Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)

Banking and finance

Work highlights

Acting for the lender, the Singapore branch of a Malaysian bank, in the financing of the $32.4 million acquisition and development of the land parcel at Chong Kuo Road under the Government Land Sales programme through a joint venture involving a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGX-listed OKP Holdings, Lian Soon Holdings and HSB Development.

Key clients

CapitaLand, Morgan Stanley, SoftBank Group

Capital markets

Work highlights

Acted for Logan Property Holdings as Singapore legal counsel in the offering and issuance of Regulation S notes, including advising on the qualifying debt securities treatment of the notes under the Singapore Income Tax Act and acting as Singapore listing agent.

Acted for Centurion on the proposed exchange offer of S$85 million notes due 2020 for new notes due 2022 under the $750 million multicurrency debt issuance programme of Centurion.

Key clients

CapitaLand Retail China Trust Management, Fortress Minerals, HKE Holdings, ISDN Holdings, Kinergy, Lotte Property & Development, Yanlord Land

Construction

Work highlights

Advising Apollo Aquarium and Cube 2 on a construction project to build and construct a new, space-saving, vertical fish farm facility. The technologies and design techniques used are the first of their kind in the world for fish-rearing facilities.

Key clients

Digital Realty, Orchard Hotel Singapore, Razer

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Acted for China-based HBIS Group in the proposed acquisition of Tata Steel Group’s Southeast Asia production assets, including its stake in NatSteel Holdings and Tata Steel. This proposed acquisition, valued at $327 million, would make HBIS Group the world’s third-largest steelmaker.

Acted for ASTI in its disposal of Semiconductor Technologies and Instruments (STI) and its various subsidiaries to a China acquirer, Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment in an acquisition valued at $94.2 million.

Key clients

Aflac, Dymon Asia Capital, Global Investment, Innovative Diagnostics, KPMG, SCG Chemicals, Shanghai Decent Investment Group, Wilton Resources Corporation, WPP Group

Dispute resolution

Work highlights

Acting for Nippon Catalyst, a company owned by Argo Capital Management, in seeking compensation for the unauthorised use of highly valuable chemical catalysts for refinery processes by two defendants.

Key clients

Advantage Overseas, China Star Food Group, HSBC Trustee (Singapore), Sinosteel

Investment funds

Work highlights

Acted for PortDesign Technologies on the establishment of PortDesign Opportunity, a Cayman Islands corporate fund with a targeted fund size of $150 million, which adopts a computational quantitative approach to invest primarily in Japanese listed equities, including stocks and futures.

Acting for Gordian Capital Singapore on the establishment of Pegasus 7 Ventures, a Singapore corporate fund having a fund size of $140 million and investing in technology-related and consumer-related startups globally.

Key clients

Golden Equator Capital, HSBC Institutional Trust Services, Perpetual (Asia)

Labour and employment

Work highlights

Advising and acting for the Singapore arm of a major Indian asset management company in a dispute with an ex-employee, a high profile fund manager.

Acting and advising JC Consulting, a recruitment agency, in an ongoing suit against an ex-employee, who joined a competitor, for a breach of her restrictive covenants and to enforce her confidentiality obligations to our client.

Key clients

Beyond Trust, Teva Pharmaceutical, World Fuel Services (Singapore)

Restructuring and insolvency

Work highlights

Acting for the liquidators of Humpuss Sea Transport to recover amounts totalling at least $170 million under substantial intercompany loans with a major Indonesian shipping company and its subsidiary, and to set aside various transfers of shares and ships entered into with the subsidiary.

Key clients

Deloitte & Touche, Gateway Plus, One Organisation, SVL

Client feedback

“Very proactive and articulate. Senior associate Bryan Chang did the heavy lifting work - very impressive and to the point.” – Banking and finance

“The entire team was fantastic and they worked very hard on the case especially the partner in charge.” – Construction

“Notwithstanding the fact he has to take a short compassionate leave of absence during the critical stage of the transaction, the partner leading the transaction, Ying Ming Ho, has been able to commit and deliver the required within the pre-agreed timeframe and budget.” – Corporate and M&A

“Excellent. Easy to deal with and extremely knowledgeable on the Singapore market.” – Investment funds

Ying Ming Ho

“Ying Ming should be credited with his ability in managing complex transactions and client relationship management.”

Andrea Ng

“Very knowledgeable about the Singapore market and the industry we operate in. Easy to deal with and makes complex matters easy to understand.”

Marilyn See

“Marilyn acted as a partner on our financing deal. Very good use of team, delegation.”

Joseph Tay

“He was sharp, direct and quick to respond to all questions raised by the arbitrator and the respondent's lawyer.”