SokSiphana&associates

SokSiphana&associates, Cambodian affiliate of ZICOlaw, which trades on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange, has its banking and finance practice on many panels of foreign commercial banks in Phnom Penh. Clients include the Asian Development Bank, Hong Kong-based Hong Leong, and Malaysian banks CIMB and Maybank. Khieu Mealy heads the practice, which provides “good quality of services [with] prompt replies”, says a client. She is a specialist in asset financing, domestic and offshore financing projects, and deal structuring to meet bank capital requirements.

SokSiphana&associates, is registered with the SECC as an authorised law firm to represent companies intending to list on the CSX, a joint venture with Korea Exchange. The banking and finance, and capital markets team has been advising a Cambodian food and beverage company on its proposed IPO on the CSX.

SokSiphana&associates, is well-respected counsel not only to domestic companies but also to foreign firms, such as Japanese trading and investment companies Marubeni and Sumitomo. Sok Siphana, Daron Wong and Khieu Mealy advised Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (FELCRA), a Malaysian state-owned enterprise, on the legal strategies for its $100 million joint venture to develop an economic land concession (ELC) in Cambodia. Though buying ELCs is restricted, the structure of the transaction allows the client to control the pace of the joint venture’s development.

At SokSiphana&associates, Sok Siphana is adviser to the permanent deputy prime minister at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Chaired by the prime minister, the CDC is the highest decision-making government body for private and public sector investment. Siphana, Daron Wong, Khieu Mealy and Matthew Rendall advised Kerry Logistics Network on a $30 million joint venture to establish a free trade zone.