Leading international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer announces the opening of an office in Singapore.

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Hogan Lovells has advised independent oil and gas exploration company, Mitra Energy Limited (“Mitra”), on its farmout of a 75% working interest in Service Contract No. 56 (“SC-56”) located in the Sulu Sea in the Philippines to Total E&P Philippines B.V. (“Total”).

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Stamford Law Corporation and Allen & Gledhill LLP are acting as legal advisers to Fraser and Neave, Limited (“F&N”) in the S$8.8 billion proposed takeover of F&N by TCC Assets Limited (“TCC Assets”). TCC Assets announced a mandatory general offer of S$8.88 per F&N share on 13 September 2012 after its shareholding in F&N, together with its concert parties, reached approximately 30.36% of the total issued F&N shares.

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Maples and Calder, the leading international law firm headquartered in the Cayman Islands, today announced the opening of its newest office, situated in Singapore.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented the lenders, KEXIM and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, in the US$130 million financing of a 45 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant on the Wampu River in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The deal was the first power financing under Indonesia’s Fast Track 2 program, and could signal increased bankability for the country’s renewable reserves.

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Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Nathan Dodd has joined the firm as a partner in Singapore. Nathan has more than 13 years’ experience in the Asian legal market, with a particular emphasis on the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. His experience includes major project development transactions in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa and he will be a core member of Mayer Brown’s global Projects group.

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Herbert Smith has advised Macquarie Capital as placing agent in connection with the sale of 9.1 million shares in SM Investments Corporation, a Manila-based conglomerate listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, under a top-up placing structure.

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Hogan Lovells has appointed Alexander McMyn as a banking partner in Singapore. The hire augments Hogan Lovells’ broader top-tier finance capability in South-East Asia and follows a series of recent high-profile finance partner moves to the firm’s Singapore office.

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Jababeka International B.V., a unit of Indonesian industry-based township developer PT Kawasan Industri Jababeka Tbk., has on 26 July 2012 launched the issue of US$175 million senior guaranteed notes, to be used for (a) refinance and repay existing indebtedness under certain facility agreements; and (b) capital expenditure related to land acquisition and the development of that land.

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Stamford Law Corporation is lead transaction counsel for Fraser and Neave, Limited (F&N) in its proposed S$5.59 billion sale of its 39.7% effective interest in Asia Pacific Breweries Limited (APB) to Heineken International B.V.

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