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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Singapore
Banking and finance
Within Foreign firms, tier 4
Clients recommend ‘gifted negotiator’ Martin David and his team at DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd. for ‘excellent commercial acumen and advice’, focusing on project and energy work in Indonesia and Mongolia. Clients include Asian Development Bank and Steag. John MacKay left to rejoin Latham & Watkins LLP.
Within Local firms Leading individuals
Capital markets
Within Foreign firms, tier 4
DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd. worked on 20 India-related mandates. Practice head Stephen Peepels and recently promoted partner Biswajit Chatterjee advised the Government of India on numerous privatisations and disinvestments, acting on Coal India’s IPO and listing on the National Stock Exchange of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange. Timothy Franklyn relocated to Hong Kong.
Corporate and M&A
Within Foreign firms, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,
Sheela Moorthy and her team at DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd. handle complex private equity deals involving Asian and international parties. Highlights included advising Groupon on its equity investments in Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. The practice is supported by the firm’s Australian connections and global footprint. Biswajit Chatterjee was promoted to partner. K Minh Dang left to join YKVN.
Dispute resolution
Within Local firms Leading individuals
International arbitration
Within International arbitration, DLA Piper LLP is a first tier firm,
DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd. handles high-value mining and energy arbitrations. ‘Clear thinker and communicator’ Justyn Jagger has an outstanding track record of successfully handling insurance cases, including a $60m claim involving the collapse of a coal mine in Indonesia. John Goulios relocated from DLA Piper Australia
Projects and energy
Within Foreign firms, DLA Piper LLP is a second tier firm,
At DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd., Martin David, who is ‘gifted at resolving complex legal issues’, handles renewable power and infrastructure projects, advising longstanding client Asian Development Bank on a combined heat and power project in Mongolia. John MacKay left to join Latham & Watkins LLP
Within Local firms Leading individuals
Restructuring and insolvency
Within Foreign firms, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,
Sheela Moorthy and her team at DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd. advise on cross-border restructurings.
Shipping
Within Foreign firms, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,
DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd.’s leading shipping lawyer Peter Shelford specialises in complex, high-value insurance claims for clients including QBE, Thomas Miller, Amsbach Group and Noble Shipping.
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
Australia
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Central and Eastern Europe : Central and Eastern Europe
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- IT and telecommunications : IT and telecommunications
- Insolvency and corporate recovery : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Private client : Private client
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Belgium
Offices in Antwerp and Brussels
- Aviation : Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Environment : Environment
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Environment (including WEEE and RoHS)
- Fraud and white-collar crime : Fraud and white-collar crime
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Shipping and transport : Shipping and transport
- Tax : Tax
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Offices in Sarajevo
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate : Foreign firms
- Shipping : Foreign firms
- Tax : Foreign firms
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
Germany
Offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Banking and finance: Project finance : Banking and finance: Project finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals : Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Maritime, shipping and transport : Maritime, shipping and transport
Egypt
Offices in Cairo
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Oil and gas : Oil and gas
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Construction : Construction
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Media and entertainment: Full-service firms : Media and entertainment: Full-service firms
- Real estate : Real estate
Georgia
Offices in Tbilisi
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping : Shipping
- TMT : TMT
- Tax and trusts : Tax and trusts
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Indonesia
India
Italy
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Administrative law : Administrative law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Equity : Capital markets: Equity
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Intellectual property : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
Kuwait
Offices in Safat
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Privatisation and project finance : Privatisation and project finance
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Customs and Excise
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Gaming and betting
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Defamation and privacy
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Mediators
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Overview
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Public sector : Healthcare
- Public sector : Local government
- Public sector : Public affairs
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Real estate : Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
- Transport : Shipping
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Arbitration : Arbitration
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology : Information technology
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Mediation : Mediation
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
Norway
Offices in Oslo
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance) : Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insolvency and corporate recovery : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property and TMT : Intellectual property and TMT
- Maritime law (including insurance) : Maritime law (including insurance)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
North West
Offices in Liverpool and Manchester
- Overview : Regional review
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate : Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning and environment
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
Oman
Offices in Muscat
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Tax : Tax
Qatar
Romania
Offices in Bucharest
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Real estate : Real estate
Russia
Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: Moscow : Corporate and M&A: Moscow
- Corporate and M&A: St Petersburg : Corporate and M&A: St Petersburg
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Public private partnership : Public private partnership
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Scotland
Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh
- Overview : Regional review
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial Edinburgh and Glasgow:
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Licensing
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Projects
- Public sector : Local government
- Public sector : Parliamentary and public affairs
- Real estate : Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Transport
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Shipping : Shipping
- Tax : Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
- Shipping : Foreign firms
- International arbitration : International arbitration
South Korea
Slovakia
Offices in Bratislava
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial, including M&A : Corporate and commercial, including M&A
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets) : Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration : Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Transport : Transport
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
United States
Offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Palo Alto, San Diego (Downtown), Boston, Los Angeles, Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Las Vegas, North Carolina, Austin,Texas, Houston, Texas, Reston, Virginia, Minneapolis, Atlanta, La Jolla, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego (Golden Triangl, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Orlando, New Jersey, and Maryland
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property : Patent licensing and transactional
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: International Trade Commission
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: automotive/transport
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate and construction : Construction (including construction litigation)
- Real estate and construction : Land use/zoning
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : International
Vietnam
West Midlands
Offices in Birmingham
- Overview : Regional review
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
Yorkshire and the Humber
Offices in Leeds and Sheffield
- Overview : Regional review
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Licensing
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment: West Yorkshire
- Human resources : Employment: South Yorkshire
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Personal injury: defendant: North, East and South Yorkshire
- Insurance : Professional negligence: claimant
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Project finance and PFI
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Health
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire
- Real estate : Commercial property: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
Serbia
Offices in Belgrade