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Singapore

S$200 million placement undertaken by Keppel Infrastructure Trust

Acted for DBS Bank Ltd. (“DBS”), The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch (“HSBC”), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“OCBC”), RHB Bank Berhad (“RHB”) and United Overseas Bank Limited (“UOB”) in relation to an approximately S$200 million placement undertaken by Keppel Infrastructure Trust.

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Issuance of S$250 million 4.1% green notes under S$2 billion multicurrency debt issuance programme

Acted for OUE REIT Treasury Pte. Ltd. and DBS Trustee Limited, the trustee of OUE Real Estate Investment Trust, in the issuance of S$250 million 4.1% green notes due 2027, under the S$2 billion multicurrency debt issuance programme. Partners Lee Xin Mei, Eugene Lee and Enoch Long led the transaction.

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Enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements against former executives

Advising and acting for Willis Towers Watson Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd, the Singapore arm of the global advisory broking and solutions company, in enforcing non-competition and non-solicitation restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements against former directors and senior level employees moving to competitor companies in Singapore.

Enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements against former executives Read More »

Successfully advised Fullerton Healthcare Group on a complex workplace investigation involving alleged corruption and falsification of documents to defraud the company

Successfully advised Fullerton Healthcare Group, valued at S$1.5 billion in end 2022, on a complex workplace investigation against senior management, directors and founders of the company after the company received a whistle-blower alert.

Successfully advised Fullerton Healthcare Group on a complex workplace investigation involving alleged corruption and falsification of documents to defraud the company Read More »

Acting for the world’s third largest container shipping company in defending claims and advancing recourse action arising out of a fire on board a large container carrier that affected over 1,200 containerloads

Acting for the third largest container transportation and shipping company in the world in defending claims and advancing recourse action

Acting for the world’s third largest container shipping company in defending claims and advancing recourse action arising out of a fire on board a large container carrier that affected over 1,200 containerloads Read More »

Successfully assisted individual and related Singapore-based and Myanmar-based entities, all of whom are involved in the trading of hydrocarbon products, in negotiating a highly complex global settlement involving 17 parties and across 11 disputes

Acting for an individual and related Singapore-based and Myanmar-based entities, all of whom are involved in the trading of hydrocarbon

Successfully assisted individual and related Singapore-based and Myanmar-based entities, all of whom are involved in the trading of hydrocarbon products, in negotiating a highly complex global settlement involving 17 parties and across 11 disputes Read More »

Protection of a newly invented, first-of-its-kind AI-driven illegal gambling website detecting system for Singapore Pools, and other advisory work

Advised Singapore Pools (Private) Limited on the IP protection of a new invention in the form of an artificial intelligence driven system for the detection of illegal gambling websites

Protection of a newly invented, first-of-its-kind AI-driven illegal gambling website detecting system for Singapore Pools, and other advisory work Read More »

Launch of Ant Financial Group’s blockchain-backed smart contract platform for cross-border trade by SMEs

Assisted Ant Group, China’s largest digital payments provider by volume, in launching a blockchain-backed smart contract platform for cross-border trade by small and medium enterprises, helping them and banks to speed up the secure processing and settlement of orders. Benjamin Cheong led the transaction.

Launch of Ant Financial Group’s blockchain-backed smart contract platform for cross-border trade by SMEs Read More »

US$3.8 billion Singapore-seated treaty arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules relating to Vedanta’s claims against the Republic of India under the United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty

Represented Vedanta in two matters relating to a Singapore-seated treaty arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules arising from its claims, which

US$3.8 billion Singapore-seated treaty arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules relating to Vedanta’s claims against the Republic of India under the United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty Read More »

Advising an IT solutions provider to investigate into potential sham/ fictious vendor and supplier contracts relating to provision of software and hardware, as well as, to strategise legal proceedings for recovery of assets

Advising an IT solutions provider to investigate into potential sham/ fictious vendor and supplier contracts relating to provision of software and hardware, as well as, to strategise legal proceedings for recovery of assets

Advising an IT solutions provider to investigate into potential sham/ fictious vendor and supplier contracts relating to provision of software and hardware, as well as, to strategise legal proceedings for recovery of assets Read More »

Acting as lead Counsel for CSZ Shipping Co Limited and CSSC Energy Pte Ltd in proceedings in the Malaysian Admiralty Court, relating to charges including conspiracy to defraud, breach of duty of care, conversion, and bailment of a cargo of crude oil.

