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Some of our Notable
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- Acted for the Republic of Philippines and the Philippine National Bank in an interpleader action instituted in the High Court of Singapore. The subject matter of the interpleader was the sum of approximately USD$25 million allegedly embezzled by the former President of the Republic of Philippines, Ferdinand E. Marcos, during his reign. One of the issues here was whether the Republic of Philippines could assert state immunity in respect of the funds.
- Advising Schroeder Venture Asia Pacific Fund in respect of a dispute relating to their investments in Aman Resorts.
- Advised and drafted project documents (construction contracts, consultants’ agreements, supply contracts, bonds, insurances, warranties and other ancillary contracts) for the very first Integrated Resort at Marina Bay, Singapore.
- Advised Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd on various contractual aspects of the design and construction of the Singapore Flyer, the very first and iconic architecture of Singapore and likely the largest giant observation wheel in the world.
- Advised Singapore Health Partners on the construction of the first mediplex, comprising a hospital, hotel and medical centre in Singapore.
- Reviewed and advised on the building contracts and collateral documentation for the development of the multi-billion dollar Marina Bay Financial Centre Project in the new downtown commercial and residential area of the Marina Boulevard area in Singapore.
- Reviewed, advised and amended various construction contracts, incorporating a guaranteed maximum price mechanism for the multi-million One Marina Boulevard development in Singapore.
- Advised on the letter of acceptance, conditions of contract, performance bond and other ancillary documents in respect of the Singapore Formula1 Race Pit Building Project, for the world’s first Formula 1 night race.
- Acted for Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corporation in a loan facility of SGD1,104,040,000 and SGD1,104,040,000 senior floating rate notes due 25 August 2008 in relation to the re-financing of the FIRST Integrated Resort at Marina Bay, Singapore.
- Acted for Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd in the credit facility of SGD5.25 billion to finance the construction of the Integrated Resort at Marina Bay, Singapore.
- Acted for Galleria Resources Limited in a mandatory unconditional cash offer to acquire all the issued shares of Vantage Corporation Ltd which was subsequently delisted from the Singapore Stock Exchange.
- Advised ST Aerospace, an aerospace arm of ST Engineering, a leading airframe MRO provider, in its USD78 million joint venture with Xiamen Aviation Industry Company Ltd to provide aviation-related technology and engineering solutions in Xiamen, PRC.
- Acted as Singapore counsel in the acquisition of PSL Energy Services Limited and its subsidiaries, a process and pipeline company, by Halliburton Manufacturing & Services Limited, a leading provider of technology and reservoir-specific expertise in the well-site services industry for a consideration of USD256 million.
- Acted as solicitors to Omega Capital Limited and SBI E2-Capital Limited in the initial public offering of CMZ Holdings Limited on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
- Acted for Acertec Engineering Ltd, a public listed company on the London Stock Exchange, in the SGD48 million divestment of its entire shareholdings in BRC Asia Limited to HG Metal Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Singapore-listed HG Metal Manufacturing Ltd.
- Acted for Globefin Assets Managements, an independent asset management firm specialising in alternative investments with offices in London, New York and Singapore, in relation to the establishment of the Cannonball Art Fund which presented, for the FIRST time ever in Asia, the exclusive collection of Andy Warhol’s masterpieces. Globefin Assets Management has USD600 million of assets under its management.
- Acted for Greatronic Limited, a Catalist listed company in the SGD80 million reverse takeover of the entire issued and paid up capital of privately owned engineering services and industrial solutions specialist in the oil and gas industry, SWTS Pte Ltd (formerly known as Siemens Westinghouse Technical Services) which will allow Greatronic to expand regionally into this market.
- Acted for First Serve Toonz Pte Ltd, a joint venture between First Serve International and Toonz Animation India Pvt Limited, in the financing of its USD10 million production of the television animation series entitled "Wolverine" for Marvel Characters Inc. Toonz Animation India Pvt Limited is a major provider of animation to top US and European producers and is one of the top 10 multi-media studios in the world.
- Acted for Ochre Pictures Pte Ltd, one of the top local production companies, on the legal aspects of the production of “Leap Years”, a Raintree production.
- Acted for TBWA Singapore Pte Ltd in its negotiations on the Master Agency Services Agreement with Singapore Airlines Limited. TBWA Singapore Pte Ltd, one of the top advertising agencies in the world, is only the second advertising agency to be appointed by Singapore Airlines Limited in its history.
- Acted for Marriot International Inc. in relation to the development and management of The Ritz-Carlton Residences Singapore Cairnhill, a 58-unit luxury residential condominium including advice on licensing, real estate and regulatory issues.
- Advised Hang Huo Enterprise Group Limited, the first foreign company from Macau, and its subsidiary Hang Huo Management (S) Pte Ltd in their investment in and on a loan facility with DBS Bank in relation to the purchase, development and construction of a Singapore boutique Hotel Link hotel at Tiong Bahru Road, an innovative conversion of two blocks of Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) flats into a new hotel.
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