Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce Brad Roach will join the firm’s Singapore office as a partner.  Roach joins from Hogan Lovells, where he led the oil and gas practice in Southeast Asia.  At Gibson Dunn, Roach will continue his energy, infrastructure and project finance practice.

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Arun Balasubramanian to become co-head of the firm’s India group, working alongside Pratap Amin, Chairman of Freshfields’ India group.

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Allen & Overy is advising The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited (Dai-ichi) on its IDR3.3 trillion (approximately USD337 million) acquisition of a 40 percent stake in PT Panin Life (Panin Life) of Indonesia.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Lend Lease Singapore on the successful launch of the Lend Lease JEM Partners Fund. The fund has been established to acquire Lend Lease’s 25% equity interest in JEM, a significant retail and office asset in Singapore which opened for trading on Saturday. Herbert Smith Freehills also advised on the sale of the asset to the fund for around S$227 million (approx. A$189 million).

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Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (DM&S) is pleased to announce that Ung Gim Sei has joined DM&S’s constituent firm Selvam LLC in Singapore. The addition of Ung as a director grows the capacity of the corporate practice in Singapore, particularly in intellectual property matters. He brings with him a wealth of experience, with more than 10 years of private practice in Singapore.

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Mr. R. Ravindran joined as a Partner of Colin Ng & Partners LLP (CNP) on 5 June 2013 in its Dispute Resolution and Corporate Advisory practice of the firm.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Macquarie Everbright Greater China Infrastructure Fund L.P. (MEGCIF) on its RMB271.25 million investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Stock Exchange listed Hengyang Petrochemical Logistics Limited (Hengyang).

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP has represented Indonesian-listed investment company PT Bhakti Investama Tbk as guarantor in connection with its offering of US$365 million of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2018 through its wholly-owned Singapore subsidiary Ottawa Holdings Pte. Ltd. Deutsche Bank acted as sole bookrunner and lead manager for the high yield note offering, which was sold to institutional investors in Asia, Europe, and the United States under Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes are listed in Singapore on the SGX-ST.

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Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Petrofac and SapuraKencana as sponsors in relation to a facility of US$300,000,000 for the re-financing of the floating production, storage and offloading facility named “FPSO Berantai”.

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Stamford Law are pleased to welcome Lynette Chew and Kelvin Aw as Directors.

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