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Jones Day advises Temasek, RRJ on $468 mln U.S. LNG investment

BY Ranajit Dam |

Jones Day has advised Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and Asia-based private equity firm RRJ Capital on their agreement to invest $468 million in Cheniere Energy to help the U.S. energy firm fund the country's first liquefied natural gas export plant.
Former Amarchand associate returns as partner

BY Ranajit Dam |

Pranav Sharma, who spent four years with Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A. Shroff and Co near the start of his career, has returned as a banking and finance and insolvency partner at the firm’s New Delhi office after spending six years with Linklaters in London.
EXCLUSIVE: Albar, Cleary advising Felda Global on IPO

BY Ranajit Dam |

Albar & Partners and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising Malaysian palm oil firm Felda Global Ventures Holding (FGVH) on what is expected to be the world's second-largest IPO this year after Facebook, according to a prospectus exposure published on the Securities Commission website.
Telkom's Pacnet bid could herald SEA telco M&A wave

BY Ranajit Dam, Reuters |

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), the nation's biggest telecom firm, has submitted a bid to buy Asia's leading undersea cable operator Pacnet, in a deal that could be the start of a wave of outbound M&As by Southeast Asian telecom companies.
Amarchand names 13 new partners in promotion spree

BY Ranajit Dam |

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co has promoted 13 new partners across three Indian cities and a variety of practice areas as part of its “Version 3” strategy of becoming a 1000-lawyer firm by 2017.
EXCLUSIVE: Shook Lin names new India co-head

BY Ranajit Dam |

Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok has named corporate lawyer Azmul Haque as co-head of its India practice, as it moves to cater to growing demand for legal services related to the latter country.
Dutch firm De Brauw to open in SG

BY Ranajit Dam |

Top-tier Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is set to open soon in Singapore, which will be its fifth overseas outpost and second in Asia after Beijing.
Sidley acts on landmark Philippine IPO

BY Ranajit Dam |

Sidley Austin has acted on the $500 million initial public offering of GT Capital Holdings, the Philippines’ first this year and second-biggest ever.
Amarchand opens in Ahmedabad

BY Ranajit Dam |

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. has opened an office in Ahmedabad, the Indian firm’s sixth office in the country, which will be manned by partners Pankaj Agarwal and Tejas Karia, apart from five other lawyers.
Stephenson Harwood acts on Lion Air Ex-Im bond

BY Ranajit Dam |

Stephenson Harwood has acted for Indonesia’s largest airline Lion Air on the issuance of a $138 million guaranteed by the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the first such bond in Southeast Asia, as well as the first to dip under a 2 percent interest rate.