Acting as lead Counsel for CSZ Shipping Co Limited and CSSC Energy Pte Ltd in proceedings brought against the clients

Acting as lead Counsel for CSZ Shipping Co Limited and CSSC Energy Pte Ltd in proceedings in the Malaysian Admiralty Court, relating to charges including conspiracy to defraud, breach of duty of care, conversion, and bailment of a cargo of crude oil. Read More »

Singapore’s 1st acquisition of a target company by a SPAC transaction – 17LIVE’s approximately S$923 million business combination with Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd, and the listing of the resulting issuer 17LIVE Group Limited on the Singapore Exchange.

Advised 17LIVE in respect of (a) its business combination with Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd (“VTAC“), which valued 17LIVE and

Singapore’s 1st acquisition of a target company by a SPAC transaction – 17LIVE’s approximately S$923 million business combination with Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd, and the listing of the resulting issuer 17LIVE Group Limited on the Singapore Exchange. Read More »

VinFast Auto Ltd.’s US$23 billion business combination with Black Spade Acquisition Co. and the listing of VinFast Auto Ltd. on The Nasdaq Stock Exchange following completion of the business combination.

Rajah & Tann Singapore, member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, advised VinFast Auto Ltd. in respect of its business

VinFast Auto Ltd.’s US$23 billion business combination with Black Spade Acquisition Co. and the listing of VinFast Auto Ltd. on The Nasdaq Stock Exchange following completion of the business combination. Read More »

Sabana Industrial REIT’s installation and subsequent maintenance of a 5 megawatt-peak rooftop solar photovoltaic systems across several of its properties in Singapore

Assisted the clients in the structuring, negotiations and finalisation of the agreements for the installation and subsequent maintenance of rooftop

Sabana Industrial REIT’s installation and subsequent maintenance of a 5 megawatt-peak rooftop solar photovoltaic systems across several of its properties in Singapore Read More »

Successfully recovered majority of the losses incurred from an incident involving the tanker vessel ‘Hafnia Leo’, where the process involved complex calculations to determine the loss of use of the vessel and loss of profits

Successfully acted for the Owners of the tanker vessel “Hafnia Leo” and their insurers in an incident that occurred at

Successfully recovered majority of the losses incurred from an incident involving the tanker vessel ‘Hafnia Leo’, where the process involved complex calculations to determine the loss of use of the vessel and loss of profits Read More »

US$15.1 million initial public offering and listing of Ohmyhome Limited on the NASDAQ Capital Market and subsequent upsized US$4.8 million public offering of ordinary shares of Ohmyhome Ltd. on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

Rajah & Tann Singapore acted as Singapore legal advisers in respect of the initial public offering and listing of Ohmyhome

US$15.1 million initial public offering and listing of Ohmyhome Limited on the NASDAQ Capital Market and subsequent upsized US$4.8 million public offering of ordinary shares of Ohmyhome Ltd. on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Read More »

Acted for the Owners of “SC Taurus” and their insurers addressing various technical maritime issues and complex loss calculations related to a multi-million dollar collision incident that spanned multiple jurisdictions

Acted for the Owners of “SC Taurus” (a products tanker) and their insurers following a collision incident that occurred between

Acted for the Owners of “SC Taurus” and their insurers addressing various technical maritime issues and complex loss calculations related to a multi-million dollar collision incident that spanned multiple jurisdictions Read More »

Acted as Singapore counsel in the biggest ever takeover of a private equity firm by another in the sector – the merger of Baring Private Equity Asia and Swedish investment firm EQT AB

Acted for 17LIVE Inc. in its S$922.9 million first de-SPAC merger in Singapore involving the acquisition by Vertex Technology Acquisition

Acted as Singapore counsel in the biggest ever takeover of a private equity firm by another in the sector – the merger of Baring Private Equity Asia and Swedish investment firm EQT AB Read More »

Acted for Link Real Estate Investment Trust (“Link REIT”) in its first acquisition in Singapore, the approximately S$2.161 billion acquisition of suburban retail assets, Jurong Point and Swing By @ Thomson Plaza, from Mercatus Co-operative Limited (“Mercatus”), a subsidiary of NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited.

