Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised GMR Energy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (formerly known as Island Power) on the SG$1 billion greenfield financing of an 800-megawatt power project on Jurong Island, Singapore.

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it will extend its geographic presence in Asia by opening an office of Mayer Brown JSM, its Asian practice, in Singapore.  The new office will focus initially on four primary areas of legal practice:  asset finance, project finance, energy and international arbitration.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised OCI Company Ltd. (“OCI”) in the issue of 14,888,000 global depositary receipts (“GDR”) which are to be listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP has served as international counsel to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Securities, and JM Financial, the underwriters in the US$1 billion further public offering of the shares of Power Finance Corporation Limited.  The team was led by O’Melveny counsel Pooja Sinha and partner David Makarechian, both based in the Firm’s Singapore office.

Beachcroft has officially opened its first office in Singapore. The new office adds to the firm’s international presence in Brussels, Dublin and New Zealand, and a joint venture in India. Ben Nicholson, a partner in the Specialist & International Risk group, has now relocated to Singapore on a permanent basis to run the office.

The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams advised a syndicate of international lenders led by Bank of America N.A. as agent, in relation to an export-credit backed US$168,000,000 project financing of a drilling rig for use in the Zhambyl oil field in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea. The project sponsors are led by Korea National Oil Corporation with the other project sponsors being SK Innovation Co., Ltd, Samsung C&T Corporation, LG International Corporation, Aju Corporation, Daesung Industrial Co., Ltd, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd and Hyundai Hysco Co., Ltd.

Stamford Law is advising Advantest Corporation (“Advantest”) (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) in its US$1.1 billion merger with the NASDAQ-listed Verigy Ltd (“Verigy”) (NASDAQ: VRGY) by way of a scheme of arrangement (“Advantest Scheme of Arrangement”).

International law firm Ince & Co announced today that it has taken a significant new step by establishing the Ince Law Alliance with newly-formed Singapore law practice, Incisive Law LLC. Ince & Co Singapore is the first of the English firms specialising in maritime law to do this.

U.S. law firm Duane Morris LLP and Singapore law firm Selvam LLC today commenced their new Singapore-based joint venture. With the affiliation, formally known in Singapore as an Enhanced Joint Law Venture, Duane Morris will strengthen its capabilities, access and presence in Asia through Selvam’s top-ranked corporate practice, and Selvam will be able to leverage Duane Morris’ full scope across four countries and 20 U.S. cities. The new venture will operate in Singapore as Duane Morris & Selvam LLP.