Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Singapore
Spotlight
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King & Spalding is well regarded for its sound capability across a broad range of financing work. Its lawyers in Singapore handle a wide range of work, including acquisition, capital term loan and bridging finance as well as advisory matters on financing. It works closely with the firm's corporate practice and is well placed to handle deals across a range of sectors, including energy, natural resources and education. Recent clients for the finance team include Batavia Oil and Keppel Capital.
The Singapore banking team has experience of advising both domestic and global banks on key deals in Indonesia, including within the power, natural resources and real estate industries. King & Spalding advised Pertamina Hulu Indonesia on its USD2.5 billion loan facility. Andrew Brereton leads the firm's Indonesian offering.
Work Highlights
- King & Spalding advised Star Energy on a USD655 million term facility provided by Bangkok Bank for the acquisition of Electricity Generating Public Company and half of Mitsubishi Corporation's minority stake in Star's underlying geothermal assets in Pangalengan.
Strengths
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"The team communicate expected timelines well and meets those deadlines. They tailor their advice to the commercial context of the underlying situation."
"They are experienced in highly structured and complex transactions, able to understand and distil key issues quickly, and always able to provide thoughtful and commercial-centric advice."
"King & Spalding show great flexibility in accommodating different time zones across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the US, satisfying last-minute requests and change of scope and meeting inconvenient deadlines."
"The team communicate expected timelines well and meets those deadlines. They tailor their advice to the commercial context of the underlying situation."
"They are experienced in highly structured and complex transactions, able to understand and distil key issues quickly, and always able to provide thoughtful and commercial-centric advice."
"King & Spalding show great flexibility in accommodating different time zones across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the US, satisfying last-minute requests and change of scope and meeting inconvenient deadlines."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Brereton maintains a market-leading reputation for expertise across the banking and finance market, handling deals across a wide range of sectors including energy, manufacturing and education. He has significant expertise on matters in a range of jurisdictions, particularly India and Indonesia.
"Andrew is a heavyweight in the private credit market. He grasps the key issues quickly and provides clear, commercially minded advice."
"Andrew is without doubt one of the best finance lawyers in the region. He is always very reliable to have on your side with his level of commercial acumen and his ability to distil and provide thoughtful advice on complex legal issues and negotiate effectively with a broad range of counterparties."
Soumya Bhagavatula is a highly rated associate with expertise across acquisition, project and bridge financing.
"Soumya is hard-working, very easy to work with and a combination of being very talented with a good productive personality."
"Soumya is a rising star in the area of banking and finance - tenacious and sharp powers of judgement."
Ranked Lawyers at
King & Spalding LLP
Singapore