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Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
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MARINA ONE WEST TOWER #06-07
SINGAPORE 018937
018937
Singapore

Position

Partner, Construction & Projects, Energy & Resources

Career

Shemane, a qualified lawyer in both Singapore and Malaysia, specialises in project and front-end construction work and has an MSc in Built Environment (Construction Economics and Management).

Shemane has vast experience in drafting procurement, construction, engineering, consultancy, concession, privatisation, dismantling and maintenance contracts. Her projects include acting for a consortium on its bid for the AssetsCo PPP project in respect of the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project, advising an airport operator on the grant of concession to operate and maintain a co-generation plant to supply electricity and chilled water to an international airport in Malaysia, advising the preferred bidder on the development of a sea water desalination plant on a DBOO basis in Jurong Island, Singapore and advising the master developer for One Bangkok on the development of certain utility infrastructure (including electricity, potable water and recycled water, waste water and district cooling) on a DBOFT basis.

Shemane has been recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2014 for Projects and Energy, and Real Estate and Construction, Chambers Asia Pacific since 2014 for Projects and Energy, and International Financial Law Review 1000 since 2014 for Energy and Infrastructure. She is named as an Asialaw leading lawyer and also a nominated finalist for the 2015 Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year by the Asian Lawyer Emerging Markets Awards.

Memberships

Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Barrister, United Kingdom

Education

LLB (Hons), University College London

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Construction: Local firms

(Leading individuals)

Shemane ChanRajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP has a large team of construction specialists. The firm has rounded expertise in the full lifecycle of construction specialists, though is best known for its disputes expertise. The firm is noted for its experience in disputes connected to large-scale construction projects around Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, along with projects in India, Mongolia and elsewhere in Asia. The firm has worked on a series of front-end construction projects in Singapore and has experienced further growth in engagements stemming from data centre and clean energy projects. Sim Chee Siong leads the construction and projects team and has extensive experience in disputes in Singapore, Southeast Asia and beyond. Soh Lip San and Avinash Pradhan are also experienced figures in construction and engineering disputes, particularly in relation to energy and infrastructure assets. Deputy managing partner Ng Kim Beng also has an outstanding reputation in construction cases and has an estimable track record in Singapore and Southeast Asia disputes. Shemane Chan provides further front-end construction expertise, particularly in relation to Singapore projects, but also across Asia.

Singapore > Projects and energy: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Shemane ChanRajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP is well versed in handling complex cross-border mandates within the projects and energy sectors. The team has considerable expertise in advising on regulatory work in the transportation and infrastructure sectors, as well as advising on conventional and green power development projects. The group’s workload includes high-value financings, acquisitions and disposals. Chee Siong Sim heads the practice, and has over two decades of experience in the arena, with noted strength in infrastructure, energy and resources matters. Shemane Chan is a key name for procurement work, and Loh Yong Hui focuses on front-end construction and engineering matters.