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EDITOR’S LETTERWelcome to IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers Guide, a special IFLR supplement that presents aselection of leading financial lawyers – as judged by their clients and peers during theIFLR1000 research process. This guide is the result of an extensive survey of senior corporateexecutives, in-house counsel and private practice lawyers, who were invited to nominateleading financial and corporate lawyers.

IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers Guide contains the names – and in many cases detailedbiographies – of approximately 570 lawyers who continue to exceed client expectations. Allof the lawyers listed have been nominated and endorsed by clients and peers for the qualityof their work in one or more practice area over the past year. You will find the fullcomplement of over 4,300 leading lawyers in over 125 jurisdictions who were nominatedduring the research process at www.iflr1000.com. Each specialist has been independentlyoffered the opportunity to enhance his or her complimentary listing with a professionalbiography. The biographies give readers valuable, detailed information regarding a lawyer’spractice and, if appropriate, their work and clients.

We hope that IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers Guide will be a useful resource for thoseresponsible for hiring external counsel and anyone else with a professional interest in thelegal market. All information was believed to be correct at the time of going to press, but, asalways, we welcome your feedback on any part of this publication.

We owe the success of this guide to all those corporate counsel and private practitioners whocompleted questionnaires and spoke with our researchers. Our thanks to them, and of courseour congratulations to IFLR1000 ’s Leading Lawyers of 2013.

CONTENTS

3 / China

13 / Egypt

15 / Hong Kong

17 / Indonesia

19 / Japan

30 / Macedonia

32 / Malaysia

37 / Maldives

39 / Mauritius

41 / Myanmar

43 / Singapore

49 / South Korea

51 / Tanzania

53 / Thailand

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CHINA

Dacheng Law Officeswww.dachenglaw.com

CHINA

Han Kun Law Officeswww.hankunlaw.com

CHINA

Jun He Law Officeswww.junhe.com

CHINA

King & Wood Mallesonswww.kingandwood.com

EGYPT

Zulficar & Partnerswww.zulficarpartners.com

HONG KONG

King & Wood Mallesonswww.kwm.com

INDONESIA

Tumbuan & Partnerswww.tumbuanpartners.com

JAPAN

Anderson Mori & Tomotsunewww.amt-law.com

MACEDONIA

Law Office Pepeljugoskiwww.pepeljugoski.com.mk

MALAYSIA

Albar & Partnerswww.albar.com.my

MALAYSIA

Koh Yew Chong & Partnerswww.kycpartners.com.my

MALDIVES

Suood & Anwar LLPwww.suoodanwar.com

MAURITIUS

BLC Asscociateswww.blc.mu

MAURITIUS

C&A Law www.calaw.mu

MYANMAR

P&A Asiawww.paasia.net

SINGAPORE

Rodyk & Davidsonwww.rodyk.com

SINGAPORE

Tan Kok Quan Partnershipwww.tkqp.com.sg

SOUTH KOREA

Lee & Kowww.leeko.com

TANZANIA

FK Law Chamberswww.fklawchambers.net

THAILAND

Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices Limitedwww.ctlo.com

THAILAND

LawPlus Ltdwww.lawplusltd.com

CHINA / BANKING AND PROJECT FINANCE


Biography: Mr Liu is a senior partner of Jun He. He has been practising as alawyer for more than 20 years and has actively represented anumber of multinational corporations in their entry into China’smarket by establishing a presence or carrying out mergers andacquisitions. He also advises state-owned enterprises and otherdomestic companies on their cooperation with foreign investors.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised on the issuance of RMB bonds by HSBC in Hong

Kong.

• Advised on the establishment of IBM Factoring China, the firstforeign-invested factoring company in China, and theestablishment of Shanghai General Motor AutomobileFinancing, the first foreign-invested automobile financingcompany in China.

• Advised on Citibank’s investment in and strategic cooperationwith SPD Bank, and HSBC’s investment in and strategiccooperation with Bank of Communications.

Practice areas: Banking and financeMerger and acquisitionsForeign direct investment

Languages: English and Chinese

Bar admissions: China

Association memberships:Arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade ArbitrationCommissionRetained dean and law professor of the Lawyer College of EastUniversity of Politics and Law

Academic qualifications:LL.B, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, 1986LL.M, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, 1989

David Dali LiuPartner

Jun HeShanghai

Tel: +86 21 2208 6299Email: [email protected]: www.junhe.com

CHINA / CAPITAL MARKETS


Biography: Rebecca Chao has worked on a variety of business transactionsinvolving securities offering as counsel to issuers and underwriters,mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments anddispositions, public company representations and other generalcorporate matters. She has extensive experiences in advising acquirersand sellers on structural issues, organising legal due diligence workand drafting and negotiating acquisition documentations.

Rebecca has advised many listed companies operating in China intheir pre-IPO restructurings, financing, IPOs, strategic investments,mergers and acquisitions, and offerings of equity, equity-linked anddebt securities.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised Credit Suisse in connection with ReneSola’s issuance of

$175 million convertible senior bonds, at an annual interest rateof 4.125%.

• Advised the underwriters in connection with Qihoo 360’soffering of 12,110,800 ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange.

• Advised HKT Trust’s HK in connection with it’s offering of2,053,354,000 share stapled units under the global offering atHK$4.53 per unit, by which HKT Trust raised a total capital ofHK$9.3 billion.

Practice areas:Capital markets Mergers and acquisitionsVenture capital and private equity Cross-border transactionsForeign direct investment

Sector specialisation:Technology MediaInternet Entertainment

Languages: English and Mandarin


Association memberships: China and Beijing Lawyers Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, Peking UniversityJ.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Rebecca (Yanhua) ChaoPartner

King & Wood MallesonsBeijing

Tel: +86 10 5878-5096Email: [email protected]: www.kingandwood.com

Biography: Mr Tao has more than 20 years’ experience practising law inmainland China with experience in both domestic and overseascapital markets and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Hestarted practising law as a litigation lawyer in 1992 in a local firm inChina. He joined Jun He in 2001, focusing on capital markets andM&A business. In 2005, he was seconded to the Hong Kong andLondon office of a magic circle firm and participated in a numberof Hong Kong listings and overseas acquisitions by Chinesecompanies.

Recent transactional highlights: • Represented Tencent Holdings Limited in its two-round $600

million bond offering.

• Represented Pop Art Holdings in its initial public offering inHong Kong.

• Represented the underwriters in connection with the initialpublic offering in Singapore by Hutchinson Port HoldingsLimited.

Practice areas: Private equityDomestic and overseas IPOsMergers and acquisitions

Sector specialisation:Life scienceTMTConsumer goods



Association memberships:China Bar Association

Academic qualifications:Master of Law

Xudong TaoPartner

Jun HeShanghai


CHINA / MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


Biography: Ms Wei has extensive experience in financial institutions, real estate,energy, telecommunications, retail, automobile, hi-tech andtraditional manufacturing industries and represents variousmultinational companies, Chinese companies, investment banks,and private equity funds in their merger and acquisitiontransactions. She has provided advice on various aspects of suchprojects including design of transaction structure, due diligenceinvestigation, and the drafting and negotiation of complicated legaldocuments in connection with such projects. She has also advisedmany domestic and international clients from different industries incorporate financing, commercial transactions, general corporate andantitrust matters since she joined the firm in 1994. Ms Wei also hasextensive experience in the private fund formation area and hasrepresented various fund managers or investors in such deals. Sheworked at the Hong Kong office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques from2002 to 2003 where she advised clients on investment projects inChina as well as international transactions.

Practice areas:Mergers and acquisitionsBanking and financePrivate equityForeign direct investmentAntitrust


Bar admissions:All-China Bar AssociationBeijing Bar Association New York State Bar Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, China University of Political Science and Law, 1993LL.M, University of Michigan Law School, 2002

Related articles by this lawyer:Offshore Listed Companies Returning to the Chinese StockMarketsQFII Scheme Further Relaxed in PRCCSRC Issued Draft Regulation on QFIIs For Public Comments

Yingling WeiPartner

Jun HeBeijing


Biography: David Shoushuang Li mainly practises in the fields ofinvestment funds, capital markets and M&A. He has representedmultinational companies and international financial institutions inmore than 20 Rmb private equity fund formations, and hasrepresented many international or local leading private equity fundsin over 50 investment deals. In the area of capital markets, Davidhas advised issuers and underwriters in many overseas listings andA-share markets listings. In particular, David has unique andextensive experience in advising Chinese companies on establishingoffshore corporate structures.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for China Zhongsheng Res Holdings in its IPO on the

Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Acted for Juda International Holdings in its IPO on the HongKong Stock Exchange.

• Acted for China City Railway TPT Tech HLD in its IPO onthe Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Acted for the fund formation of China City InfrastructureIndustry Investment Fund with fund raising of Rmb10 billion.

Practice areas:Investment funds Capital marketsMergers and acquisitions

Sector specialisation:Mining and energy Real estateFinance



Association memberships:China and Beijing Lawyers Associations

Academic qualifications:B.A. (Hons) Economics, LL.B, Southwest University of Politics andLawMaster of Law, School of Law, Peking University

Related publications by this lawyer:Red-listing Game – Chinese companies overseas listing, PublishingHouse of University of Politics and Law of China, 2012

David Shoushuang LiSenior partner

Dacheng Law OfficesBeijing

Tel: +86 (10)5813 7650Email: [email protected]: www.dachenglaw.com

Biography: James Yong Wang is a leading lawyer with a decade ofexperience in the investment management field both in the US andChina, James has represented leading international fundsponsors/asset managers such as Terra Firma, BlackRock, Fidelity,Invesco, Qiming, SVB, Idinvest and Aloe, major local sponsors suchas Everbright, Gemdale and Ping’an Trust, major corporations suchas Siemens, Micron, ChinaCache and TCL, in forming over 70RMB and USD funds and other investment vehicles totalling RMB30 billion equivalent. James is also active in other investmentmanagement areas, including QFII and QDII. James sits on theExpert Review Committee for both QFLP and QDLP PilotPrograms in Shanghai. He is widely published in major financialmedia such as Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and 21stCentury Business Herald and frequently quoted by industrypublications such as AVCJ, Caijing, and Asian Legal Business.James is both a CFA and CAIA charter holder.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for seven international fund clients, including Fidelity,

Qiming and Vivo, in setting up QFLP pilot funds and anotherinternational fund client in setting up the first RMB QFLP pilotfund by any foreign investor in Shanghai.

• Acted for Ping’an in forming a RMB 4 billion joint venture realestate fund with R&F Properties and in investing RMB 3 billionto set up Primavera Fund.

