King & Spalding has recruited Peter Megens, one of Australia’s leading international arbitration and construction lawyers, as a partner in its Singapore office. Megens will join King & Spalding from King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, Australia, where he is co-head of that firm’s arbitration practice and a senior member of its construction team. Megens is expected to arrive at King & Spalding in July.

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Stamford Law scored the lead role in advising SGX-listed Contel Corporation Limited in its S$582 million proposed reverse take-over by British Virgin Islands incorporated but Singapore-based YuuZoo Corporation. The Proposed RTO shall be effected via a shares and options scheme of arrangement to be sanctioned by the BVI courts, whereby Contel will acquire the entire issued and paid-up YuuZoo share capital and outstanding options from the YuuZoo shares and options holders, by way of exchange for new Contel shares and options. Upon completion of the Proposed RTO, YuuZoo shares and options holders will own 85% of Contel and YuuZoo will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contel.

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International law firm Pinsent Masons has boosted its international TMT practice with the appointment of leading partner Bryan Tan in Singapore. Bryan joins Pinsent Masons with a team of lawyers from Keystone Law Corporation, a boutique law firm in Singapore specialising in TMT, where he was Founding Partner and Director.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has acted as international counsel to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, DBS Bank Ltd., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Standard Chartered Bank, as joint lead managers in relation to the issuance of S$250 million 4.25% notes (the “Notes”) due 2016 by Tata Communications (Netherlands) B.V., which were guaranteed by Tata Communications Limited.

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KhattarWong LLP announces the appointment of Mr Shashi Nathan, one of Singapore’s leading criminal defence lawyers, as Partner of Criminal Litigation Department.

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised CVC Capital Partners and Indonesian department store operator PT Matahari Department Stores Tbk on the US$1.3 billion global offering of approximately 40% of the issued share capital of Matahari Department Stores by CVC and PT Multipolar Tbk. The deal attracted 15 cornerstone investors, who together purchased approximately 33% of the offering.

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RHTL. Taylor Wessing is proud to announce the addition of Mr Richard Tan as a Partner in its Corporate & Securities Practice with effect from 3 April 2013.

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Sidley Austin LLP has announced that Han Ming Ho, who is recognized as one of Asia’s leading international funds lawyers, will join the firm’s Singapore office as a partner. Mr. Ho will serve as co-head of the Asia Investment Funds practice together with Effie Vasilopoulos, a Sidley partner based in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

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International law firm Ince & Co Singapore LLP together with Incisive Law LLC advised Cyprus-based Dynamic Offshore Drilling Limited, in the vessel financing, construction and delivery of its new US$205 million 350 foot KFELS B Class jack-up rig Dynamic Vision constructed at Keppel Fels Shipyard in Singapore.

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Baker & McKenzie is acting as Hong Kong counsel to Hong Kong-listed leading international frozen seafood supplier Pacific Andes International Holdings Limited (“PAIH”) in relation to the proposed acquisition by China Fishery Group Limited (“China Fishery”), an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of PAIH, on its US$555.8 million voluntary cash offer for all the outstanding issued shares of Copeinca ASA (“Copeinca”).  Copeinca is the second largest fishing company in Peru whose shares are primarily listed on Oslo Børs and secondarily listed on the Lima Stock Exchange.  The acquisition would elevate China Fishery to become Peru’s largest producer, as well as among the world’s largest producers, of fishmeal and fish oil.

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