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‘Zoe Bromage is an amazing senior associate and pulled the weight of a Partner. Very happy with Zoe and would use her again without a doubt.’

‘King & Spalding Singapore is a vital part of the best energy law firm in the world. The integration of K&S Singapore with its other global offices enables the firm to serve clients everywhere in the world in a seamless top-quality manner. The timely, quality legal and commercial advice from Richard Nelson and his entire team in the K&S Singapore office always impresses me year after year.’

‘Richard Nelson is the best energy and projects/finance lawyer in Singapore and among the top three in the entire Asia-Pacific region. The scope of his practices continues to amaze clients. Richard’s advice on project finance and complex, large-scale projects is always spot-on during challenging negotiations. Richard is also well known as a speaker / moderator and leader at global energy events each year. Business executives who share the stage with Richard often comment upon his always current knowledge of the industry and the direction where trends are moving.’

‘I worked with Peter Chow closely during the arbitration and dispute resolving process from 2015 to 2019. He led the Chinese and Hong Kong counsellors’ team and provided on-call service with highly efficient following-up and professional advise.’

‘Peter Chow is the focal point I contacted in Asia region during our arbitration. He is not only modest and prudent but also reliable and professional. His working is like a brilliant bridge to ease the communication between people of the core business and extremely professional legal counsellors. He could make complicated legal language straightforward.’

‘We engaged K&S for an M&A transaction. They navigated a highly complex deal exceptionally well. Their attention to detail and understanding of the local regulatory environment was commendable. Simon, in particular, was persistent and thoughtful which were important as we were navigating a changing tax environment.’

‘Overall team is excellent.’

‘Stand-out qualities are ability to handle complex deals with commerciality, responsiveness and overall project management.’

‘King & Spalding has an outstanding banking and finance practice. The team knows the market and all the players, provides practical advice, and is very commercial.’

‘Andrew Brereton is among the top three banking and finance partners in Southeast Asia. He is hands-on, focused and effective. Senior associate Soumya Bhagavatula is a diligent and steady transaction manager who will make a great partner at K&S. Great team.’

‘Team has good knowledge and experience in project finance.’

‘Straightforward and transparent lawyers. Availability.’

‘King and Spalding’s Singapore team are highly professional, trusty, accurate, committed and result focused. Diversified team, knowledge and experiences in corporate, structuring, M&A during all steps from A – Z. Excellent team work and team leadership. Well structured, time sheets, lists of items, accuracy in following on all tasks, deadlines and achievements. Highly skilled presenters, using artificial intelligence and latest available technologies in communications and meetings.’

‘Parveet Singh Gandoak is a highly skilled partner, playing a pivotal role, delivering with love, convincing and an excellent listener. Parveet is a highly knowledgeable person on international M&A transactions, shares, and ensures the best class, and knows the project by heart, very intelligent and reflects higher IQ than others. Parveet knows all matters related to M&A.’

‘Extensive experience in oil and gas industry within the region of Asia Pacific. Good range of network. Adequate resources and support.’

‘King & Spalding has significantly enhanced its APAC M&A capabilities with the addition of Parveet Gandoak. They have become a very credible option for India-related transactions. They also offer some flexibility on fees, which makes their services great value for money.’

‘Parveet Gandoak is a fantastic lawyer – very deal friendly, an absolute player to work with (or against).’

‘Solid team with highly capable lawyers. Very responsive and provide excellent and practical resolutions to issues.’

‘The K&S team understood the culture of doing business in Indonesia and can bridge the differences of legal system to the non-Indonesian client. They are responsive, efficient and problem solver oriented.’

‘Lachlan Clancy is direct, clean and calm in negotiation, and always gives practical solutions.’

‘They have strong industry, product knowledge, and are able to provide solutions to complex problems.’

‘High quality, lean team that was led by Andrew Brereton. Their Philippine experience and ability to navigate the regulatory patchwork is commendable. They work well with local counsel and have an appreciation of the legal nuances as well as the cultural aspects of the Philippines’.

‘Their advice is always sound but practical. They don’t get bogged down in legalese and academic points’.

‘Overall team is excellent: Partners: Andrew Brereton and Simon Cowled. Stand-out qualities: ability to handle complex deals with commerciality, responsiveness, overall project management’.

‘K&S is unique in my experience among the international firms active across Southeast Asia by virtue of its deep experience in local markets. Their experience was invaluable in identifying the right questions to ask and in developing creative solutions to local law problems for vetting by local counsel. Invaluable resource’.

‘In addition to Andrew Brereton on the K&S credit team, Simon Cowled provided invaluable assistance through his familiarity with every nuance of local law in our recent Philippine transaction. A formidable team’.

‘They have a ready capability to tap experts from varied fields. Their long experience gave us useful insights into the probable candidates for arbitrators; we were not choosing blindly’.

‘We are particularly impressed and have worked extensively with Wade Coriell who heads their Singapore office, and Aloysius Llamzon, a partner in the Washington DC. Both are very knowledgeable and detail oriented. They are also sensitive to the client’s needs and limitations and try to understand local context’.

‘Mark Davies is a great leader, knows the law and drives deals towards meeting deadlines. He has a commercial approach grounded in an in-depth knowledge of the regional markets.’

‘Mark Davies is highly adaptive and responsive to each different situation by putting things in perspective that aligns to our expectations and helps us to make good decisions. His presentation skills helped us to understand and move forward swiftly in a competitive market environment.’

‘Daisuke Shimodaira is excellent at drafting bilingual contracts and negotiating with Japanese clients and partners. Highly responsive and swift in providing advice and mediating between parties to gear the deal process.’

‘Best team in the field of global LNG and FSRU projects and project finance.’

‘Lachlan Clancy is the best lawyer for projects in the LNG and power sector. He always provides solutions rather than legal positions. He is good at managing the negotiation with counterparties as he is able to choose the best approach based on the type of counterpart and context.’

‘The team was very responsive and every team member was able to provide instant status update of the matter without the need to refer to the respective person. The firm was able to propose practical and viable arguments to banks’ counsel.’

‘We worked with Aaron Lee and Jonathan Wang. Lee was able to explain matters in layman terms repeatedly to ensure borrowers understood. Lee is able to understand the borrowers’ priorities and therefore able to attend a conference and make decisions even without borrowers’ presence.’

‘Mark Davis is an excellent lawyer with remarkable skills. He effectively work with local lawyers and resolve a lot of complicated issues in relation to our transactions. He always responds our requests quickly.’