Practice areas:Investment fund formation Investment management Private equity Cross-border transactions

Languages: Mandarin, English, German and Cantonese

Bar admissions: New York

Association memberships: New York Bar Association

Academic qualifications:B.A. German studies, Peking UniversityLL.B, Peking UniversityJ.D., Columbia Law School

Related articles by this lawyer:“How to Incentivize Your Private Fund Manager”, Chinese Venture,May 2012“The FoF Conundrum”, Chinese Venture, March 2012

James Yong WangPartner

Han Kun Law OfficesBeijing/Shanghai

Tel: +86 10 8525 5553 / +86 21 6080 0909Email: [email protected]: www.hankunlaw.com

CHINA / PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL


BANKING AND PROJECT FINANCE

David BlumenfeldPaul Hastings Janofsky & Walker China

Peter BurrowsNorton Rose China

Stanley ChenFangda Partners China

Baldwin ChengWhite & Case China

James DouglassLinklaters China

Stephen HarderClifford Chance China

Yvonne HoAllen & Overy China

Sun HongNorton Rose China

Tingfeng HuZhong Lun Law Firm China

William HuangFangda Partners China

Harvey LauBaker & McKenzie China

Shaun LeeKing & Wood Mallesons China

Xiaoming LiWhite & Case China

David LiuJun He Law Offices ChinaSee biography on page 3

Jianeng LuJun He Law Offices China

Shirley LuZhong Lun Law Firm China

Michael MeiLlinks Law Offices China

Thomas NgLinklaters China

Steve PayneWhite & Case China

Charles QinLlinks Law Offices China

Jeffrey ShenFangda Partners China

Matthias VossAllen & Overy China

Gavin WangJun He Law Offices China

Jian WangJun He Law Offices China

Ling WangKing & Wood Mallesons China

Shu WangKing & Wood Mallesons China

Nigel WardNorton Rose China

Tiechang YangClifford Chance China

Jane YaoZhong Lun Law Firm China

Wang YiNorton Rose China

David YuLlinks Law Offices China

Debbie ZhangFangda Partners China

Roy ZhangKing & Wood Mallesons China

Xin ZhongKing & Wood Mallesons China

David Dali LiuPartner

Jun HeShanghai


CHINA / TABLES


CAPITAL MARKETS

Joseph ChanSidley Austin China

Rebecca ChaoKing & Wood Mallesons ChinaSee biography on page 4

Tom ChauHerbert Smith Freehills China

Limin ChenZhong Lun Law Firm China

Pui Hong ChikBaker & McKenzie China

Scott ClemensBaker & McKenzie China

Liguo CuiGuantao Law Firm China

Henry DingSidley Austin China

Jeffrey DingFangda Partners China

He FeiHaiwen & Partners China

Charles GuanGrandall Law Firm China

Christophe HanLlinks Law Offices China

Xiaojing HanCommerce & Finance Law Offices China

Anthony JacobsenSidley Austin China

Gang JingKing & Wood Mallesons China

Portia KuO’Melveny & Myers China

Adam LiJun He Law Offices China

He LiDavis Polk & Wardwell China

Yan LiGuantao Law Firm China

Gang LiuCommerce & Finance Law Offices China

Su LiuHaiwen & Partners China

Wei LiuGrandall Law Firm China

Jackie LoBaker & McKenzie China

Ke LuoFangda Partners China

Hongbing LvGrandall Law Firm China

David RobertsO’Melveny & Myers China

Alan SeemShearman & Sterling China

Jeffrey SunOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe China

Xudong TaoJun He Law Offices ChinaSee biography on page 4

Jean ThioClifford Chance China

Tom TobiasonOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe China

Jianyong WangHaiwen & Partners China

Richard WangFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China

CHINA / TABLES


Rebecca (Yanhua) ChaoPartner

King & Wood MallesonsBeijing

Tel: +86 10 5878-5096Email: chaoyanhua@ n. wm.comWeb: www.kingandwood.com

Xudong TaoPartner

Jun HeShanghai


Tim WangClifford Chance China

Chun WeiSullivan & Cromwell China

Xiaolei YangKing & Wood Mallesons China

Hongjiu ZhangJingtian & Gongcheng China

Howard ZhangDavis Polk & Wardwell China

Anthony ZhaoZhong Lun Law Firm China

Jonathan ZhouFangda Partners China

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

David BlumenfeldPaul Hastings Janofsky & Walker China

Jeanette ChanPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison China


Tom ChauHerbert Smith Freehills China


Wayne ChenLlinks Law Offices China

Rowland ChengLatham & Watkins China

Elizabeth ColeOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe China

Liguo CuiGuantao Law Firm China

Emma DaviesClifford Chance China

Jeffrey DingFangda Partners China

Harry DuKing & Wood Mallesons China

Lee EdwardsShearman & Sterling China

Jian FangLinklaters China

Terence FooClifford Chance China

Christophe HanLlinks Law Offices China

Michael HanFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China

Victor HoAllen & Overy China

Ling HuangCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton China

Lixin HuangHaiwen & Partners China

Peter HuangSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom China

Karen IpHerbert Smith Freehills China

Weibo JianHaiwen & Partners China

Clayton JohnsonCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton China

Richard KimAllen & Overy China

John LearyWhite & Case China

Ian LewisMayer Brown JSM China

Li LiCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton China

Qiang LiO’Melveny & Myers China

Wan LiDLA Piper China

Xiaoming LiWhite & Case China

Greg LiuPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison China

Steven LiuDLA Piper China

David LivdahlPaul Hastings Janofsky & Walker China

Edwin LukOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe China

CHINA / TABLES


Shaolin LuoSimpson Thacher & Bartlett China

Douglas MarkelSimpson Thacher & Bartlett China

Andrew McGintyHogan Lovells China

Paul McKenzieMorrison & Foerster China

Simon MengHerbert Smith Freehills China

Gregory MiaoSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom China

Geert PotjewijdDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek China



Dongfeng SunGuantao Law Firm China

Betty TamHerbert Smith Freehills China

Gregory TanMorrison & Foerster China

Zhengyu TangSidley Austin China

Hubert TseBoss & Young China

Vivian TsoiWhite & Case China

Walker WallaceO’Melveny & Myers China

Anthony WangWeil Gotshal & Manges China

David WangPaul Hastings Janofsky & Walker China

Jack WangFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China

Tim WangClifford Chance China

Yingling WeiJun He Law Offices ChinaSee biography on page 5

Justin WilsonNorton Rose China

Howard WuBaker & McKenzie China

Steven XiangWeil Gotshal & Manges China

George XuFangda Partners China

Ping XuKing & Wood Mallesons China

Pengpeng YanGuantao Law Firm China

Yang ChenSidley Austin China

Lynn YangNorton Rose China

Sherry YinMorrison & Foerster China


Hongjiu ZhangJingtian & Gongcheng China

Howard ZhangDavis Polk & Wardwell China

Jiping ZhangHaiwen & Partners China


Norman ZhongFangda Partners China

Jonathan ZhouFangda Partners China

CHINA / TABLES


Yingling WeiPartner

Jun HeBeijing


Ji ZouAllen & Overy China

PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL

Bee Chun BooBaker & McKenzie China

Heiner BraunFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China

Geoffrey ChanRopes & Gray China

Jeanette ChanPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison China



John DuJun He Law Offices China

Lee EdwardsShearman & Sterling China

Terence FooClifford Chance China

Richard GuoFangda Partners China

Yvonne HoAllen & Overy China

William HuaKing & Wood Mallesons China

Peter HuangSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom China

Weibo JianHaiwen & Partners China

Richard KimAllen & Overy China

Portia KuO’Melveny & Myers China

Jack LaiZhong Lun Law Firm China

Charles LiHan Kun Law Offices China

Shoushuang LiDacheng Law Offices ChinaSee biography on page 6

Greg LiuPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison China

Steven LiuDLA Piper China

Shaolin LuoSimpson Thacher & Bartlett China

Douglas MarkelSimpson Thacher & Bartlett China

Gregory MiaoSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom China

Arthur MokRopes & Gray China

Michael QiFangda Partners China



Binxue SangJun He Law Offices China

Dongying SunGuantao Law Firm China

Peng TanFenXun Partners China

Zhengyu TangSidley Austin China

Hubert TseBoss & Young China

Matthias VossAllen & Overy China

Walker WallaceO’Melveny & Myers China

CHINA / TABLES


David Shoushuang LiSenior partner

Dacheng Law OfficesBeijing

Tel: +86 (10)5813 7650Email: [email protected]: www.dachenglaw.com

Alan WangFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China

David WangPaul Hastings Janofsky & Walker China

Jack WangFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer China

James WangHan Kun Law Offices ChinaSee biography on page 6

Victor WangAllBright Law Offices China

Howard WuBaker & McKenzie China

Steven XiangWeil Gotshal & Manges China

Hongming XiaoGuantao Law Firm China

Jingfang YangHaiwen & Partners China


Jiping ZhangHaiwen & Partners China

Luke ZhangZhong Lun Law Firm China

Norman ZhangFangda Partners China

Yi ZhangKing & Wood Mallesons China


David ZouBoss & Young China

Ji ZouAllen & Overy China

CHINA / TABLES


James Yong WangPartner

Han Kun Law OfficesBeijing/Shanghai

Tel: +86 10 8525 5553 / +86 21 6080 0909Email: [email protected]: www.hankunlaw.com

EGYPT / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Biography: Ashraf Ihab is founding partner, head of the bankingdepartment and deputy to the chair of the executive committee atZulficar & Partners.

A practicing attorney for more than 28 years, Ashraf specialises infinance and banking matters, and has advised lending banks andborrowers in various large syndication agreements. In 2002, he wasappointed as a board member of the Egyptian Industrial DevelopmentBank, as part of the government reform of the banking sector. Heheaded the legal department of Mashreq Bank Dubai in 2005.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised National Bank of Egypt on a syndicated medium-term

facility greement for EGP2.9 billion to MobiNil.

• Advised Arab African International Bank on a short-term loanagreement for up to $360 million for financing OrientInvestment Properties’ long-term investments.

• Advised on a short-term revolving agreement of up to $44 millionto finance Arab Refinery Company’s long-term investments.

• Advised on a short-term facility agreement for approximatelyEGP550 million to Citadel Capital Partners.

• Advised Banque Misr on a facility agreement for EGP845million to National Fertilizer and Chemical Company.

• Handled several significant capital market transactions includingbond issuances by MobiNil for EGP1.5 billion (January 2010)and by Orascom Construction Industries for EGP1.65 billion(September 2010).

Practice areas: Corporate

Sector specialisation: Finance and banking

Languages: Arabic, English

Bar admissions: Egypt

Association memberships: International Bar AssociationAmerican Chamber of CommerceEgyptian Bar Association

Academic qualifications: Bachelor of Law, Cairo University

Ashraf IhabFounding partner

Zulficar & PartnersCairo

Tel: +20 (2) 246 12 161Email: [email protected]: www.zulficarpartners.com

Biography: Dr Ingy Badawy is a founding partner and head ofZulficar & Partners’ mergers and acquisitions department. Shespecialises in mergers and acquisitions, public and private equityfunding, debt funding and joint ventures and arbitration.Furthermore, she consistently provides corporate advice to some ofthe firm’s major clients including Citadel Capital and its subsidiaries,SODIC, Guardian Industries Corporation and Tanjong Energy.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted in the sale of 52% of Olympic Group, the largest white goods

manufacturer in Egypt, by Paradise Capital to Electrolux, theworld’s second largest global leader of this industry for $450 million.

• Advised on the landmark acquisition of Orascom Telecom byVimplecom and the carve out of MobiNil, ECMS and otherassets which will continue to be owned by the currentshareholders of Orascom Telecom.

• Acted in the acquisition of Orascom Building MaterialsHolding (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orascom ConstructionIndustries) for approximately $12.9 billion and assumption of$2 billion of debt in conjunction with a capital increase byLafarge to be subscribed to by NNS Holding, a family companycontrolled by Nassef Sawiris for approximately €2.8 billion.

• Advised on the sale of 93% of the shares of Amoun Pharmaceuti-cals Industries Company for approximately $459 million.

Practice areas:Mergers and acquisitions ArbitrationCorporate Law Major contractsJoint venture agreements

Languages: Arabic, English and French

Bar admissions: Egypt

Association memberships:Egyptian Bar AssociationAmerican Chamber of Commerce in Egypt

Academic qualifications:BSC Law, Cairo UniversityMaster’s degree, Institute of International Business Law, CairoUniversityMaster’s degree (D.E.S.S.) Litigation and arbitration, University ofParis II AssasPh.D International Arbitration, University of Paris I Sorbonne

Ingy BadawyFounding partner


Tel: +20 2 246 12 161Email: [email protected]: www.zulficarpartners.com

FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE

Mohamed Abdel-FattahDLA Matouk Bassiouny Egypt

Ingy BadawiZulficar & Partners EgyptSee biography on page 13

Mahmoud BassiounyDLA Matouk Bassiouny Egypt

Aly El ShalakanyShalakany Law Office Egypt

Ahmed El SharkawySharkawy & Sarhan Egypt

Ashraf ElibrachyIbrachy Law Firm (ILF) Egypt

Bahieldin ElibrachyIbrachy & Dermarkar Egypt

Mohamed GabrDLA Matouk Bassiouny Egypt

Tarek GadallahIbrachy Law Firm (ILF) Egypt

Mohamed GhannamHelmy Hamza & Partners – Baker & McKenzie Egypt

Yasser HashemZaki Hashem & Partners Egypt

Ashraf IhabZulficar & Partners EgyptSee biography on page 13

Mohamed KamelAl Kamel Law Office Egypt

Rasheed KamelAl Kamel Law Office Egypt

Michael LaceySNR Denton Egypt

John MatoukDLA Matouk Bassiouny Egypt

Hazim RizkanaHelmy Hamza & Partners – Baker & McKenzie Egypt

Menha SamyIbrachy & Dermarkar Egypt

Karim SarhanSharkawy & Sarhan Egypt

Hani Sarie-EldinSarie-Eldin & Partners Egypt

Mohamad TalaatHelmy Hamza & Partners – Baker & McKenzie Egypt

Mona ZulficarZulficar & Partners Egypt

EGYPT / TABLES


Ashraf IhabFounding partner


Tel: +20 (2) 246 12 161Email: [email protected]: www.zulficarpartners.com

Ingy BadawyFounding partner


Tel: +20 2 246 12 161Email: [email protected]: www.zulficarpartners.com

HONG KONG / MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


Biography: Raymond Wong is a partner in King & WoodMallesons’ corporate and securities group. His practice focuses onrestructuring, corporate, M&A (public and private), securities,IPOs and regulatory compliance in Hong Kong, China and theUnited Kingdom. Raymond has advised on many cross-border andcomplex M&A transactions, corporate strategies and contentiousmatters. He has also advised many Chinese and internationalcompanies and investment banks on some of the largest globalofferings and listings on the London, New York, Luxembourg,Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo Stock Exchanges.

