Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Capital Markets Foreign firms China
1. Allen & Overy LLP Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Linklaters Shearman & Sterling LLP Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 2. Davis Polk & Wardwell Deacons Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Johnson Stokes & Master Jones Day Latham & Watkins LLP Morrison & Foerster O’Melveny & Myers LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Richards Butler Simmons & Simmons White & Case LLP 3. Allens Arthur Robinson Gallant Y.T.Ho & Co Gide Loyrette Nouel Kaye Scholer LLP Livasiri & Co Lovells Mallesons Stephen Jaques Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Infrastructure and Project Stephenson Harwood Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo Finance Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of Foreign firms priority China 1. Latham & Watkins LLP is a major name Allen & Overy LLP in projects worldwide, and has extensive Baker & McKenzie experience on significant projects in China Clifford Chance LLP from its Hong Kong office. The firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the PRC and the international Gide Loyrette Nouel bank lenders on the US $4.3bn Nanhai Herbert Smith Petrochemical complex. Jones Day Linklaters Masons Simmons & Simmons Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 2. Johnson Stokes & Master Latham & Watkins LLP Lovells Morrison & Foerster O’Melveny & Myers LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP White & Case LLP 3. Blake Dawson Waldron CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre Chadbourne & Parke LLP Coudert Brothers LLP David Y W Ho & Co Deacons Hunton & Williams LLP Mallesons Stephen Jaques Minter Ellison Richards Butler Shearman & Sterling LLP
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White & Case Capital Markets: 5. Equity Allens Arthur Robinson Hong Kong Coudert Brothers Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 1. Allen & Overy LLP Iu, Lai & Li Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Kao Lee & Yip Herbert Smith Kaye Scholer LLP Linklaters Minter Ellison Shearman & Sterling LLP Morrison & Foerster Slaughter and May O’Melveny & Myers 2. Robertsons Baker & McKenzie Stephenson Harwood & Lo Clifford Chance Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of Davis Polk & Wardwell priority Richards Butler Simmons & Simmons Latham & Watkins LLP fields two highly Sullivan & Cromwell LLP experienced US securities lawyers in 3. John Otoshi and David Zhang, who both Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton joined from Dewey Ballantine LLP’s Hong Deacons Kong office in July 2003. They have been Johnson Stokes & Master busy on an even mix of issuer and Jones Day underwriter instructions, including Hopwell Norton Rose Highway Infrastructure’s recent global Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in association with Koo and Partners share offering (advising the issuer, along Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP with Woo Kwan Lee & Lo) and Yanzhou Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Coal Mining Company’s US $162m global Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP share placement (advising BNP Paribas Woo Kwan Lee & Lo Peregrine). 4. Dibb Lupton Alsop (DLA) Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Latham & Watkins LLP Lovells Mallesons Stephen Jaques Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Projects and Energy Leading Individuals Hong Kong
Peter Cleary, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer George Crozer, White & Case Sam Farrands, Minter Ellison Andrew Hart, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Huw Jenkins, Clifford Chance John E Lange, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Joseph Lam, Deacons Ian Lewis, Johnson Stokes & Master Andrew MacGeoch, Johnson Stokes & Master Stephen Nelson, Baker & McKenzie David Platt, Shearman & Sterling LLP David Renton, Herbert Smith Peter Roberts, Jones Day Alan Schiffman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mitchell Silk, Allen & Overy LLP David Smith, Baker & McKenzie Mitchell Stocks, Latham & Watkins LLP Edward Turner, Shearman & Sterling LLP Jack Young, Herbert Smith Individuals are ranked in order of priority
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Morrison & Foerster Corporate (including M&A) Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in association with Koo and Partners Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Hong Kong Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 1. Vivien Chan & Co Allen & Overy LLP 6. Clifford Chance Allens Arthur Robinson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Herbert Smith Bird & Bird Linklaters Clyde & Co 2. David Y W Ho & Co Baker & McKenzie Davis Polk & Wardwell Deacons Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Johnson Stokes & Master Haldanes Norton Rose Hastings & Company Richards Butler Ince & Co Simmons & Simmons Iu, Lai & Li Slaughter and May Kennedys Woo Kwan Lee & Lo Livasiri & Co Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 3. Minter Ellison Lovells O’Melveny & Myers Shearman & Sterling LLP Perkins Coie LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Preston Gates & Ellis – Solicitors 4. Robert WH Wang & Co Dibb Lupton Alsop (DLA) Robertsons Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Siao, Wen and Leung Jones Day Stevenson, Wong & Co Mallesons Stephen Jaques Tanner De Witt Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Victor Chu & Co Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vincent TK Cheung, Yap & Co Stephenson Harwood & Lo Weir & Associates White & Case Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of 5. priority Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Coudert Brothers Gallant Y.T.Ho & Co Kao Lee & Yip Latham & Watkins LLP
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
David Zhang and John Otoshi, both US- qualified, are the key partners at Latham & Watkins LLP, and are supported by a growing band of associates. The firm has recently advised a number of mainly US corporations on joint ventures and strategic alliances in the PRC, as well has handling a good range of M&A and other corporate instructions. Highlights include representing Payton Technology in its joint venture with Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, and advising certain shareholders of Ctrip.com on the sale of their holdings to Japanese Internet Portal Ratuken Inc.
