Mr. Gerald Yee joined as a Partner of Colin Ng & Partners LLP (CNP) on 1 October 2012, to develop the shipping practice of the firm. His practice comprises both contentious and non-contentious admiralty and shipping work.

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The international law firm Clifford Chance has advised ABN AMRO on its heavily oversubscribed SGD$1 billion (approximately EUR635 million) tier-2 issuance at 4.70% due in 2022 notes in the Singapore dollar bond market. The deal received a local record of SGD$17 billion (approximately EUR10 billion) from 170 accounts, biggest for a European lender. The deal is the first SGD Tier 2 transaction from a European bank in over a decade and the first SGD Tier 2 from a non-Asian focused bank.

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The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (WFW) is pleased to announce that it has advised Noah Shipping Solutions Pte. Ltd. (NSS) on the sale of its two Singapore flagged bulk carrier vessels m.v. “Selaras” and m.v. “Serasih 2” to subsidiaries of Singapore company KS Maritime Pte. Ltd.

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The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that it (along with the WFW Hamburg office) has advised Singapore Airlines on the ASPV / GOL sale and leaseback transaction of one (1) A380-800 aircraft.

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Merrick White has joined King & Spalding’s Singapore office.  The oil and gas partner makes the legal job move from Clifford Chance, bringing a diverse array of experience in oil and gas related energy work.

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King & Spalding has recruited Merrick White, one of the most well-regarded oil and gas lawyers in Asia, as a partner in its energy practice. White joins King & Spalding from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner. White will be based in King & Spalding’s Singapore office.

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In what is the first Indonesian coal mining group to be listed in the last five years, Stamford Law played a key role in advising Geo Energy Resources Limited on its listing on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST. The Geo Energy Group is a coal mining group with business operations and coal mining concession in Indonesia. The initial public offering of shares is expected to raise approximately S$94 million. Based on the invitation price of S$32.5 cents, the Company’s market capitalisation at listing is expected to be approximately S$376 million.

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International law firm Reed Smith has further enhanced its position as one of the largest law firms in the Asian legal market with the opening of a new office in Singapore, effective immediately. Singapore marks the firm’s fourth location in Asia, having already established offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.

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International law firm Stephenson Harwood has appointed Saugata Mukherjee as a partner in its aviation and structured finance practice in Singapore. Saugata’s previous experience includes working in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London office as a senior associate in the structured and asset finance group and also as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in London.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP is acting as international counsel to CHAMP Private Equity Pte Ltd on the acquisition by entities associated with CHAMP of a 33.2% stake in Miclyn Express Offshore Limited (“Miclyn”) from Macquarie Capital Group Limited and related processes.

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