Raymond speaks regularly and writes widely on corporategovernance and corporate and commercial developments.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for the the HK mainboard-listed China Resources Gas

Group in the acquisition of 100% interest in AEI China Gasfrom AEI.

• Acted for CICC, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch in theglobal offering of China Shenhua Energy on the mainboard ofthe Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Acted for China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation in itsglobal offering on the mainboard of the Hong Kong StockExchange.

Practice areas:Corporate/M&A Equity capital marketsIPOs

Sector specialisation:Natural resources Renewable energy

Languages: English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Bar admissions: England and Wales, Hong Kong

Association memberships:ACIB, Chartered Institute of BankersAccredited General Mediator, Hong Kong International ArbitrationCentre

Academic qualifications:B.Eng. ACGI, Imperial College, University of LondonCPE and M.A. (Law), City University, LondonLPC, Oxford UniversityLL.M (Chinese Law), The University of Hong Kong

Raymond WongPartner

King & Wood MallesonsHong Kong

Tel: +852 3443 8320 / 852 6198 3233Email: [email protected]: www.kwm.com


Robert AshworthFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Kong

Cherry ChanClifford Chance Hong Kong

Kenneth ChanLatham & Watkins Hong Kong

Milton ChengBaker & McKenzie Hong Kong

Rowland ChengLatham & Watkins Hong Kong

Yuk Tong CheungBaker & McKenzie Hong Kong

William ChuaSullivan & Cromwell Hong Kong

Richard CrosbyNorton Rose Hong Kong

Emma DaviesClifford Chance Hong Kong

Roger DennyClifford Chance Hong Kong

Alan EwinsAllen & Overy Hong Kong

Tim GardnerLatham & Watkins Hong Kong

Eugene GregorDavis Polk & Wardwell Hong Kong

Grace HuangFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Kong

Jeremy HuntAllen & Overy Hong Kong

Neil HymanSlaughter and May Hong Kong

Keith JohnsonLinklaters Hong Kong

Kirtee KapoorDavis Polk & Wardwell Hong Kong

Chris KellyLinklaters Hong Kong

Dorothea KooBaker & McKenzie Hong Kong

Virginia LeeClifford Chance Hong Kong

Won LeeBaker & McKenzie Hong Kong

Mark J LehmkuhlerDavis Polk & Wardwell Hong Kong

Nancy LeighBaker & McKenzie Hong Kong

Gary LockHerbert Smith Freehills Hong Kong

Will McAuliffeAllen & Overy Hong Kong

Gary McCleanAllen & Overy Hong Kong

Shaun McRobertNorton Rose Hong Kong

Akiko MikumoWeil Gotshal & Manges Hong Kong

Kay Ian NgSullivan & Cromwell Hong Kong

Henry OngWeil Gotshal & Manges Hong Kong

Mark RoppelAllen & Overy Hong Kong

Jason SungHerbert Smith Freehills Hong Kong

Richard ThornhillSlaughter and May Hong Kong

Tommy TongHerbert Smith Freehills Hong Kong

Andrew TortoishellHerbert Smith Freehills Hong Kong

Jack WangFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Kong

David WatkinsSlaughter and May Hong Kong

Chun WeiSullivan & Cromwell Hong Kong

Tracy WutBaker & McKenzie Hong Kong

Raymond WongKing & Wood Mallesons Hong KongSee biography on page 15

HONG KONG / TABLES


Raymond WongPartner

King & Wood MallesonsHong Kong

Tel: +852 3443 8320 / 852 6198 3233Email: [email protected]: www.kwm.com

INDONESIA / CAPITAL MARKETS & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


Biography: Jennifer B Tumbuan has been a partner of Tumbuan &Partners since April 2011. She has been in practice since 1998.Before joining T&P, she was the retained general counsel ofRenaissance Capital and PT Borneo Lumbung Energi & Metal Tbkfor about three years, and was previously a senior associate in alarge, reputable law firm in Jakarta. She is admitted to practise as anadvocate and capital market legal consultant in Indonesia.

Within T&P, she has been intensively involved in the issuance ofcapital market securities (equity and debt) by Indonesian companiesthrough the Indonesian capital market and overseas capital markets,including IPOs, rights issue, bonds and promissory notes, bankingand finance, acquisitions, debt restructuring and mining projects inIndonesia, and general corporate work.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted as legal adviser to Rui Tong Limited in its several issuance

of secured exchangeable note purchase agreements totallingUS$850 million.

• Acted as legal adviser to PT Borneo Lumbung Energi & Metal Tbk in its $1 billion acquisition of 23.8% shares in Bumi,an indirect shareholder of a.o. PT Bumi Resources Tbk, PTBumi Resources Minerals Tbk, PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk, PTDarma Henwa Tbk and PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, and in its$1 billion acquisition financing with Standard Chartered Bank.

• Acted as legal adviser to J&Partners Group in several of itstransactions including the financing and refinancing with asyndicate of banks, the proposed acquisition of several miningcompanies, the land clearing of several plots of land, and severalother corporate actions.

Practice areas:Capital markets Banking & financeMergers & acquisitions General corporateDebt & corporate restructuring Mining & energyForeign & domestic investments Private equityBankruptcy & suspension of Projects & natural resourcespayments

Languages: Indonesian and English

Bar admissions: Indonesia

Academic qualifications:Law degree, Faculty of Law, University of IndonesiaLL.M, Faculty of Law, Leiden University

Jennifer B TumbuanManaging Partner

Tumbuan & PartnersJakarta

Tel: +6221 7227736/37Email:[email protected]: www.tumbuanpartners.com

CAPITAL MARKETS & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Bono Daru AdjiAssegaf Hamzah & Partners Indonesia

Laksmita AndarumiMelli Darsa & Co Indonesia

Ahmad Fikri AssegafAssegaf Hamzah & Partners Indonesia

Sjarief AssegafAssegaf Hamzah & Partners Indonesia

Wahyuni BaharBahar & Partners Indonesia

Theodoor BakkerAli Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Indonesia

Benny BernartoMakarim & Taira S Indonesia

Michael CarlSoewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono Indonesia

Haydn DareSoemadipradja & Taher Indonesia

Melli DarsaMelli Darsa & Co Indonesia

David DawbornHiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung Indonesia

Guy Des RosiersMakarim & Taira S Indonesia

Ira EddymurthySoewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono Indonesia

Irfan GhazaliMakes & Partners Indonesia

Daniel GintingGinting & Reksodiputro Indonesia

Toby GraingerOentoeng Suria & Partners Indonesia

Sri Indrastuti HadiputrantoHadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners Indonesia

Iril HiswaraHiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung Indonesia

Rahayu Ningsih HoedMakarim & Taira S Indonesia

Joel HogarthTumbuan & Partners Indonesia

Mark InnisHadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners Indonesia

Kuntum Apriella IrdamMelli Darsa & Co Indonesia

Rudy KusmantoMakarim & Taira S Indonesia

Yozua MakesMakes & Partners Indonesia

Oene MarseilleAli Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Indonesia

Noor MeurlingOentoeng Suria & Partners Indonesia

Kristo MolinaHiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung Indonesia

Ariani NugrahaMochtar Karuwin Komar Indonesia

Emir NurmansyahAli Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Indonesia

Brian ScottHiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung Indonesia

Iwan SetiawanMakes & Partners Indonesia

David SiahaanMelli Darsa & Co Indonesia

Jonathan StreiferSoewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono Indonesia

Atik SusantoOentoeng Suria & Partners Indonesia

Rambun TjajoHadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners Indonesia

Yuliana TjhaiBahar & Partners Indonesia

Fred TumbuanTumbuan & Partners Indonesia

Jennifer TumbuanTumbuan & Partners IndonesiaSee biography on page 17

Linda WidyatiSoemadipradja & Taher Indonesia

INDONESIA / TABLES


Jennifer B TumbuanManaging Partner

Tumbuan & PartnersJakarta

Tel: +6221 7227736/37Email:[email protected]: www.tumbuanpartners.com

JAPAN / BANKING


Biography: Satoshi Inoue is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hisareas of expertise are corporate finance and M&A, with a particularfocus on private equity deals, acquisition and leveraged finance,debt restructuring, recapitalisation and other complex financialtransactions. He regularly advises large Japanese and overseasbanking institutions, private equity funds, investment banks andother financial advisers. He has extensive experience in the field ofleveraged financing deals, and has been involved in more than 25TOB financing deals in the last three years, representing more thanhalf of the fund-related or management-buyout TOB financingdeals during that period in Japan. He has also been involved in alarge number of turnaround transactions, including the Daiei debt-equity-swap, Seibu Railway restructuring and DIP financing toJapan Airlines in 2011.

Banking is one of the practice areas in which the firm hasconsistently received acclaim from clients and peers, and Satoshi isrecognised as one of the upcoming leading practitioners in thisfield. He is listed as a leading lawyer in banking and finance inpublications including Chambers Global, IFLR and Legal 500.

Practice areas:BankingAcquisition financePrivate equityMergers and acquisitionsBankruptcy and insolvency/Restructuring

Languages: Japanese and English

Bar admissions: Japan

Association memberships:Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, The University of Tokyo

Satoshi InouePartner

Anderson Mori & TomotsuneTokyo

Tel: +81 3 6888 1087Email: [email protected]: www.amt-law.com

Biography: Tatsu Katayama is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hisareas of expertise are international banking, finance and securitiesmatters with a particular focus on structured finance, financialderivatives and other complex financial transactions. He has beeninstrumental in structuring various innovative transaction structuresand regularly advises investment banks, asset managers andinvestment vehicles, including TMKs (special purpose companies)and J-Reits, in relation to real property acquisition, developmentand financing. He has advised on a number of restructurings offinancial, securities and insurance companies and has collaboratedwith the firm’s litigation group in advising financial institutions inrelation to disputes involving complicated financial transactions.

In 2008 and 2009, Tatsu served as the director of internationalaffairs of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. He hasrepresented the Japanese bar with regard to many matters involvingcross-border legal practices and other judicial matters. He is thepublication officer of the Capital Markets Forum of theInternational Bar Association.

Practice areas:BankingDerivativesStructured financeReal estate investment/SecuritisationReits


Bar admissions: Japan and New York


Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, University of Pennsylvania

Tatsu KatayamaPartner



JAPAN / CAPITAL MARKETS


Biography: Hironori Shibata is a partner of Anderson Mori &Tomotsune, where he leads the capital markets team. He advisesinvestment banks and other financial institutions, as well as issuersof debt and equity securities, on regulatory matters and in domesticand cross-border transactions, including initial public offerings,global offerings, straight and convertible bond issues, and otherfinancings in the international public and private markets.

Hironori also advises clients on various corporate matters andmergers and acquisitions. His projects have includedgroundbreaking capital markets transactions in the Japanese andother Asian markets. His work spans a range of industries, with aparticular emphasis on financial institutions.

He is listed as a leading lawyer in several legal industry and otherpublications, including Chambers Global and Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted as underwriters’ counsel in the global initial public

offering of shares of Japan Airlines in 2012.

• Advised the financial advisers to Nuclear Damage LiabilityFacilitation Fund in its 2012 subscription of shares in TokyoElectric Power Company.