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Latham & Watkins LLP has established Projects and Energy an excellent reputation advising on the lender side. As well as advising the PRC Hong Kong and international commercial banks in relation to the Nanhai Petrochemicals 1. project, the team has acted for the lenders Allen & Overy LLP Clifford Chance in relation to a variety of significant power Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer projects in Thailand, Indonesia and Korea. White & Case Managing partner Mitchell Stocks is 2. extremely highly regarded in the market, Baker & McKenzie and newly made up partner Sabrina Latham & Watkins LLP Maguire is also recommended. Linklaters Shearman & Sterling LLP 3. Jones Day Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 4. Deacons Herbert Smith Johnson Stokes & Master Minter Ellison Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Simmons & Simmons 5. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Coudert Brothers Holman Fenwick & Willan Hunton & Williams LLP Lovells Mallesons Stephen Jaques Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Morrison & Foerster Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in association with Koo and Partners Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foreign Firms WongPartnership India Firms are listed alphabetically
1. Allen & Overy LLP Ashurst Baker & McKenzie Bryan Cave LLP CMS Cameron McKenna Chadbourne & Parke LLP Clifford Chance Coudert Brothers Davis Polk & Wardwell Denton Wilde Sapte Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Gleiss Lutz Herbert Smith Hunton & Williams Jones Day Kennedys KhattarWong Latham & Watkins LLP Linklaters Linklaters Allen & Gledhill Masons Morrison & Foerster LLP Norton Rose Richards Butler Rouse & Co. International Shearman & Sterling LLP Simmons & Simmons Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Slaughter and May Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP White & Case LLP
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Corporate & Commercial Sidley Austin Brown & Wood Foreign firms Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of Japan priority
1. David Shapiro is a managing partner of Freshfields Foreign Law Office Latham & Watkins’ five-partner Tokyo Linklaters office. The team advised Liberty Media Morrison & Foerster International on the acquisition of a White & Case LLP Japanese cable TV company. Corporate 2. partners Takashi Matsumoto and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Michael Yoshii are recommended. The Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell arrival of Satoshi Karashima in October Herbert Smith 2003 further boosted the firm’s corporate Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP capability. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 3. Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Latham & Watkins Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Simmons & Simmons Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP 4. Ashurst Lovells Shearman & Sterling LLP 5. Coudert Brothers Davis & Company Haarmann Hemmelrath Loyens & Loeff Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Morgan Lewis O’Melveny & Myers LLP
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Latham & Watkins’ partner Simon Project Finance Dickens represents developers, lenders Foreign firms and governments on energy and Japan telecommunications-related matters. He has a strong reputation for structuring 1. debt, equity and security arrangements. Allen & Overy Highlights in 2003/4 included advising Ashurst JGC Corporation as subordinated lender Herbert Smith and contractor for the TPPI Petrochemical 2. plant in Indonesia. Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance Lovells Morrison & Foerster White & Case LLP 3. Latham & Watkins Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 4. Freshfields Foreign Law Office Jones Day Linklaters Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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Latham & Watkins LLP is recruiting Corporate/M&A heavily at associate level with raids on Leading individuals rival firms, a signal of the firm’s ambition Singapore and boldness in what is still a recovering market. The goal is to increase the Lim Mei, Allen & Gledhill English law capability of a predominantly Rajan Menon, KhattarWong American-staffed firm in order to service Chris Moore, Norton Rose local clients involved in US and European- Colin Ng, Colin Ng & Partners based transactions. An enormous amount Philip Pillai, Shook Lin & Bok of the firm’s activities are in the projects Gary Pryke, Drew & Napier LLC sector. The firm has applied for a licence Philip Rapp, Clifford Chance Wong Pte Ltd to practice in the PRC. Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, WongPartnership Arfat Selvam, ASG Law Corporation David Simpson, Freshfields Drew & Napier Paul Supramaniam, Latham & Watkins LLP Tan Chong Huat, KhattarWong Thio Su Mien, TSMP Law Corporation Wong Kien Kong, Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Lucien Wong, Allen & Gledhill Sunny Wong, Wong Tan & Molly Lim LLC Oliver Wright, Coudert Brothers Yap Wai Ming, Stamford Law Corporation Individuals are ranked in order of priority
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Project Finance & Energy Leading individuals Singapore
Joseph Bevash, Latham & Watkins LLP Bruce Cooper, Freshfields Drew & Napier Martin David, Linklaters Allen & Gledhill John Dick, Freehills Alistair Duffield, Holman Fenwick & Willan Paul Elliott, Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Arman Galledari, Norton Rose Jaspal Gillar, Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok James Harris, Lovells Lee & Lee Emad Khalil, Jones Day Gavin MacLaren, Allens Arthur Robinson Dan Marjanovic, Coudert Brothers Bill McCormack, Shearman & Sterling LLP Michael McNeill, Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Brian Miller, White & Case LLP K Minh Dang, White & Case LLP Kevin Murphy, White & Case LLP Raj Pande, White & Case LLP Kayal Sachi, Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok Dennis Soliven, White & Case LLP Mark Tiggeman, Masons Andrew Trahair, Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok Gary Wigmore, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Yeelong Tan, Freshfields Drew & Napier Individuals are ranked in order of priority
