The Legal 500

Within Foreign firms, Allen & Overy LLP is a second tier firm,

The ‘experienced, friendly and open-minded’ Jason Humphreys at Allen & Overy advises financiers and lessors. Clients recommend banking partner Kayal Sachi and Gautam Narasimhan, who joined from Latham & Watkins LLP

Within Foreign firms, Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

Allen & Overy is recommended for ‘quality work supported by in-depth knowledge’ of structured, cross-border and Islamic financing. John Richards advised Credit Suisse on a $1.345bn share-backed loan facility for a reverse takeover involving the creation of London-listed Indonesian resources giant Vallar and its $3bn acquisition of shareholdings in Bumi Resources and Berau Coal Energy. The highly respected Kayal Sachi acted for Axis Bank on a $358m facility for the development of Male International Airport. Jason Humphreys specialises in securitisation and project finance. ‘Excellent, challenging lawyer’ Gautam Narasimhan joined from Latham & Watkins LLP and Charles Grover from Gibson Dunn.

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Within Foreign firms, Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

‘Experienced, commercially minded’ managing partner Kenneth Aboud and his team at Allen & Overy are ‘excellent across all metrics’, representing banks in major equity and debt transactions. Lock Yin Mei and Kenny Kwan acted on the $5.8bn Hutchison Port Holdings Trust IPO. ‘Fantastic, trusted service provider’ Jeremy Stoupas advised AMP Group Finance Services and AMP Group Holdings on the issue of A$600m Subordinated Guaranteed Exchangeable Notes. The team is strong in Islamic finance, advising on Singapore’s first sharia-compliant REIT. Consultant Philip Lee is ‘innovative, helpful, reliable and responsive’.

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Within Foreign firms, Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

Chris Moore and his ‘proactive, responsive’ team at Allen & Overy advised Khazanah Nasional Berhad on the formation of a Southeast Asia emission reduction joint venture company. The firm advised Credit Suisse on a $1.345bn share-backed loan facility for the creation of London-listed Indonesian resources giant Vallar and its $3bn acquisition of shareholdings in Bumi Resources Tbk and Berau Coal Energy Tbk. The ‘knowledgeable, experienced’ Kenny Kwan provides regulatory advice. Lock Yin Mei is recommended.

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Within International arbitration, tier 4

Andrew Battisson is the Singapore contact for Allen & Overy’s international arbitration group. Hong Kong partner Matthew Gearing represented a major oil company in a high-value SIAC arbitration.

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.

Within Foreign firms, Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

Allen & Overy’s ‘quality work is supported by in-depth knowledge’. Jason Humphreys led a team advising BP, Standard Chartered Bank and ICON Capital Corp on the $2.4bn subordinated financing of the Jurong Aromatics petrochemical project. Kayal Sachi advised DBS Bank on Altai Investments’ acquisition of part of the business of Hong Kong-based Quality HealthCare Asia. The debt financing included a $135m term and bridge facility and a HK$273 term facility.

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Within Foreign firms, Allen & Overy LLP is a second tier firm,

Allen & Overy is advising financial institutions that invested in the financing of over 50 aircraft under structures arranged by Allco Finance Group, and is assisting with the restructuring of the Transmile group in Malaysia and PT Domas Agrointi Prima in Indonesia. Leading names are Kayal Sachi, the ‘knowledgeable, technically sound’ John Richards, and Jason Humphreys ‘who understands Asian business’.

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