Practice areas:Capital markets Mergers and acquisitionsCorporate and commercial law Financial regulationBanking InsuranceCorporate governance

Sector specialisation:Capital markets Mergers and acquisitionsCorporate and commercial law Financial regulationBanking InsuranceCorporate governance



Association memberships:Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar AssociationNew York State Bar Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, New York University School of Law

Hironori ShibataPartner



JAPAN / MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


Biography: Osamu Hirakawa is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hismain practice is in the area of general corporate, with an emphasison M&A and financing transactions. He is experienced in advisingboth international and Japanese multinational companies and hasassisted in a number of global offerings, Samurai and other publicofferings including ETFs and the first ETN listing on the TokyoStock Exchange. He has also worked on complex TOB transactions.Recently he has been assisting clients on disputes and litigation onfinancial products.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised on successful lawsuits involving structured notes

brought by the holder and its members against a European bank

Practice areas: Mergers and acquisitionsCapital markets Financial and securities dispute resolution

Sector specialisation:Mergers and acquisitionsCapital markets Financial and securities dispute resolution



Association memberships:Dai-ni Tokyo Bar AssociationInternational Bar Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, University of Washington

Osamu HirakawaPartner



Biography: Masaakira Kitazawa is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.He specialises in the banking, securities and commercial fields. Heworks on financial regulatory matters, including corporategovernance and compliance, and financial transactional matters,including acquisitions and restructurings of corporate group entitiesas well as M&A transactions. He is also involved in private equityinvestments and securitisations. Masaakira was a member of thegovernment’s Investigation Committee for the nationalised LongTerm Credit Bank of Japan under the Financial Rehabilitation Lawof Japan in 1998. He is also a member of the International BarAssociation’s Task Force on the Financial Crisis. He has been aspeaker at the IBA and IPBA joint special programme ‘TheFinancial Institutions Regulatory Landscape After the FinancialCrises’ (Singapore, 2010), at the 24th LawAsia Conference on the‘Qualified Foreign Lawyers System in Japan and the Legal Marketunder the System’ (Seoul, 2011) and at the International MalaysiaLaw Conference on ‘Liberalization of the Japanese Legal Market’(Kuala Lumpur, 2012).

Practice areas: Banking and financial regulationsCorporate and commercial lawCorporate governanceCrisis management/Corporate compliance/Anti-corruption andinvestigationsMergers and acquisitionsPrivate equity



Association memberships:Dai-ni Tokyo Bar AssociationNew York State Bar AssociationAmerican Bar Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, Harvard Law School

Masaakira KitazawaPartner



JAPAN / MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


Biography: Kenichi Masuda is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hespecialises in Corporate/M&A. He regularly advises local andoverseas clients on mergers and acquisitions of listed and unlistedcompanies, joint ventures and other cross-border investments, andcorporate restructurings. His experience includes assisting andrepresenting venture companies in various matters, as well asestablishing private equity funds and advising venture or otherprivate equity funds on investments in Japanese businesses. Heregularly acts on general corporate and commercial matters(including corporate governance and compliance issues for listedcompanies) and commercial litigation, as well as employment andlabour union relations.

Kenichi teaches M&A as an adjunct lecturer at the GraduateSchools for Law and Politics of The University of Tokyo.

He also acts as a corporate auditor of several listed Japanesecompanies.

Practice areas: Mergers and acquisitionsPrivate equityCorporate and commercial lawCorporate governanceLabour/employment lawCommercial litigationEmployment litigation and dispute resolution




Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, University of Chicago

Kenichi MasudaPartner



Biography: Tsutomu Miyano is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hispractice covers a wide range of general corporate areas, includingcommercial transactions, M&A, labour issues, complianceinvestigations and financing, as well as litigation. In particular, hehas been involved in many cases and transactions in the Japanesetelecommunications industry on behalf of Japanese andinternational clients. He also has experience in the restructuring ofdefaulted bonds. He served as a member of the study group onJapanese legal issues for the Ministry of Finance of Japan relatingto defaulted bonds. Tsutomu is an author of one of therepresentative commentaries on the Japanese Corporation Act, andhas written various articles relating to bondholders’ meetings underJapanese law.

Practice areas:Corporate and commercial lawCorporate governanceCrisis management/Corporate compliance/Anti-corruption andinvestigationsEstablishing a business presence in JapanMergers and acquisitionsEmployment law and complianceIT and telecoms law and regulationJFTC investigation/proceedings, leniency and litigation


Bar admissions: Japan

Association memberships: Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association


Tsutomu MiyanoPartner



JAPAN / PROJECT FINANCE


Biography: Takashi Akahane is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hispractice includes project finance, PFI/PPP and various types offinancial transactions. He has represented the national government,local governments, private companies and banks in numerousPFI/PPP projects including all prison projects initiated by theMinistry of Justice and the integration of the airport operations ofKansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport(Itami). Takashi also advises widely on social and economicinfrastructure projects.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised on the new Haneda International Air Terminal

projects, the largest ever PFI project in Japan to date.

Practice areas: Banking Financial regulationStructured financeProject finance/PFIEnergy and natural resources

Sector specialisation:InfrastructureTransportationConstructionEnergy/resources




Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, Georgetown University

Takashi AkahanePartner


Email: [email protected]: www.amt-law.com

JAPAN / STRUCTURED FINANCE AND SECURITISATION


Biography: Isao Shindo is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He has along history of representing many Japanese and foreign financialinstitutions in various aspects of their businesses in Japan. He haspreviously worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore (1987–1988).

Isao is involved in the fields of banking, securities, insurance, assetmanagement, structured finance and securitisation, with anemphasis on regulatory matters including advice on new products,market regulations and inspections by regulators. He assists non-Japanese clients in establishing financial services businesses in Japanand obtaining regulatory licences. He is a pioneer in the area ofproviding regulatory advice to non-Japanese banks on theintegration of their multiple business platforms in Japan. He hasbeen engaged on a number of occasions by groups of non-Japanesefinancial institutions, including the International BankersAssociation, Tokyo, to prepare templates of agreements andregulatory documents. He has leveraged his regulatory experience toexpand into securitisation and structured finance.

Practice areas:BankingFinancial regulationDerivativesAsset management and investment fundsStructured finance InsuranceReal estate transactionsCapital marketsCorporate and commercial lawEstablishing a business presence in JapanMergers and acquisitionsPrivate equity





Isao ShindoPartner



Biography: Tatsu Katayama is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Hisareas of expertise are international banking, finance and securitiesmatters with a particular focus on structured finance, financialderivatives and other complex financial transactions. He has beeninstrumental in structuring various innovative transaction structuresand regularly advises investment banks, asset managers andinvestment vehicles, including TMKs (special purpose companies)and J-Reits, in relation to real property acquisition, developmentand financing. He has advised on a number of restructurings offinancial, securities and insurance companies and has collaboratedwith the firm’s litigation group in advising financial institutions inrelation to disputes involving complicated financial transactions.

In 2008 and 2009, Tatsu served as the director of internationalaffairs of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. He hasrepresented the Japanese bar with regard to many matters involvingcross-border legal practices and other judicial matters. He is thepublication officer of the Capital Markets Forum of theInternational Bar Association.

Practice areas:BankingDerivativesStructured financeReal estate investment/SecuritisationReits




Academic qualifications:LL.B, Tokyo UniversityLL.M, University of Pennsylvania




BANKING

Shinichiro AbeBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

Toshi AraiPaul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Japan

Hiroo AtsumiAtsumi & Sakai Japan

Joe BevashLatham & Watkins Japan

Dale CaldwellMorrison & Foerster Japan

Simon CollinsWhite & Case Japan

Aled DaviesAllen & Overy Japan

Toshio DokeiWhite & Case Japan

Naoaki EguchiBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

Takashi EjiriNishimura & Asahi Japan

Jeremy GibbNorton Rose Japan

George GibsonNorton Rose Japan

Satoshi InoueAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 19

Toru IshiguroMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Kei ItoNishimura & Asahi Japan

Satoshi InoueNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Tatsu KatayamaAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 19

Satoko KuwabaraMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

James LawdenFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Japan

Jiro MikamiNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Adam MoncrieffAllen & Overy Japan

Masaru OnoNishimura & Asahi Japan

Yutaka SakaiAtsumi & Sakai Japan

Masanori SatoMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Katsu SengokuNishimura & Asahi Japan

Masahiro UenoNishimura & Asahi Japan

Akihiro WaniLinklaters Japan

Mike YoshiiLatham & Watkins Japan

CAPITAL MARKETS

Izumi AkaiSullivan & Cromwell Japan

Kensuke AmbeMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Alan CannonSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Japan

JAPAN / TABLES


Satoshi InouePartner






Andrew CarmichaelLinklaters Japan

Hideki EbataNishimura & Asahi Japan

Peter FrostLinklaters Japan

Tony GrundyMorrison & Foerster Japan

Norifusa HashimotoWhite & Case Japan

Masahisa IkedaShearman & Sterling Japan

Seishi IkedaBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

Miyuki IshiguroNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Toru IshiguroMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Hiroyuki IshizukaNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Nobuhisa IshizukaSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Japan

Masatsura KadotaNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Hiroyoshi KuromaruBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

James LawdenFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Japan

Hidetaka MiharaNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Fuyuo MitomiMorrison & Foerster Japan

Saori NakamuraMorrison & Foerster Japan

Theodore ParadiseDavis Polk & Wardwell Japan

Takahiro SaitoSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Japan

Reiko SakimuraClifford Chance Japan

Kozo SasakiLinklaters Japan

Hironori ShibataAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 20

David SneiderSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Japan

Fumihide SugimotoNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Katsumasa SuzukiMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan


Andrew WindenMorrison & Foerster Japan

Mitsuhiro YasudaNishimura & Asahi Japan

Kaye YoshinoPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Japan

Tong YuPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Japan


Izumi AkaiSullivan & Cromwell Japan

Dale ArakiMorrison & Foerster Japan

Rika BeppuHogan Lovells Japan

Simon BlackAllen & Overy Japan

Alan CannonSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Japan

Takashi EjiriNishimura & Asahi Japan

JAPAN / TABLES


Hironori ShibataPartner



Kenichi FujinawaNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Osamu HirakawaAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 21

Masahisa IkedaShearman & Sterling Japan

Hiroki InoueNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Gaku IshiwataMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Nobuhisa IshizukaSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Japan

Osamu ItoAllen & Overy Japan

Masakazu IwakuraNishimura & Asahi Japan

Mitsuhiro KamiyaSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Japan

Satoshi KawaiMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Masaakira KitazawaAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 21

Hiroshi KondoBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

Shiro Kuniya

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners Japan

Koichi KusanoNishimura & Asahi Japan

Satoko KuwabaraMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Ken LebrunShearman & Sterling Japan

Kenichi MasudaAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 22

Yuto MatsumuraMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

John McClenahanAshurst Japan

Hiroshi MitomaNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Tsutomu MiyanoAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 22

Takeshi NakaoFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Japan

Hideo NorikoshiBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

Atsushi OishiMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Yo OtaNishimura & Asahi Japan

JAPAN / TABLES


Osamu HirakawaPartner



Kenichi MasudaPartner



Masaakira KitazawaPartner



Tsutomu MiyanoPartner



Theodore ParadiseDavis Polk & Wardwell Japan

James RobinsonHerbert Smith Freehills Japan

Ryuji SakaiNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Kenneth SiegelMorrison & Foerster Japan

Gary SmithMorrison & Foerster Japan

David SneiderSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Japan

Brian StrawnWhite & Case Japan

Yuko TamaiNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Hajime TanahashiMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Tatsuya TanigawaNishimura & Asahi Japan

Jun UsamiWhite & Case Japan

Chris VinerNorton Rose Japan

L Mark WeeksOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Japan

Andrew WhanClifford Chance Japan

Hiroya YamazakiLinklaters Japan

Michael YoshiiLatham & Watkins Japan

Kaye Naoko YoshinoPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Japan

Tong YuPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Japan

Stan YukevichMorrison & Foerster Japan

PROJECT FINANCE

Takashi AkahaneAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 23

Joseph BevashLatham & Watkins Japan

Dale CaldwellMorrison & Foerster Japan

Aled DaviesAllen & Overy Japan

Toshio DokeiWhite & Case Japan


Jeremy GibbNorton Rose Japan

Hendrik GordenkerWhite & Case Japan

Michael GraffagnaMorrison & Foerster Japan

Takao HiguchiNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

David LaurenceHerbert Smith Freehills Japan

Hiroshi MaedaNishimura & Asahi Japan

Rebecca MajorHerbert Smith Freehills Japan

Shinichi MatsuiNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Adam MoncrieffAllen & Overy Japan

Miho NiunoyaAtsumi & Sakai Japan

JAPAN / TABLES


Takashi AkahanePartner


Email: [email protected]: www.amt-law.com

Mark PlenderleithFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Japan

Anthony RavenHogan Lovells Japan

Nagahide SatoNishimura & Asahi Japan

Don StokesFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Japan

Chris VinerNorton Rose Japan

James WatsonVinson & Elkins Japan

Michael YoshiiLatham & Watkins Japan

STRUCTURED FINANCE AND SECURITISATION

Hiroo AtsumiAtsumi & Sakai Japan

Andrew CarmichaelLinklaters Japan


Motoyasu FujitaLinklaters Japan

Norifusa HashimotoWhite & Case Japan

Philip HydeHogan Lovells Japan

Satoshi InoieNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Eiichi KandaClifford Chance Japan

Tatsu KatayamaAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 24

Takahiro KobayashiMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Leng-Fong LaiClifford Chance Japan

Toshihiro MaedaNishimura & Asahi Japan

Masaru OnoNishimura & Asahi Japan

Masanori SatoMori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan

Isao ShindoAnderson Mori & Tomotsune JapanSee biography on page 24

Fumihide SugimotoNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan

Ken TakahashiBaker & McKenzie GJBJ Japan

Hajime UenoNishimura & Asahi Japan


Mitsuhiro YasudaNishimura & Asahi Japan

JAPAN / TABLES





Isao ShindoPartner



MACEDONIA / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Biography: Valentin Pepeljugoski has been working as an attorneyat law since 1999 and has represented the biggest foreign anddomestic companies in the field of intellectual property,competition law, energy law and corporate governance. He has beenengaged in many projects in the Republic of Macedonia, such as themerger of the second telecom operator in Macedonia (ONE – amember of Telekom Slovenia Group), the operation of a new powerplant (representing Landesbank Berlin), and the most famouscompetition cases in the country.

