seven partners is known for work in distressed debt and related international law issues. It continues to be consulted by major companies and banks on high-end restructurings. Its active client list* includes DBS Bank and ING Bank.

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