Acted for Link Real Estate Investment Trust (“Link REIT”) in its first acquisition in Singapore, the approximately S$2.161 billion acquisition

Acted for Link Real Estate Investment Trust (“Link REIT”) in its first acquisition in Singapore, the approximately S$2.161 billion acquisition of suburban retail assets, Jurong Point and Swing By @ Thomson Plaza, from Mercatus Co-operative Limited (“Mercatus”), a subsidiary of NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited. Read More »

Acting for the judicial managers of The SAM Trade group of companies, an online trading platform business, who is being investigated for irregular trading activities involving multiple global stakeholders

Acting for the judicial managers of The SAM Trade group of companies, an online trading platform business, who is being investigated for irregular trading

Acting for the judicial managers of The SAM Trade group of companies, an online trading platform business, who is being investigated for irregular trading activities involving multiple global stakeholders Read More »

Energy Market Authority of Singapore’s proposed structuring and financing of planned life extension and refurbishment/ renewal works to certain existing generation facilities

Advised Energy Market Authority of Singapore on the proposed structuring and financing of planned life extension and refurbishment / renewal

Energy Market Authority of Singapore’s proposed structuring and financing of planned life extension and refurbishment/ renewal works to certain existing generation facilities Read More »

Sanofi Manufacturing Pte Ltd’s S$638 million investment in a leading-edge production site in Singapore to supply the Asian region and complement existing manufacturing capacities in Europe and North America

Acting for Sanofi Manufacturing Pte Ltd in its S$638 million investment in a leading-edge production site in Singapore to supply the Asian region and

Sanofi Manufacturing Pte Ltd’s S$638 million investment in a leading-edge production site in Singapore to supply the Asian region and complement existing manufacturing capacities in Europe and North America Read More »

Acting for PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk in its proposed restructuring of all its financial and trade debts and aircraft leases, as well as its business transformation.

Acting for PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk as its Indonesian legal counsel in the proposed restructuring of all its financial and trade debts and aircraft

Acting for PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk in its proposed restructuring of all its financial and trade debts and aircraft leases, as well as its business transformation. Read More »

Advising owners of a general cargo vessel with container capacity and their insurers on a wide range of issues that arose from a collision with another vessel off the coast of Indonesia, which resulted in losses amounting to millions of dollars

Acting for owners of a general cargo vessel with container capacity and their insurers in claims arising out of a

Advising owners of a general cargo vessel with container capacity and their insurers on a wide range of issues that arose from a collision with another vessel off the coast of Indonesia, which resulted in losses amounting to millions of dollars Read More »

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA’s proposed acquisition of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei S.P.A. through their wholly-owned subsidiary SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sarl

Advised MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA on their proposed acquisition of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei S.P.A. (the “Target’) through their wholly-owned subsidiary

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA’s proposed acquisition of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei S.P.A. through their wholly-owned subsidiary SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sarl Read More »

Successfully resisted both the court applications and emergency applications under extremely tight and urgent timelines for our client in relation to a contamination incident that attracted both media and industry attention

Acted for a local oil trading company in resisting a claim brought by its buyer. The buyer commenced a total

Successfully resisted both the court applications and emergency applications under extremely tight and urgent timelines for our client in relation to a contamination incident that attracted both media and industry attention Read More »

S$648.8 million equity fund raising by Lendlease Global Commercial REIT to part-finance its acquisition of the remaining effective interest in an integrated office and retail property

Acted for Citigroup Global Markets Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“Citi”), DBS Bank Ltd. (“DBS”), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“OCBC”) and United