Valentin has extended the firm’s business operations in Kosovo, andhas established a regional partner network with the leading lawoffices in the Balkans. He has been chosen as regional coordinatorof one of the most famous beverage companies in the world.

Valentin also practises as a professor and is author or co-author offive university textbooks in the field of intellectual property andcompetition law. In 2012 he was named patent lawyer of the yearby Corporate Intl.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted as a legal representative for Landesbank Berlin regarding

energy projects in Macedonia.

Practice areas:Intellectual property CompetitionIT Law of obligationsEnergy

Sector specialisation: Intellectual property

Languages: English, German, Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian

Bar admissions: Macedonia

Association memberships:International Trademark AssociationInternational Bar AssociationAmerican Bar AssociationEuropean Patent Institute (European Patent Attorney)American Chamber of Commerce

Academic qualifications: Ph.D, LL.M, LL.B, University Ss. Cyriland Methodius Faculty of Law Justinianus Primus

Related articles by this lawyer: Corporate Finance Principlesunder new Macedonian Security Legislation, IFLR1000, 2004

Valentin PepeljugoskiAttorney at law

Law Office PepeljugoskiSkopje

Tel: + 389 23211005Email: [email protected]: www.pepeljugoski.com.mk


Zlatko AntevskiLawyers Antevski Macedonia

Biljana CakmakovaCakmakova Advocates Macedonia

Dragan DameskiDebarliev Dameski & Kelesoska Macedonia

Valerjan MonevskiMonevski Law Firm Macedonia

Valentin PepeljugoskiPepeljugoski MacedoniaSee biography on page 30

Kristijan PolenakPolenak Law Firm Macedonia

Natasha Trpenoska TrenchevskaTrpenoski Macedonia

Milos VuckovicKaranovic & Nikolic Macedonia

MACEDONIA / TABLES


Valentin PepeljugoskiAttorney at law

Law Office PepeljugoskiSkopje

Tel: + 389 23211005Email: [email protected]: www.pepeljugoski.com.mk

MALAYSIA / BANKING AND PROJECT FINANCE


Biography: Angeline Lee Sze Yeen was admitted as an advocate and solicitor ofthe High Court of Malaya in 2002. She was admitted as a bankingand finance partner at Albar & Partners in July 2008. In 2012,Angeline joined the firm of Koh Yew Chong & Partners where sheis a partner and head of the corporate and finance department.

Angeline was recognised as a leading lawyer in the three practiceareas of corporate and commercial, energy and natural resources,and insolvency and restructuring in the worldwide e-poll conductedby Islamic Finance News in its 2012 IFN Leading Lawyers Surveyand also by the IFLR 1000 in both the banking and project financeand capital markets categories for both 2012 and 2013.

She has been ranked as an up and coming lawyer in the field ofbanking and finance by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific and as oneof the recommended lawyers on the Legal 500 (2013) listing.

Recent transactional highlights: • Co-led in a complex RM6.8 billion multi-currency cross-border

Power Project Financing for a 10000MW power plant inTanjung Bin, Johor in favour of Tanjung Bin Energy, asubsidiary of Malakoff Berhad. The deal was awarded AsiaPacific Project Bond of the Year at the Thomson Reuters-ProjectFinance International (PFI) 2012 Awards.

• Co-led in the cross border Islamic commodity murabahah termfinancing-I of $183 million granted in favour of PT TH IndoPlantations. This complex deal won the Asian-MENA CounselDeals of the Year 2011 and Tawaruq Deal of the Year 2011 atthe Islamic Finance News 2012 Deals of the Year Awards.

• Co-led in the multi-billion ringgit Islamic medium-term notesand commercial papers issuance based on ijarah and musyarakahprinciples to finance the nation’s designated water assets owner,which won Malaysia Deal of the Year 2009, Infrastructure Dealof the Year 2009 and Project Finance Deal of the Year 2009 atthe Islamic Finance News 2010 Deals of the Year Awards.

Practice areas:Corporate banking (DCM) Project financeSecuritisation Islamic finance

Sector specialisation: Banking and finance

Languages: English and Bahasa Malaysia (written); English, Malay,Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien (spoken)

Bar admissions: High Court of Malaya (advocate and solicitor)

Association memberships: Bar Council Malaysia

Academic qualifications: LL.B (Hons), University of London

Angeline Lee Sze YeenPartner

Koh Yew Chong & PartnersKuala Lumpur

Tel: +603 6143 2252Email: [email protected]: www.kycpartners.com.my

Biography: Chung Swee Loong has advised on innovative structures such as theRM132 million Musharakah Mutanaqisah financing for Malaysia’sfirst foreign university (named 2009 IFN Musharakah Deal of theYear and IFA Groundbreaker), the Musharakah facility by the StatePension fund in favour of the Malaysian government’s strategicinvestment corporation (The Top Deals of Year 2008 in Asia, AsianCounsel, 2009), and the multi-billion dollar leveraged buy-out andrefinancing exercise of a large Malaysian public listedtelecommunication company (The Top Deals of Year 2007 Asia,Asian Counsel, 2008).

He is described as “… meticulous… a problem solver … in depthknowledge…” in the 2010 edition of the Asia Pacific Legal 500. Heis acknowledged in IFLR 2010: Expert Guide to the World’s LeadingExperts in Islamic Finance, was named a Leading Lawyer in ProjectFinance in 2009, and in M&A in 2012, by Islamic Finance News,and was highly recommended for banking (2008-2010), capitalmarkets (2011 and 2012) and Islamic finance (2012) in the AsialawLeading Lawyers survey.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised the sole principal adviser and lead arranger in the

RM2.45 billion Sukuk Musharakah issuance programme byMaxis.

• Advised the underwriter (Public Bank) in the RM1.6 billionCP issuance programme by SunREIT Capital.

Practice areas:Banking Islamic and project financeCapital markets ReitsPrivatisation

Sector specialisation:Energy InfrastructureHospitality Telecommunications

Languages: English, Malay and Chinese

Bar admissions:New South Wales Supreme Court (Australia), Malaysia

Association memberships: Malaysian Bar

Academic qualifications: B.Ec, LL.B, Sydney University

Chung Swee LoongSenior partner

Albar & PartnersKuala Lumpur

Tel: +603 2078 5588Email: [email protected]: www.albar.com.my

MALAYSIA / BANKING AND PROJECT FINANCE


Clients told IFLR1000 that:“[Lily Tan Chea Li is] technically very strong. [She has] a goodunderstanding of the Malaysian legal system, very pleasant to workwith, very accessible and maintains a good balance between beingcommercial and academic.”

Biography: Lily Tan Chea Li has taken the lead in manyawardwinning projects, including Petronas Chemicals’ $4.2 billionIPO (Best Malaysia Deal, Finance Asia 2011 Awards) and an IslamicMTN & CP multi-billion ringgit issuance to finance Malaysia’sdesignated water assets owner (Malaysia Deal, Infrastructure andProject Finance Deals of the Year 2009, IFN 2010 Awards).

She has been named as a pre-eminent Islamic finance lawyer forproject finance (2009), banking and finance (2010), capital markets(2011) and M&A (2012) in the IFN Leading Lawyers Survey. Lilywas also named as a leading lawyer in banking and project finance,capital markets and corporate/M&A in the 2013 edition ofIFLR1000.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised on the global listing of Felda Global Ventures

Holdings, the largest IPO in Malaysia and Asia and the second-largest IPO in the world at the time.

• Advised on the first concurrent dual listing of the second-largestMalaysian IPO (IHH Healthcare) on KLSE & SGX-ST.

• Advised on the Tanjung Bin Energy RM6.8 billion cross-borderproject financing (Asia Pacific Project Bond of the Year 2012,PFI Awards).

Practice areas:Banking Islamic and project financeCapital markets Mergers and acquisitionsReits IPOs

Sector specialisation:Energy InfrastructureOil and gas Water


Bar admissions: Malaysia


Academic qualifications: B.Ec, LL.B, Monash University

Lily Tan Chea LiSenior partner



MALAYSIA / CAPITAL MARKETS


Clients told IFLR1000 that:“[Lily Tan Chea Li is] technically very strong. [She has] a goodunderstanding of the Malaysian legal system, very pleasant to workwith, very accessible and maintains a good balance between beingcommercial and academic.”

Biography: Lily Tan Chea Li has taken the lead in manyawardwinning projects, including Petronas Chemicals’ $4.2 billionIPO (Best Malaysia Deal, Finance Asia 2011 Awards) and an IslamicMTN & CP multi-billion ringgit issuance to finance Malaysia’sdesignated water assets owner (Malaysia Deal, Infrastructure andProject Finance Deals of the Year 2009, IFN 2010 Awards).

She has been named as a pre-eminent Islamic finance lawyer forproject finance (2009), banking and finance (2010), capital markets(2011) and M&A (2012) in the IFN Leading Lawyers Survey. Lilywas also named as a leading lawyer in banking and project finance,capital markets and corporate/M&A in the 2013 edition ofIFLR1000.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised on the global listing of Felda Global Ventures

Holdings, the largest IPO in Malaysia and Asia and the second-largest IPO in the world at the time.

• Advised on the first concurrent dual listing of the second-largestMalaysian IPO (IHH Healthcare) on KLSE & SGX-ST.

• Advised on the Tanjung Bin Energy RM6.8 billion cross-borderproject financing (Asia Pacific Project Bond of the Year 2012,PFI Awards).

Practice areas:Banking Islamic and project financeCapital markets Mergers and acquisitionsReits IPOs

Sector specialisation:Energy InfrastructureOil and gas Water


Bar admissions: Malaysia


Academic qualifications: B.Ec, LL.B, Monash University




Biography: Angeline Lee Sze Yeen was admitted as an advocate and solicitor ofthe High Court of Malaya in 2002. She was admitted as a bankingand finance partner at Albar & Partners in July 2008. In 2012,Angeline joined the firm of Koh Yew Chong & Partners where sheis a partner and head of the corporate and finance department.

Angeline was recognised as a leading lawyer in the three practiceareas of corporate and commercial, energy and natural resources,and insolvency and restructuring in the worldwide e-poll conductedby Islamic Finance News in its 2012 IFN Leading Lawyers Surveyand also by the IFLR 1000 in both the banking and project financeand capital markets categories for both 2012 and 2013.

She has been ranked as an up and coming lawyer in the field ofbanking and finance by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific and as oneof the recommended lawyers on the Legal 500 (2013) listing.

Recent transactional highlights: • Co-led in a complex RM6.8 billion multi-currency cross-border

Power Project Financing for a 10000MW power plant inTanjung Bin, Johor in favour of Tanjung Bin Energy, asubsidiary of Malakoff Berhad. The deal was awarded AsiaPacific Project Bond of the Year at the Thomson Reuters-ProjectFinance International (PFI) 2012 Awards.

