Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (DM&S) is pleased to announce that Sarbjit Singh Chopra has joined DM&S constituent firm Selvam LLC in Singapore. The addition of Chopra as a director and co-head of the Litigation Department grows the capacity of the litigation practice in Singapore. Chopra joins from Lim & Lim LLC in Singapore.

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Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee has advised the mandated lead arrangers on the successful project financing of the Fujairah Oil Terminal in the Middle East.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw) to practice in permitted areas of Singapore law which include corporate work (M&A, private equity), project finance, banking & finance, capital markets, energy, international arbitration, intellectual property, fund formation and restructuring.

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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that it has been granted a license to practice local law in Singapore under Singapore’s Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) program. Sidley is one of only four firms to have been granted this license on February 19, 2013 by Singapore’s Ministry of Law, bringing the total number of QFLP firms to ten.

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP advised Asia Growth Capital Advisors (“AGCA”) on the acquisition of a seasoned private equity investment portfolio in Asia from Credit Suisse Private Equity Asia Partners. AGCA worked with lead investor HarbourVest Partners LLC, who structured the transaction, and their co-investors Axiom Asia Private Capital. AGCA is a Singapore-based private equity advisor focused on managing private equity investments in Asia, specifically in India and South East Asia.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed Rod Howell as a partner to its Singapore based Banking and Finance practice to enhance the firm’s existing broad-based banking and finance capability and further strengthen its position as Asia Pacific’s largest fully integrated law firm.

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The transaction, which was signed in January 2013, involved the acquisition by the listed Australian entity Easton Investments Limited, via a subsidiary, of a 19.9% interest in AAM Advisory, a Singapore based financial services business.

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The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it advised DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd (“DVB”) and China Development Bank, as co-lenders who financed the acquisition, on a US$358.6 million sale and leaseback transaction of a portfolio of maritime containers for China Shipping Container Lines (“CSCL”) and CDB Leasing (“CDBL”).

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Stamford Law is advising on the S$396 million reverse takeover of ChiwayLand Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd by Mainboard-listed R H Energy Ltd. The ChiwayLand Group is a property developer involved in the development, project management and sale of residential and commercial properties in the Yangtze River Delta region of the People’s Republic of China. The proposed transaction will also involve the disposal of R H Energy’s existing business to its controlling shareholder for up to S$25 million.

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Stamford Law is advising Catalist-listed Cedar Strategic Holdings Ltd (formerly known as China Titanium Ltd.) on a reverse takeover of Trechance Holdings Limited. The consideration for the transaction will be at least S$1 billion, and is subject to the entry into of definitive agreements.

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