Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has represented AP Renewables, a unit of Philippine energy company Aboitiz Power, in the issuance of a landmark climate bond worth P10.7 billion ($225 million) for the Tiwi-MakBan geothermal power facilities.

Shearman & Sterling has represented advised French utility conglomerate Engie Global Developments and International Power (Impala) on the sale of their 35.5 percent stake in Indonesia’s Paiton coal-fired power plant to Qatar-based infrastructure investment firm Nebras Power, which turned to Clifford Chance for counsel.

Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Zaid Ibrahim & Co has welcomed Dato’ Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin as a senior litigation partner at the firm from Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak.

Paul Hastings has advised Profit Plus Global in a $1.3 billion (HK$10 billion) deal to buy all shares in SEA Holdings (BVI), which indirectly owns Dah Sing Financial Center, a Grade A commercial building located in Hong Kong’s Wanchai district.

Proskauer Rose has recruited corporate finance expert Joshua Zimmerman as partner at its Hong Kong office. Previously with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, he is expected to head Proskauer’s capital markets practice in Asia.

Shearman & Sterling has represented Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) on a 15-year omnibus loan and security agreement worth P24 billion (around $505.6 million) for the development of its Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT1) Cavite Extension project.

Two major alternative legal-services firms, Asia Pacific-focused AdventBalance and London-headquartered Lawyers On Demand (LOD), are set to combine forces in the first-ever cross-continent merger of its kind

Latham & Watkins has shored up its corporate and finance practice in Asia with the hire of Simon Cooke, Gary Hamp and Amy Beckingham as partners at the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Singapore-based boutique firm Collyer Law is making a play for entrepreneurs and startups with the launch of a legal product and service called First Contract and First Counsel, respectively.

Sullivan & Cromwell has advised Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) in its $1 billion purchase of an additional 13 percent stake in its Morenci unincorporated joint venture with U.S. natural resources firm Freeport-McMoRan