• Co-led in the cross border Islamic commodity murabahah termfinancing-I of $183 million granted in favour of PT TH IndoPlantations. This complex deal won the Asian-MENA CounselDeals of the Year 2011 and Tawaruq Deal of the Year 2011 atthe Islamic Finance News 2012 Deals of the Year Awards.

• Co-led in the multi-billion ringgit Islamic medium-term notesand commercial papers issuance based on ijarah and musyarakahprinciples to finance the nation’s designated water assets owner,which won Malaysia Deal of the Year 2009, Infrastructure Dealof the Year 2009 and Project Finance Deal of the Year 2009 atthe Islamic Finance News 2010 Deals of the Year Awards.

Practice areas:Corporate banking (DCM) Project financeSecuritisation Islamic finance

Sector specialisation: Banking and finance

Languages: English and Bahasa Malaysia (written); English, Malay,Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien (spoken)

Bar admissions: High Court of Malaya (advocate and solicitor)

Association memberships: Bar Council Malaysia

Academic qualifications: LL.B (Hons), University of London




BANKING AND PROJECT FINANCE

Azizul Azmi AdnanWong & Partners Malaysia

Adrian Yong Huang ChairKadir Andri & Partners Malaysia

Adrian CheeAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Theresa ChongSkrine Malaysia

Kiat Ching HohShook Lin & Bok Malaysia

Christina SC KowShearn Delamore & Co Malaysia

Suan Im KungZul Rafique & Partners Malaysia

Angeline Sze Yeen LeeKoh Yew Chong & Partners MalaysiaSee biography on page 32

David LeeZICOlaw Malaysia

Tee Joe LeiShearn Delamore & Co Malaysia

Mark LimWong & Partners Malaysia

Mun Lai LimZul Rafique & Partners Malaysia

Mei Mei LohZul Rafique & Partners Malaysia

Tatt King LooZICOlaw Malaysia

Chung Swee LoongAlbar & Partners MalaysiaSee biography on page 32

Chee Choon LowAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Keng Siong LowAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Mohamed Ismail Mohamed ShariffSkrine Malaysia

Jalalullail OthmanShook Lin & Bok Malaysia

Deepak SadasivanAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Lily Tan Chea LiAlbar & Partners MalaysiaSee biography on page 33

Chee Lin WongSkrine Malaysia

MALAYSIA / TABLES





Chung Swee LoongSenior partner






CAPITAL MARKETS

Azizul Azmi AdnanWong & Partners Malaysia

Munir Abdul AzizWong & Partners Malaysia

Andri Aidham BadriKadir Andri & Partners Malaysia

Adrian CheeAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Annie ChinKadir Andri & Partners Malaysia

Samuel Hong Soo ChoonKadir Andri & Partners Malaysia

Dato' E SreesanthanKadir Andri & Partners Malaysia

Gilbert Gan Boon SeahZICOlaw Malaysia

Angeline Sze Yeen LeeKoh Yew Chong & Partners MalaysiaSee biography on page 34

Tee Joe LeiShearn Delamore & Co Malaysia

Lilian Liew May SimZICOlaw Malaysia

Mark LimWong & Partners Malaysia

Mun Lai LimZul Rafique & Partners Malaysia

Chee Choon LowAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Keng Siong LowAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Mohd Azura NikZICOlaw Malaysia

Jerry Ong Kok WahZul Rafique & Partners Malaysia

Pao Yii PhuaSkrine Malaysia

Deepak SadasivanAdnan Sundra & Low Malaysia

Patricia David SainiShook Lin & Bok Malaysia

Lily Tan Chea LiAlbar & Partners MalaysiaSee biography on page 34

MALAYSIA / TABLES








MALDIVES / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Biography: Mohamed Shahdy Anwar works in private legal practice advisingvarious corporations and entities on a wide variety of corporate andcommercial issues ranging from advising investors on projectfinancing for tourism and infrastructure projects, to advising majorinternational banks and financial institutions on lending forprojects in the Maldives and abroad and also in related litigation.

He played a key role in drafting several key pieces of legislationincluding the Business Profit Tax Act, the GST Act, the CorporateTax Bill, the Income Tax Bill, the Partnership Bill, the CompaniesAct (Amendment) Bill and the Land Law (Amendment) Bill. Healso has extensive drafting experience in preparing structuredfinance and syndicated loan documentation, bidding and awardsdocumentations.

Practice areas:Foreign direct investmentProject financeArbitrationCorporate law

Languages: English and Dhivehi

Bar admissions: Maldives

Association memberships:International Bar AssociationSingapore Institute of ArbitratorsChartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)

Academic qualifications:LL.B (Hons) Law, University of BristolLL.M Corporate and financial services, National University ofSingapore

Mohamed Shahdy AnwarSenior counsel

Suood & Anwar LLPMale’

Tel: +960 301 3201Email: [email protected]: www.suoodanwar.com


Mohamed Shahdy AnwarSuood Anwar & Co MaldivesSee biography on page 37

Mohamed FizanShah Hussain & Co Maldives

Shaaheen HameedPremier Chambers Maldives

Shuaib M ShahShah Hussain & Co Maldives

MALDIVES / TABLES


Mohamed Shahdy AnwarSenior counsel

Suood & Anwar LLPMale’

Tel: +960 301 3201Email: [email protected]: www.suoodanwar.com

MAURITIUS / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Clients told the IFLR1000 that:“the lawyers at the firm are very professional and they know whatclients want. They have expertise on corporate law and litigationmatters and we rely on them on such matters.”

Biography: Gilles Athaw is a director and founding member ofC&A Law, a law firm established in Mauritius, under the LawPractitioner’s Act and registered by the office of the AttorneyGeneral in Mauritius.

Gilles specialises in corporate and commercial law and has advisedfinancial institutions and corporates in various transactions includingcross-border financing, corporate restructuring, setting up ofinvestment funds and listings on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.

He is named as a leading lawyer in IFLR1000 2013 and as a leadinglawyer in his field by Chambers Global – The Clients Guide 2012.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advised on the sale by Actis of its 85% stake in Accra Mall,

Ghana’s largest shopping mall to Sanlam and Atterbury.

• Acted as Mauritius counsel for the financing of the $1.55 billionJurong Aromatics project.

• Advised on the financing of a mining project in Botswana (theBoseto Copper Project) involving investments exceeding $200million.

• Advised on the financing of various telecommunication structuresin the African region involving investments of over $350 million.

• Advised on the introduction of the securities of RockcastleGlobal Real Estate Company for trading on the official marketof the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.

Practice areas: Cross-border transactions Mergers and acquisitionsForeign direct investment Securities

Languages: English and French

Bar admissions: England and Mauritius

Related articles by this lawyer:Mauritius, a secure gateway to Africa, China Business Law Journal,2012

Gilles AthawDirector

C&A LawEbene

Tel: +230 466 0500Email: [email protected]: www.calaw.mu

Clients told IFLR1000: “Rajahbalee understands the technicalaspects of both financial and corporate deals very well and he’s veryknowledgeable about the Mauritius regulations.”

Biography: Iqbal Rajahbalee is the founder of BLC Chambers.Senior Counsel, with more than 25 years of practice in corporate law,banking and finance, he pioneered the Mauritius offshore industryand has gained solid accolades from offshore clients who remark that“he knows this business outstandingly well”. Iqbal has had anexceptional exposure to both public and private sides of the businessenvironment. He was appointed as the first executive director of thefirst Mauritius offshore regulatory authority and subsequently the firstchief executive of the Financial Services Commission. Iqbal alsoserved as assistant solicitor general at the Attorney General‘s Office.He drafted many pieces of legislation, including the Trusts Act andthe Securities Act. He has advised on infrastructure projects,shareholders’ disputes in large conglomerates, on private equity fundsinvesting in Africa and Asia, and on international taxation. He isMauritius legal counsel to General Electric, Barclays Bank andBlackRock, among others, and has appeared as counsel in high profilelitigation involving shareholders to joint ventures, and high net worthfamily businesses. He was also called as expert witness on Mauritiuslaw before foreign courts, including the UK and Singapore courts. Toobservers, Iqbal is a “sensible choice for large corporate transactions.”

Recent transactional highlights: • Instructed as counsel in connection with complex Commercial

Court proceedings instituted by a majority shareholder and directorin a corporation holding a major technology enterprise in India.

• Acted as Mauritius counsel to the transaction adviser on thebiggest infrastructure project in Mauritius, a traffic decongestionprogramme involving the setting up of a ring road around thecapital city and the upgrading and expansion of the nationalhighway road network.

• Assisted in developing the listing rules for exchange traded fundson the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.

Practice areas:Mergers and acquisitions Financial law and regulationInvestment funds International tax and litigation

Sector specialisation:General business CorporateFinance

Languages: English and French

Bar admissions: Mauritius

Association memberships: Honourable Society of the MiddleTemple (Inn of Courts, London) Mauritius Bar Council

Iqbal Rajahbalee, Senior CounselManaging partner

BLC ChambersPort Louis

Tel: +230 2137920Email: [email protected] Web: www.blc.mu


Gilles AthawC&A Law MauritiusSee biography on page 39

Claret BenoitBenoit Chambers Mauritius

Urmila BoolellBanymandhub Boolell Chambers Mauritius

Ivan CollendavellooCollendavelloo Chambers Mauritius

Dev ErriahErriah Chambers Mauritius

Craig FultonConyers Dill & Pearman Mauritius

Marc HeinJurisconsult Chambers Mauritius

Thierry KoenigDe Comarmond & Koenig Mauritius

Malcolm MollerAppleby Mauritius

Hamid MoollanChambers of Sir Hamid Moollan Mauritius

Rishi PursemBenoit Chambers Mauritius

Iqbal RajahbaleeBLC Chambers MauritiusSee biography on page 39

Jean-Eric SauzierBLC Chambers Mauritius

Muhammad UteemUteem Chambers Mauritius

MAURITIUS / TABLES


Gilles AthawDirector

C&A LawEbene

Tel: +230 466 0500Email: [email protected]: www.calaw.mu

Iqbal Rajahbalee, Senior CounselManaging partner

BLC ChambersPort Louis

Tel: +230 2137920Email: [email protected] Web: www.blc.mu

MYANMAR / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Biography: Alessio Polastri is considered one of the most experienced lawyers inMyanmar. He has assisted and is currently assisting privateinvestors, multinationals and local companies in medium and largeinvestments in Myanmar. In addition, he advises foreigngovernments and state-owned enterprises in large infrastructure, oiland gas and mining investments.

Alessio’s ability to provide solutions in a complex legal system ishighly appreciated by his clients which include leading banks,multi-million private equity and hedge funds and large localconglomerates.

Alessio is also a reputable speaker and he is regularly invited tospeak at conferences focused on the legal system and investmentenvironment of Myanmar.

Recent transactional highlights: • Advising a public listed company in the acquisition of land

development rights in Yangon.

• Advising a leading hedge fund in the acquisition of an oil & gasinfrastructure.

• Advising a foreign State-owned enterprise in a world classmining project.

Practice areas:CorporateBanking and financeNatural resourcesProject finance

Sector specialisation:Financial and banking servicesOil and gasMiningInfrastructure

Languages: English and Italian

Academic qualifications:LL.B, University of MilanLL.M, University of Singapore

Alessio PolastriManaging partner

P&A Asia – Legal & Tax AdvisorsYangon

Tel: +95 094 20003004Email: [email protected]: www.paasia.net


James FinchMyanmar Thanlwin Legal Services Myanmar

Daw Khin Cho KyiMyanmar Legal Services Myanmar

U Min SeinP&A Asia Myanmar

Alessio PolastriP&A Asia MyanmarSee biography on page 41

U Than MaungKelvin Chia Yangon Myanmar

MYANMAR / TABLES


Alessio PolastriManaging partner

P&A Asia – Legal & Tax AdvisorsYangon

Tel: +95 094 20003004Email: [email protected]: www.paasia.net

SINGAPORE / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Biography: Nicholas Chong is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson’s corporatepractice group. He is a corporate and capital markets specialist, witha focus on debt capital markets, structured products and real estateinvestments trusts (REITs) – both retail and non-retail, as well asregulatory work. Notable highlights include advising on the firstretail standalone CDO (collateralised debt obligation) in Singapore;the first retail structured note programme in Singapore; the firstretail drawdown under a structured note programme; and the firstcontinuously issued structured note under a retail structure noteprogramme.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore), as

the trustee of CapitaMall Trust (CMT), in relation to the updateby CMT MTN (a CMT subsidiary) of its US$2 billion euro-medium term note programme and the issuance of US$400million 3.731% fixed rate notes due 2018.

