Rajah & Tann

Cavenagh Law, the Singapore formal law alliance of Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance, has appointed Paul Tan as a partner in its cross-border litigation practice from Big Four firm Rajah & Tann. He will officially start on Sept. 1.

Rajah & Tann Asia, the legal network led by Singapore’s Rajah & Tann, has released a platform that enables clients to remotely generate and digitally sign contracts from any device in real-time.

Rajah & Tann is representing Singapore’s Hin Leong Trading, one of Asia’s top oil traders, in its negotiations to restructure some $3.85 billion of debt it owes to 23 creditors, which are being advised by fellow Big Four firm Drew & Napier.

Singapore Big Four law firm Drew & Napier has become the latest law firm in the city-state to establish a regional network after setting up Drew Network Asia (DNA), which also counts Malaysia’s Shearn Delamore & Co. and Indonesia’s Makarim & Taira S as members.

The Laos office of Rajah & Tann has entered into an alliance with local conglomerate Phongsavanh Group in an effort to expand operations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Rajah & Tann and Allen & Gledhill have advised a joint venture between Allianz Real Estate and Gaw Capital on its agreement to acquire the Duo Tower and Duo Galleria in Singapore for S$1.6 billion ($1.15 billion).

Rajah & Tann has advised industrial gas company Linde on the $1.4 billion expansion of its gasification complex on Singapore’s Jurong Island as part of a gas supply deal with ExxonMobil, which was counselled by WongPartnership.

Singapore Big Four law firm Rajah & Tann recently named Patrick Ang as its new managing partner. He takes over from Lee Eng Beng SC, who was in the role for nine years.

Singapore Big Four firm Rajah & Tann has appointed Patrick Ang as its new managing partner. He takes over from Lee Eng Beng SC.

The Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) found cryptocurrency exchange operator Quoine guilty of wrongfully reversing seven orders from electronic market maker B2C2 in April 2017, in Singapore’s first-ever trial centred around bitcoin cryptocurrency.