Herbert Smith Freehills’ Singapore office has advised NASDAQ-listed Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) on its successful bid to provide Kuwait National Petroleum Company (“KNPC”) floating storage and regasification (“FSRU”) services to support KNPC’s LNG import operations at Mina Al Ahmadi. The regasification services will be delivered via a new-build 170,000 cubic metre vessel manufactured by Samsung Heavy Industries.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised HSBC Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, on the sale of its group term life and employee benefits business in Singapore to AXA Life Insurance Singapore Private Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), another wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, on the related distribution agreement.

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The Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Lian Yok Tan and Nicholas Hanna as partners in the firm’s energy and corporate/M&A practices, respectively. Tan arrives from White & Case LLP, while Hanna joins from Watson, Farley & Williams LLP.

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Norton Rose Fulbright has been appointed as lead international counsel to support Ooredoo (formerly Qatar Telecom) in the greenfields deployment of a multi-billion dollar mobile telecoms network in Myanmar (Burma). The project is one of the leading telecoms projects in the world at present.

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RHTLaw Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the addition of Mr Conrad Compos as a Partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution with effect from 1 August 2013.

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Allen & Overy is advising H.C. Starck, one of the largest companies in the global tungsten industry, on its joint venture (JV) with Nui Phao Mining Company (Nui Phao), a subsidiary of one of Vietnam’s largest private sector business groups, Masan Group Corporation (Masan Group), and developer of the largest known tungsten deposits outside of China.

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Jake Robson and Adam Summerly will join Morrison & Foerster as partners as the firm continues to expand its recently opened Singapore office. Messrs. Robson and Summerly, who have been based in Singapore for eight and 14 years respectively, are veteran deal advisers with substantial experience handling inbound, outbound and intra-regional transactions across South and Southeast Asia.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised KrisEnergy on its US$215 million IPO in Singapore. KrisEnergy is an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Singapore.

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RHTLaw Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the addition of Mr Gerard Ng as a Partner in our Banking and Finance Practice with effect from 15 July 2013.

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RHTLaw Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the addition of Mr Nizam Ismail as a Partner in our Corporate and Securities Practice with effect from 1 July 2013.

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