• Also acted for HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore),as the trustee of Fortune REIT and purchaser, in relation to theacquisition by Fortune REIT of the HK$1.25 billion BelvedereGarden property and the HK$650 million Provident Centreproperty.

Practice areas:Corporate commercialCapital markets

Sector specialisation:BanksFunds and financial services


Bar admissions:Singapore, Malaysia, England and Wales (Solicitor)

Academic qualifications:LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore

Nicholas ChongPartner

Rodyk & Davidson LLPSingapore

Tel: +65 6885 3616Email: [email protected] Web: www.rodyk.com

Biography: Jacqueline Loke is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson’s corporatepractice group. Her areas of practice include corporate finance andsecurities law, mergers and acquisitions, unit trust and assetmanagement, regulatory matters, and corporate governance. Sheadvises clients on regulatory compliance, particularly on regulationsin the financial industry.

She has advised on the establishment of the scripless trading systemimplemented by the then Stock Exchange of Singapore as well asadvising the Public Utilities Board on the choice andimplementation of the regulatory regime for the establishment ofdistrict cooling systems in Singapore.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acting in the financing aspects for Cockpit International in its

sale of IBIS Novena (by way of share purchase) for S$118million in cash.

• Acted on the corporate aspects of the transaction for MorganStanley in the divestment of the whole of its indirect interest inan investment holding company. The transaction price for thedivestment, which included the sale also of the remainingminority interests, was in the region of S$380 million.

Practice areas:Corporate commercialCorporate financeFundsPrivate equity and venture capital

Sector specialisation:BanksFunds and financial services – regulatory


Bar admissions: Singapore, England and Wales (Barrister)

Association memberships:Member of the Legal Research Sub-committee, Singapore Academyof Law

Academic qualifications: LL.B (Hons), University of Buckingham

Jacqueline LokePartner


Tel: +65 6885 3699Email: [email protected]: www.rodyk.com



Clients told IFLR1000 that:“[Valerie Ong]… knows her stuff,”... She’s very good in her area ofwork... she protects clients’ interests. She’ll go the extra mile for herclient.”

Biography: Valerie Ong is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson’s corporate practicegroup and heads the corporate finance practice.

Valerie specialises in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.In practice for more than 20 years, she has extensive transactionaland cross-border experience. She has advised in various capacities,including as solicitors to the invitation and as legal adviser to theissue managers, placement agents and underwriters, in more than20 listings (including S-chips).

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted as lead partner for German investment fund Commerz

Real Investmentgesellschaft in the sale of a 50% shareholdinginterest in CG-78 Shenton Way Singapore, which owns 78Shenton Way, to (and joint venture with) a property fundmanaged by a Keppel Land unit. The transaction valued 78Shenton Way at S$608 million.

• Acted as lead partner for Mercatus Co-operative in the purchaseof a 50% stake in nex shopping mall from a Pramerica Asiafund, which valued the Serangoon-located shopping mall atS$1.65 billion and was cited in Business Times as possibly thebiggest property investment deal of 2012.

Practice areas:Corporate commercialCorporate financeChina practiceIndonesia practice

Sector specialisation:Financial services and fundsEnergy and infrastructure


Bar admissions: Singapore, England and Wales (Solicitor)

Academic qualifications:LL.M (Distinction), London School of EconomicsLL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore

Valerie OngPartner



Biography: Ramesh heads TKQP’s Dispute Resolution, and Restructuringpractice groups. Ramesh has handled a variety of disputes withparticular emphasis on commercial, banking, land insolvencyrelated disputes. His clients include financial institutions, statutorybodies, government-linked corporations, listed corporations,export-import agencies, insolvency practitioners and high-net worthindividuals and funds.

Recent transactional highlights: • Represented Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering, Labroy

Marine, Drydocks World-Singapore, Drydocks World-SouthEast Asia, Labroy Offshore Engineering, Dubai World in atransnational restructuring scheme.

• Acted for the Aman chain of hotels in a shareholders andbondholders dispute arising from a private equity investment.

Practice area: Litigation and Arbitration

Sector specialisation:Corporate and banking litigationInsolvency litigationLand disputesCommercial Crime Litigation

Languages: English, Tamil and Mandarin

Bar admissions: Singapore

Association memberships:Fellow of the International Insolvency InstituteNew York Member of INSOL International, LondonDirector of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore

Academic qualifications: Bachelor of Law

Related articles by this lawyer:Getting the Deal Through – Restructuring and Insolvency in 51jurisdictions worldwide, Singapore Chapter, 2010

Doing Business – Closing a Business Survey, Singapore Chapter,World Bank, 2009-2011

Kannan RameshManaging Partner, Senior Counsel

Tan Kok Quan PartnershipSingapore

Tel: +65 6496 9508 Email: [email protected]: www.tkqp.com.sg



Clients told IFLR1000 that:“[Doreen Sim] is… especially respect [ed]… [by her “peers”] because ofher frequent appearances across the table.”

Biography: Doreen Sim is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson’s financepractice group. She specialises in general banking, finance andsecurity transactions. She advises on a wide range of loan and otherdebt-related transactions (local and cross-border) including club andsyndicated loans, project finance, acquisition and asset-financing,loans with embedded debt-instrument or share conversationoptions, security sharing and inter-creditor arrangements.

Doreen also advises on bankruptcy and insolvency laws and handlesstandstill and re-structuring agreements. She has given talks andwritten articles on banking and banking-related issues.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for UOB in the grant of a refinancing loan facility of

approximately S$250 million, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of aGerman fund, secured against 78 Shenton Way.

• Acted for OCBC in the grant of credit facilities of up to S$150million to a company in the Far East Organisation stable torefinance its acquisition and development costs of, amongothers, a hotel at Novena, and for its working capital purposes.

Practice areas:Corporate bankingEnterprise bankingPrivate bankingProject financeReal estate financeTrade and commodity finance

Sector specialisation:BanksFundsFinancial services


Bar admissions: Singapore, England and Wales (Barrister)

Academic qualifications:B.A. Hons (Law), Girton College, University of Cambridge

Doreen SimPartner




Patrick AngRajah & Tann Singapore

Elaine BehColin Ng & Partners Singapore

Adrian ChanLee & Lee Singapore

Andrew ChanAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Alvin ChiaWongPartnership Singapore

Kim Huat ChiaRajah & Tann Singapore

Margaret ChinAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Li-Ling Ch'ngRHTLaw Taylor Wessing Singapore

David ChongShook Lin & Bok Singapore

Nicholas ChongRodyk & Davidson SingaporeSee biography on page 43

Rachel EngWongPartnership Singapore

Sandy FooDrew & Napier Singapore

Sarjit Singh GillShook Lin & Bok Singapore

Kian Hwee GohRajah & Tann Singapore

Mark HudspethAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Bill JamiesonColin Ng & Partners Singapore

Jerry KohAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Chee Wai KokAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Susan KongStamford Law Singapore

Ashok KumarTSMP Law Corporation Singapore

Valerie KwokDrew & Napier Singapore

Eng Beng LeeRajah & Tann Singapore

Suet-Fern LeeStamford Law Singapore

Andrew LimAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Jacqueline LokeRodyk & Davidson SingaporeSee biography on page 43

Sushil NairDrew & Napier Singapore

Joo Khin NgStamford Law Singapore

Wai King NgWongPartnership Singapore

Valerie OngRodyk & Davidson SingaporeSee biography on page 44

SINGAPORE / TABLES


Nicholas ChongPartner


Tel: +65 6885 3616Email: [email protected] Web: www.rodyk.com

Jacqueline LokePartner



Valerie OngPartner



Eugene OoiAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Gary PrykeDrew & Napier Singapore

Kannan RameshTan Kok Quan Partnership SingaporeSee biography on page 44

Manoj SandrasegaraWongPartnership Singapore

Doreen SimRodyk & Davidson SingaporeSee biography on page 45

Boon Ann SinDrew & Napier Singapore

Chong Huat TanRHTLaw Taylor Wessing Singapore

Chuan Thye TanStamford Law Singapore

Min-Li TanColin Ng & Partners Singapore

Tze Gay TanAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Kiang Kok TeoShook Lin & Bok Singapore

Stefanie Yuen ThioTSMP Law Corporation Singapore

Gang WongShook Lin & Bok Singapore

Lawrence WongRHTLaw Taylor Wessing Singapore

Lucien WongAllen & Gledhill Singapore

Susan WongWongPartnership Singapore

Wai Ming YapStamford Law Singapore

Alvin YeoWongPartnership Singapore

Wee Kiong YeoDrew & Napier Singapore

SINGAPORE / TABLES


Kannan RameshManaging Partner, Senior Counsel

Tan Kok Quan PartnershipSingapore

Tel: +65 6496 9508 Email: [email protected]: www.tkqp.com.sg

Doreen SimPartner



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Biography: As a partner in the capital markets practice group since February2000, Wonsik Choo has developed a highly respected practice insecurities and capital markets, and has been extensively engaged inadvising clients in cases (including a number of high-profiletransactions) relating to equity issuances, initial public offerings,M&A financing and a full range of compliance issues pertaining toKorean securities regulations. His practice has also entailedsubstantial work as a legal adviser in connection with private equityfund activities, equity-linked securities and various other capitalmarkets transactions.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for Korea Life Insurance, Tong Yang Life Insurance and

Mando on their IPOs.

Practice areas: Capital markets

Sector specialisation: IPOsEquity issuance

Languages: Korean and English

Bar admissions: South Korea

Association memberships:Korean BarSeoul Bar

Academic qualifications:LL.M, The George Washington UniversityB.A., Seoul National University

Related articles by this lawyer:Listing Foreign Companies on the Korea Exchange, Asialaw, 2007

Wonsik ChooPartner

Lee & KoSeoul

Tel: +82 2 772 4393Email: [email protected]: www.leeko.com

BANKING AND FINANCE

Yong Seok AhnLee & Ko South Korea

Christopher Joon Tae ChoYulchon South Korea

Won Sik ChooLee & Ko South KoreaSee biography on page 49

Eui Jong ChungBae Kim & Lee South Korea

Kye Sung ChungKim & Chang South Korea

Bong Hee HanYulchon South Korea

Ri Bong HanBae Kim & Lee South Korea

Won Kyu HanLee & Ko South Korea

Young-Hee JoShin & Kim South Korea

Kyung Taek JungKim & Chang South Korea

Seong KangJipyong & Jisung South Korea

Doo-Sik KimShin & Kim South Korea

John KimYulchon South Korea

Sang Man KimShin & Kim South Korea

Chang Hyeon KoKim & Chang South Korea

Haeng Gyu LeeJipyong & Jisung South Korea

Kyu Wha LeeLee & Ko South Korea

Soong-Hee LeeYoon & Yang South Korea

Hyun Joo OhLee & Ko South Korea

Keum Seok OhBae Kim & Lee South Korea

Jong Koo ParkKim & Chang South Korea

Soo Man ParkKim & Chang South Korea

Dong Woo SeoBae Kim & Lee South Korea

Hee Gang ShinBae Kim & Lee South Korea

Woong-Soon SongShin & Kim South Korea

Young Chul YimShin & Kim South Korea

Hee Woong YoonYulchon South Korea

Hoil YoonYoon & Yang South Korea

Sai Ree YunYulchon South Korea

Seong Un YunBae Kim & Lee South Korea

SOUTH KOREA / TABLES


Wonsik ChooPartner

Lee & KoSeoul

Tel: +82 2 772 4393Email: [email protected]: www.leeko.com

TANZANIA / FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE


Biography: Deusdedith Mayomba Duncan heads the corporate,banking and transaction portfolio at FK Law Chambers. He hasrepresented a number of multinational companies seeking to directlyinvest in Tanzania and seeking to form a joint-venture partnershipwith Tanzanian companies, and has represented a number ofcompanies in their financing and M&A transactions. He has alsoassisted a number of foreign investors in negotiating concessions andother development agreements with the relevant authorities of thegovernment of Tanzania. He is qualified as an advocate of the HighCourt of Tanzania, a notary public and a commissioner for oaths.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for Standard Chartered Bank Mauritius in its $75

million financing to a local telecom company.