S$648.8 million equity fund raising by Lendlease Global Commercial REIT to part-finance its acquisition of the remaining effective interest in an integrated office and retail property Read More »

Joint Venture between Singapore Exchange, DBS Bank Ltd, Standard Chartered PLC and Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited to develop a carbon exchange and marketplace, Climate Impact X

Acting for Singapore Exchange Limited in its joint venture with DBS Bank Ltd, Standard Chartered PLC and Temasek Holdings (Private)

Joint Venture between Singapore Exchange, DBS Bank Ltd, Standard Chartered PLC and Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited to develop a carbon exchange and marketplace, Climate Impact X Read More »

Successfully resisted all claims for Neil Wong, that includes dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, conspiracy to defraud, and unjust enrichment, of more than S$30 million

Resisted all claims for Neil Wong, that includes dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, conspiracy to defraud, and unjust enrichment, of more than S$30

Successfully resisted all claims for Neil Wong, that includes dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, conspiracy to defraud, and unjust enrichment, of more than S$30 million Read More »

Contractual dispute concerning a distribution agreement for Haribo sweets, involving novel legal issues of the Court’s approach to crossclaims for different currencies

Acting in a contractual dispute concerning a distribution agreement for Haribo sweets, involving novel legal issues of the Court’s approach to crossclaims for

Contractual dispute concerning a distribution agreement for Haribo sweets, involving novel legal issues of the Court’s approach to crossclaims for different currencies Read More »

Advisory work to one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming companies operating in the online and retail sector on the legality of allowing betting of e-sports and conducting fantasy sports competitions in Southeast Asian countries

Advised one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming companies operating in the online and retail sector on the legality of allowing betting on e-sports

Advisory work to one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming companies operating in the online and retail sector on the legality of allowing betting of e-sports and conducting fantasy sports competitions in Southeast Asian countries Read More »

Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad on the grant of an exclusive concession to a new concession company to take over, operate, maintain and upgrade its existing district cooling and co-generation plant

Advised Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (one of the largest airport operator groups in the world) on the grant of an exclusive concession to a new

Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad on the grant of an exclusive concession to a new concession company to take over, operate, maintain and upgrade its existing district cooling and co-generation plant Read More »

Advising Teesta on the structuring and drafting of the project documentation relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of the project

Advising Teesta, a joint venture between Beximco Power Company Ltd and TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis Co Ltd, on the structuring and drafting of the project

Advising Teesta on the structuring and drafting of the project documentation relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of the project Read More »

Proposed pre-conditional voluntary general offer by Capsol Investment III Pte. Ltd. and Tower Capital for all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Boardroom Limited

Acting for Capsol Investment III Pte. Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and a member of

Proposed pre-conditional voluntary general offer by Capsol Investment III Pte. Ltd. and Tower Capital for all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Boardroom Limited Read More »

Advisory work to Asics Corporation on applicable laws in various jurisdictions in relation to conducting a sweepstakes competition in association with virtual races

Advised Asics Corporation on the legal aspects of conducting a sweepstakes competition in association with virtual races, alongside the applicable gambling,

Advisory work to Asics Corporation on applicable laws in various jurisdictions in relation to conducting a sweepstakes competition in association with virtual races Read More »

Successfully represented a defendant in the first reported decision where the Singapore High Court has struck down a claim for fees for work done in breach of the Legal Profession Act

Successfully represented a defendant in the Singapore High Court which rejected the Plaintiff’s claim for alleged S$2 million of unpaid

Successfully represented a defendant in the first reported decision where the Singapore High Court has struck down a claim for fees for work done in breach of the Legal Profession Act Read More »

Successfully represented OUE Lippo Healthcare to strike out an appeal against the setting aside of a voluntary arrangement, bringing closure to a long-running 5-year dispute

Successfully represented OUE Lippo Healthcare Ltd to strike out an appeal to stave off bankruptcy proceedings. The decision highlights the

Successfully represented OUE Lippo Healthcare to strike out an appeal against the setting aside of a voluntary arrangement, bringing closure to a long-running 5-year dispute Read More »