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Latham & Watkins LLP operates mainly Banking & Finance for Singaporean and other regional clients Foreign firms operating in the European and US Singapore markets; Temasek companies are advised on outbound capital-raising transactions. 1. As with all offshore firms, local financial Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok matters are energy-centric; Joe Bevash Clifford Chance Wong Pte Ltd and Mark Nelson have strong 2. reputations. The firm is involved with Linklaters Allen & Gledhill some upstream work in China. 3. Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Freshfields Drew & Napier Herbert Smith Latham & Watkins LLP Lovells Lee & Lee Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Watson, Farley & Williams White & Case LLP 4. Allens Arthur Robinson Jones Day Norton Rose Weil, Gotshal & Manges Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Latham & Watkins LLP advises on Capital Markets convertible and exchangeable bonds, with Foreign firms a significant amount of work in India. The Singapore firm has also advised local companies, including Global Crossing and SingTel on 1. overseas listings, and represents Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok Temasek companies on capital raising Linklaters Allen & Gledhill transactions. 2. Clifford Chance Wong Pte Ltd 3. Freshfields Drew & Napier 4. Latham & Watkins LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Shearman & Sterling LLP White & Case LLP 5. Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Herbert Smith Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 6. Allens Arthur Robinson Jones Day Lovells Lee & Lee Norton Rose The Serwer Law Firm P.C. Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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Hunton & Williams LLP Kleiner Rechtsanwälte Corporate and Commercial Masons Foreign firms Morrison & Foerster Singapore Raslan Loong Respondek & Fan Pte Ltd 1. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok The Serwer Law Firm P.C. Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Wikborg Rein Clifford Chance Wong Pte Ltd Zaid Ibrahim & Co Linklaters Allen & Gledhill Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of Norton Rose priority 2. Freshfields Drew & Napier Latham & Watkins LLP’s recruitment of Herbert Smith five associates since late 2003 is 3. aggressively ambitious in an M&A market Latham & Watkins LLP which shows signs of recovery following Lovells Lee & Lee the devastating effect of the SARS virus. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy The well-known Paul Supramaniam Watson, Farley & Williams turned his hand to various matters during White & Case LLP the slump, but is now looking with 4. optimism to operating solely in the Jones Day corporate sphere following his move from Shearman & Sterling LLP Lovells Lee & Lee in 2002. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 5. Allens Arthur Robinson Coudert Brothers DLA Deacons Freehills Haarmann Hemmelrath Loyens & Loeff Weil, Gotshal & Manges 6. Ashurst Conyers Dill & Pearman EY Law Luther Menold Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
As restructuring work in Indonesia nears Debt Restructuring completion, James Redway at Latham & Foreign firms Watkins LLP is active in distressed debt Singapore trading, still operating exclusively for energy clients. The firm also advised on 1. the US$2.56bn restructuring of the bank Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok and capital markets financing for the Latham & Watkins LLP construction and operation of the Paiton Linklaters Allen & Gledhill power project in Indonesia. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy White & Case LLP 2. Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow Clifford Chance Wong Pte Ltd Coudert Brothers Freshfields Drew & Napier Herbert Smith Lovells Lee & Lee Morrison & Foerster Norton Rose Shearman & Sterling LLP Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Watson, Farley & Williams Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
Latham & Watkins LLP is predominantly Project Finance active in water projects in Singapore, part Foreign firms of the country’s efforts to become self- Singapore sufficient in that area, and energy and power projects elsewhere in the region, in 1. Korea and in particular Indonesia, where Allen & Overy, Shook Lin & Bok several dormant projects have been kick- Clifford Chance Wong Pte Ltd started, and required restructuring advice. Linklaters Allen & Gledhill The firm advises lenders and developers Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in equal measure, but the highlight of the Norton Rose year was the representation of both Shearman & Sterling LLP Remnibi and US$ lenders in the financing White & Case LLP of the Nanhai petrochemicals complex in 2. Guangdong Province, China, one of the Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow largest deals of its kind in history at US Freshfields Drew & Napier $4.5bn, and one which attracted notable Herbert Smith press attention. The experienced Joe Latham & Watkins LLP Bevash is a recognised leader in the field, Lovells Lee & Lee while James Redway’s focus has shifted 3. from straight restructuring work to energy Allens Arthur Robinson projects as a result of the market. Coudert Brothers Freehills Hunton & Williams LLP Jones Day Watson, Farley & Williams 4. Ashurst Deacons Holman Fenwick & Willan Masons Morrison & Foerster Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Wikborg Rein Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority
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