Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised joint bookrunners, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, CIMB Investment Bank Berhad, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered, on the international law aspects of the listing of UMW Oil & Gas Corp. Bhd. on Bursa Malaysia.

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Addleshaw Goddard is enhancing its Singapore practice with the appointment of energy, shipping and international trade expert Mike Melwood Smith. Mike will join the firm as a consultant as part of the firm’s ongoing investment in its international division in response to client demand.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Virgin Australia Holdings Limited on its ground breaking US$797.2 million enhanced equipment note offering, the first of its kind in Asia Pacific. The offering closed on 22 October.

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Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on the update and upsize of the Global Islamic Trust Certificate Programme by the Republic of Indonesia through Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III, a special purpose vehicle and the issuance of US$1.5 billion trust certificates under the programme, which is its second drawdown under the programme.

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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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