“The firm is established and experienced with its knowledge and understanding of industry law and practice, but what takes them beyond other law firms is that the partner (Niranjan Arasaratnam) is willing to listen and understand our needs so that he can truly represent us in our negotiations and consider our positions when advising us. In today`s world, we need our companies to offer practical solutions in the business environment. Linklaters meets all requirements. Our teams work on inbound and outbound transactions in the region and beyond, and these teams often include colleagues from our other Asia Pacific offices and lawyers from carefully selected local law firms. This gives clients the right combination of local and local legal skills and the expertise of specialist lawyers from across the firm. We focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, banking and financial transactions (including project finance), capital markets, energy and infrastructure (including oil and gas), private equity and restructuring transactions. Our lawyers work as an integrated team with lawyers in our Hong Kong and Beijing offices to provide comprehensive coverage to our clients. “Matthew Gorman is a highly experienced lawyer with extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and private equity. He is a pleasure to work with. He is an excellent lawyer with great business awareness and excellent technical skills. Also in terms of partner availability, he always gives you his time and attention, which is much appreciated. King & Spalding LLP, a traditionally dominant energy firm, has expanded into banking, insurance, healthcare, food and beverage, consumer goods and private equity in recent years, helped by the arrival of Practice Director Lee Taylor in 2018. Taylor is a veteran of countless cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions and is backed by Richard Nelson, Simon Cowled and Anthony Patten, who each provide the group with transactional expertise in the oil and gas, energy, energy and LNG sectors.
Our lawyers are able to assist you in various areas of commercial litigation and arbitration with particular areas of expertise: intellectual property, banking law, insurance and reinsurance law, civil fraud, construction, real estate litigation, energy, bankruptcy, shipping, international distribution and international law. Duane Morris & Selvam LLP leverages a presence in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Myanmar and Shanghai with its Singapore office, which serves as a gateway for its activities in the region. The team has extensive experience in business start-ups and commercial contracts as well as corporate transactions and also provides regulatory and legal support. Krishna Ramachandra, Practice Leader, also leads the firm`s fintech and TMT groups and is familiar with mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions, exit strategies and private equity investments; His team has recently been strengthened by the addition of Aaron Kok, an emerging name for joint ventures, private equity transactions, restructurings and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. As a team that is “always one step ahead,” Milbank has a “very strong local team capable of bringing the depth and quality of the firm`s global practice.” The Group has demonstrated tenacity for pioneering and market-first transactions, most recently working on one of PSPC`s first transactions with an Asia-based company, with particular exposure to infrastructure, healthcare, logistics and technology. In addition to her M&A and corporate transaction skills, Practice Leader David Zemans offers expertise in banking, project finance and capital markets transactions, while Jacqueline Chan has earned an excellent reputation for structuring debt and equity transactions. The latest workload extends beyond Singapore and includes a number of significant transactions in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. “Ms. Michelle Phang has provided legal advice to companies with which I have been associated for seven years.
During this time, she and her team conducted several global due diligence as part of our ambitious acquisition strategy in Asia. These included commitments focused on China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. She and her team have worked tirelessly and continuously to ensure that we complete each acquisition in accordance with our strategic and business objectives. I would not hesitate to hire them and the company with work similar to that required. “Gerald Licnachan is our central point of contact. He is an excellent lawyer who is both good from a technical point of view and has a great commercial conscience that is always useful in large cases.