Allens Arthur Robinson

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• Robert FishPartner
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• Gavin MacLarenAsia Practice Director
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Our Singapore office was established more than 25 years ago to serve South East Asia and today operates as a hub for Allens' extensive South East Asian network, covering Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

We operate in Singapore through Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP, a joint law venture between Allens Arthur Robinson and Singapore law firm TSMP Law Corporation (TSMP). Further information in relation to TSMP can be found at www.tsmplaw.com

The 50-lawyer joint law venture provides English and Singapore law advice, in addition to the international and regional capabilities of Allens. Our lawyers in Singapore work together with our locally qualified lawyers in Asia Pacific to offer seamless legal services on international transactions and projects involving multiple jurisdictions in the region.

Key practice areas include:

• corporate and commercial (including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, funds management and REITs);
• banking and finance (including project finance, debt capital markets, structured finance and asset finance);
• projects (particularly in the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors); and
• International and regional arbitration.

Independent surveys such as Chambers Asia 2009 and Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008-09 have recognised the achievements and experience of Allens and TSMP in the fields of banking and finance, capital markets, construction, corporate/M&A, dispute resolution, telecommunication, media and technology, international arbitration and projects and energy in Singapore and the region.

Allens and TSMP have been involved in many significant and high-profile deals in Singapore and South East Asia in recent years, including acting for the following:

• Inpex Masela (sole operator of the Abadi gas field in the Masela block in the Arafura Sea in Maluku Province in Indonesia) in relation to the development of the world's first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant
• BHP Billiton in a number of mineral exploration/development projects, including the transfer of its interest in the Gag island to PT Antam Tbk; the preparation and negotiation of a Government concession agreement covering the Mondulkiri province of Cambodia; and investment in a major bauxite mining project in Guinea, West Africa
• CITIC Pacific Mining, a Chinese Government owned Hong Kong based conglomerate in connection with its USD 3.5 billion world-class, large scale magnetite iron ore mining and processing operation, located near Cape Preston in Western Australia (the first of its kind in WA)
• Chevron Corporation on the acquisition of 49 per cent interest in the Chuandongbei gas project onshore, PRC from PetroChina
• Qantas Airways on the reorganisation of the Jetstar Asia and ValuAir budget airlines, which involved the acquisition and sale of the Singapore shareholders' stake in the business
• Star TV on its ongoing interests in Indonesia
• ANZ Bank on numerous banking and finance transactions
• Hutchison Group on their interests in the telecommunications sector in Indonesia
• issuers, investment banks (including UBS and Merrill Lynch) and international investors on various convertible bond issues, including by Alumina Ltd, Industrea Limited and Hillgrove Resources Limited
• ASTI Holdings Limited on its successful takeover offer for Singapore-listed Flextech Holdings Limited
• Dyno Nobel in relation to its acquisition of a substantial stake in Fabchem China, a Singapore-listed explosives company in Singapore
• a number of large property developers on a range of real estate acquisitions and developments across Singapore, including the development of the Pinnacle Collection, Seascape, The Turquoise, Northstar@AMK, The Adara, The Ambra, The Azzuro, The Florentine, The Orange Grove, Verte and the en bloc purchase of the Aura Park condominium

Language capabilities:

English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Asamese.