• Won various mandates for representing Vodacom Tanzania (asubsidiary of Vodaphone), NBC Bank (now part of BarclaysBank), and Stanbic Bank (trading as Standard Bank in SouthAfrica), in a number of varied legal assignments.

• Acted for a group of French and Belgian investors in establishing acassava plantation and cassava starch production plant in Tanzania.This is a start up project in which Deusdedith was involved from itsinception, setting up, financing, obtaining relevant governmentapprovals and consents through its current stage of land acquisition.

Practice areas:Corporate BankingTransactions

Sector specialisation:Banking AgricultureEnergy MiningTelecoms

Languages: English and Swahili

Bar admission: Tanzania

Association memberships:Tanganyika Law SocietyEast African SocietySADC Law Association

Academic qualifications:Bachelor of laws (Hons), University of Dar es Salaam, 1996

Deusdedith Mayomba DuncanSenior Partner

FK Law ChambersDar es Salaam

Tel: +255 22 2122 029 / 031 / 032Email: [email protected]: www.fklawchambers.net


Fayaz BhojaniFB Law Chambers Tanzania

Deusdedith Mayomba DuncanFK Law Chambers TanzaniaSee biography on page 51

Christopher GiattasRex Attorneys Tanzania

Protase IshengomaIshengoma Karume Masha & Magai Advocates (IMMMA)

Tanzania

Wilbert KapingaMkono & Co - SNR Denton Tanzania

Peter KasandaClyde & Co Tanzania – Ako Law Tanzania

Sadock MagaiIshengoma Karume Masha & Magai Advocates (IMMMA)

Tanzania

Nimrod MkonoMkono & Co - SNR Denton Tanzania

Stella NdikimiEast African Law Chambers (EALC) Tanzania

Charles RwechunguraCRB Africa Legal Tanzania

Eve Hawa SinareRex Attorneys Tanzania

Mustafa TharooAdept Chambers Tanzania

TANZANIA / TABLES


Deusdedith Mayomba DuncanSenior Partner

FK Law ChambersDar es Salaam

Tel: +255 22 2122 029 / 031 / 032Email: [email protected]: www.fklawchambers.net

THAILAND / BANKING AND FINANCE


Clients told IFLR1000:“While we have been pleased with the performance of all C&T lawyerswho have worked on our matters, we have been most pleased with theservices of Ratana Poonsombudlert.”

“Ratana’s strengths and qualities include, among others, her in-depthknowledge of the law, her wise counsel on matters of business strategyand negotiation, her accessibility and prompt responses to [our] requestsfor service and her top-notch support team.”

Biography: Ratana Poonsombudlert joined C&T in 1988. Beforejoining C&T, she worked with Phatra Thanakit and SeagateTechnology (Thailand). Ratana specialises in oil and gas andmining, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and project financing,acting for both owners and lenders.

Her clients include Kingsgate (Akara Mining/Gold Mine), TransThai-Malaysia, JDA Gas Pipeline Operator, Petroliam NasionalBerhad (PETRONAS), Seagate Technology, IBM, Lenovo, GeneralMotors, Hutchinson Group, Hitachi Storage, Solvay, KrisEnergy,Pearl Oil (Mubadala) Group, Harrods (Gallant) Energy, Lawson,and Samsung Construction.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for PETRONAS/Project Orchid II on the divestment of

Petronas retail of more than 150 stations to Susco Oil.• Acted for Lawson/Project Rainbow on the acquisition of more

than 150 convenience stores from Sahapathanapibul Group.

Practice areas: Corporate/M&A

Sector specialisation: Corporate and Energy laws

Languages: Thai and English

Bar admissions: Thailand

Association memberships:Thai Bar Association (extraordinary member)International Bar Association (Energy Law Section)Association of International Petroleum Negotiators

Academic qualifications:LL.B (Hons), Chulalongkorn UniversityInstitution of Thai Bar AssociationM.A. International trade, Eastern Michigan UniversityProgram of instruction for lawyers, Harvard Law SchoolSummer school in Legal aspects of international finance, OxfordUniversity, CPMLP, Dundee University

Ratana PoonsombudlertPartner

Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices LtdBangkok

Tel: + 662 266 6485Email: [email protected]: www.ctlo.com

Clients told IFLR1000 that:“One of the best lawyers in Thai banking.”

“He is very flexible, careful, and service-minded.”

Biography: Jessada Sawatdipong joined C&T in 1988. He hasexperience in representing syndicated lenders for project financingin large power projects in Thailand and in Laos PDR such asXayaburi Power, Hongsa Power, Nam Ngum 2, Nam Theun 2,Ratchaburi Power, BLCP Power, Eastern Power, Tri Energy,Independent Power (Thailand), Siam Power Generation, A.T.Biopower, First Korat Wind and K.R. Two.

Jessada has also represented syndicated lenders for financing in largeinfrastructure projects in Thailand such as Thai Tap Water Supply,Pathum Thani Water, Don Muang Tollway, Purple Line construction,Sector B+ expressway construction and in refinery and petrochemicalprojects such as PTT Aromatics and Refining, Thai Paraxylene, TuntexPetrochemicals (Thailand), Bangkok Synthetic, Indorama Petrochem,Thaioil and Bangchak Petroleum. Other areas in which he hasrepresented syndicated lenders include the financing of Thai ColdRolled Steel Sheet, BRP Steel and Maxxis International (Thailand).

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted in the project financing of Xayaburi Power, the first

hydroelectric power project on the lower Mekong river in LaoPDR.

• Acted in the project financing of First Korat Wind and K.R.Two, the first two wind power projects in Thailand.

Practice areas:Banking Project finance

Sector specialisation: Power and infrastructure



Association memberships:Thai Bar AssociationAsia Pacific Lawyers AssociationInternational Bar Association

Academic qualifications:LL.B, Chulalongkorn UniversityLL.M, University of MiamiProgram of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School

Jessada SawatdipongPartner



THAILAND / CAPITAL MARKETS & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS


Clients told IFLR1000:“While we have been pleased with the performance of all C&T lawyerswho have worked on our matters, we have been most pleased with theservices of Ratana Poonsombudlert.”

“Ratana’s strengths and qualities include, among others, her in-depthknowledge of the law, her wise counsel on matters of business strategyand negotiation, her accessibility and prompt responses to [our] requestsfor service and her top-notch support team.”

Biography: Ratana Poonsombudlert joined C&T in 1988. Beforejoining C&T, she worked with Phatra Thanakit and SeagateTechnology (Thailand). Ratana specialises in oil and gas andmining, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and project financing,acting for both owners and lenders.

Her clients include Kingsgate (Akara Mining/Gold Mine), TransThai-Malaysia, JDA Gas Pipeline Operator, Petroliam NasionalBerhad (PETRONAS), Seagate Technology, IBM, Lenovo, GeneralMotors, Hutchinson Group, Hitachi Storage, Solvay, KrisEnergy,Pearl Oil (Mubadala) Group, Harrods (Gallant) Energy, Lawson,and Samsung Construction.

Recent transactional highlights: • Acted for PETRONAS/Project Orchid II on the divestment of

Petronas retail of more than 150 stations to Susco Oil.• Acted for Lawson/Project Rainbow on the acquisition of more

than 150 convenience stores from Sahapathanapibul Group.

Practice areas: Corporate/M&A

Sector specialisation: Corporate and Energy laws



Association memberships:Thai Bar Association (extraordinary member)International Bar Association (Energy Law Section)Association of International Petroleum Negotiators

Academic qualifications:LL.B (Hons), Chulalongkorn UniversityInstitution of Thai Bar AssociationM.A. International trade, Eastern Michigan UniversityProgram of instruction for lawyers, Harvard Law SchoolSummer school in Legal aspects of international finance, OxfordUniversity, CPMLP, Dundee University




Biography: Kowit Somwaiya has 30 years’ experience. Before foundingLawPlus in 2003, he was the managing partner of the Bangkok officeof a leading UK law firm. His accolades include: Leading lawyer forbanking and finance transactions, Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2003-2012;Leading lawyer for banking, general corporate practice, corporategovernance, restructuring and insolvency, Asialaw Leading Lawyers,2005; Highly recommended for corporate/M&A, PLC Cross-borderMergers and Acquisitions Handbook, 2006, 2008 and 2009; “Notableexpertise on banking, intellectual property, M&A, restructuring,insolvency and bankruptcy”, Asialaw Profiles, 2006 and 2007.

Recent transactional highlights: • Represented Bayerische Landesbank in a claim for THB180

million from the insolvency of a finance company.

• Advised JP Morgan Chase on time deposit and client moneyregulations.

• Advised Hong Leong Investment Bank on Islamic sukuk financeof RM343 million with a corporate guarantee and share pledgesas security.

• Represented Chevron Corporation in an ESOP filing with theThailand SEC.

Practice areas:Banking and securities Corporate and FDIMergers and acquisitions IP, IT and litigation

Sector specialisation:Automobiles Banking and financeFood and beverages IT and telecomsPharmaceuticals Real property

Languages: English and Thai


Association memberships:IPAT ASEAN IPAAPAA INTA IBA

Academic qualifications:B.A. (English), Ubon Rajabhat UniversityLL.B, Thammasat UniversityLL.M, University of IllinoisCertificate of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School

Kowit SomwaiyaManaging partner

LawPlus Ltd.Bangkok

Tel: +66 2636 0662Email: [email protected]: www.lawplusltd.com

BANKING AND FINANCE

Suparerk AuychaiAllen & Overy Thailand

Peangpanor BoonklumWeerawong C&P Thailand

James BradleyHunton & Williams Thailand

Thinawat BukhamanaBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Montien BunjarnondhaLS Horizon Thailand

Albert ChandlerChandler & Thong-ek Thailand

Chinnavat ChinsangaramWeerawong C&P Thailand

Weerawong ChittmittrapapWeerawong C&P Thailand

Pichitpon EammongkolchaiLinklaters Thailand

Fergus EvansClifford Chance Thailand

Nopadol IntralibThe Legists Thailand

Stephen JaggsAllen & Overy Thailand

Chaipat KamchadduskornLS Horizon Thailand

Somboon KitiyansubNorton Rose Thailand

Edward KoehlerHunton & Williams Thailand

Kulachet NanakornWeerawong C&P Thailand

Wilailuk OkanurakLinklaters Thailand

Wynn PakdeejitBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Pakdee PaknaraWeerawong C&P Thailand

Ratana PoonsombudlertChandler & Thong-ek ThailandSee biography on page 53

Jessada SawatdipongChandler & Thong-ek ThailandSee biography on page 53

Sawanee SethsathiraBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Kowit SomwaiyaLaw Plus Thailand

Joseph TisuthiwongseClifford Chance Thailand

Kitipong UrapeepatanapongBaker & McKenzie Thailand

THAILAND / TABLES





Jessada SawatdipongPartner



CAPITAL MARKETS & MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Suparerk AuychaiAllen & Overy Thailand

Stephen BennettHunton & Williams Thailand

Peangpanor BoonklumWeerawong C&P Thailand

Sorachon BoonsongBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Chinnavat ChinsangaramWeerawong C&P Thailand

Weerawong ChittmittrapapWeerawong C&P Thailand

Tim DobsonDLA Piper Thailand

Pichitpon EammongkolchaiLinklaters Thailand

Stephen JaggsAllen & Overy Thailand

Komkrit KietduriyakulBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Somboon KitiyansubNorton Rose Thailand

Sawanan LimparangsriLS Horizon Thailand

Simon MakinsonAllen & Overy Thailand

Andrew MatthewsClifford Chance Thailand

Wilailuk OkanurakLinklaters Thailand

Arkrapol PichedvanichokAllen & Overy Thailand

Thanathip PichedvanichokThanathip & Partners Thailand

Viroj PiyawattanamethaBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Ratana PoonsombudlertChandler & Thong-ek ThailandSee biography on page 54

Doungporn PrasertsomsukClifford Chance Thailand

Piyanuj RatprasatpornTilleke & Gibbins Thailand

Kowit SomwaiyaLawPlus ThailandSee biography on page 54

Chanvitaya SuvarnapunyaDLA Piper Thailand

Chatri TrakulmanenateWeerawong C&P Thailand

Kitipong UrapeepatanapongBaker & McKenzie Thailand

Manida ZinmermanHunton & Williams Thailand

THAILAND / TABLES





Kowit SomwaiyaManaging partner

LawPlus Ltd.Bangkok

Tel: +66 2636 0662Email: [email protected]: www.lawplusltd.com

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