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T: +65 6571 7300

F: +65 6238 0737

9 Raffles Place
24-01, Republic Plaza
Singapore, 048619
Singapore

Working as one team, our Singapore office brings to our clients a range of integrated capabilities across key sectors such as real estate, infrastructure, energy & natural resources (with a focus on renewable & sustainable energy), financial services, sports & entertainment and food & agribusiness. 

Our team is regularly appointed as lead counsel on many “first-to-market” deals throughout the region. Clients rely on us to address a wide range of issues, from structuring cross-border transactions to minimizing regulatory risk.

Clients looking to invest into South East Asia and operating within their domestic markets rely on us for quality advice and to capitalize on business opportunities across the region.

How we can help:

  • We are at the forefront of some of Asia’s largest and most strategically important energy and infrastructure projects in recent years.
  • We support international clients from the US, UK, Europe, Japan and North Asia venturing into emerging markets including Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar where we have in-depth country experience.

We are registered as a foreign law firm in Singapore and work with a number of local law firms in Singapore where local law advice and opinions are required.

 

Introducing our key practice areas

We combine the breadth of our Asian practice and resources with a keen understanding of the global transactional environment. We provide corporate and legal services for Asian matters in areas including joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and complex cross-border transactions. Complementing our corporate legal services, our firm offers comprehensive advice on employment, competition, data privacy & security as well as on general corporate matters and commercial contracts. Our clients include local and international companies doing business in SouthEast Asia, as well Asian companies doing business throughout the US, UK, Europe and Middle East.

On the finance side, we represent all types of entities including lenders and borrowers, banks, funds and a variety of other non-bank financial institutions on finance, refinance and special situations. Our team possesses a formidable depth of sector-specific experience, enabling us to provide strategically sound and commercially meaningful advice on the most complex matters.

Our real estate team has experience in dealing with all aspects of development from conception through funding, construction, leasing and occupation. Our track record in complex and challenging international markets enables us to assist our clients in making a success of their development opportunities.

We are committed to staying broad and deep across the real estate sector globally and therefore adopt a sector strategy, which means we have teams focused on all other core areas including real estate funds, finance, private equity and disputes.

Our multidisciplinary team brings together highly experienced locally based practitioners with deep understanding in Asian urban development, social and economic infrastructure, and public procurement.

We advise sponsors, lenders, developers and procuring authorities on all aspects of energy developments and investments with a particular focus on offshore and onshore wind, solar and energy from waste projects. We support clients through every step of their project pipeline, from consenting and competition issues, through to financing, structuring and eventual delivery and exit.

Community

Our Singapore office has an active CR Committee who organise a calendar of community engagement and philanthropic giving activities with charities nominated by staff members.   For 2024, we have chosen to support Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home, which provides temporary shelter, care, and protection to boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 21 years old who come from needy and disadvantaged families in Singapore.

Past charities we have supported include Willing Hearts, which runs a soup kitchen cooking and distributing around 7,000 daily meals to over 70 locations across Singapore, 365 days a year.  Colleagues from our office volunteered at the soup kitchen and raised funds for the charity. 

Community

Our Singapore office has an active CR Committee who organise a calendar of community engagement and philanthropic giving activities with charities nominated by staff members.   For 2024, we have chosen to support Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home, which provides temporary shelter, care, and protection to boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 21 years old who come from needy and disadvantaged families in Singapore.

Past charities we have supported include Willing Hearts, which runs a soup kitchen cooking and distributing around 7,000 daily meals to over 70 locations across Singapore, 365 days a year.  Colleagues from our office volunteered at the soup kitchen and raised funds for the charity. 

Meet The Team

Andrew MacGeoch

Andrew MacGeoch

Partner and Head of Asia Real Estate & Infrastructure Group and Global Co-Head of Hospitality & Leisure Group, Singapore / Hong Kong SAR

+65 6571 6625

Meet The Team

Andrew MacGeoch

Andrew MacGeoch

Partner and Head of Asia Real Estate & Infrastructure Group and Global Co-Head of Hospitality & Leisure Group, Singapore / Hong Kong SAR

+65 6571 6625

Meet The Team

Andrew MacGeoch

Andrew MacGeoch

Partner and Head of Asia Real Estate & Infrastructure Group and Global Co-Head of Hospitality & Leisure Group, Singapore / Hong Kong SAR

+65 6571 6625

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