Track Record

The firm’s advisors have been involved in, among others, the following deals:

1. Banking

Advising a Thai bank on regulatory issues
Advising on several cross-border loans of various sizes (among others, preparation of the security package)
Assisting a foreign micro-finance company with setting up operations in Myanmar

2. Corporate and M&A

3. Natural Resources

Advice on the successful bid by a foreign oil and gas company for an offshore block in the 2013 bidding round
Advising an Indonesian state-owned enterprise in connection with a tin and tungsten mining project
Advising a Japanese company on a large mining project in Sagaing
Advising an oil and gas company on their daily operations

4. TMT

Land due diligence for the acquisition of tower sites by a foreign tower company
Obtaining licenses for the same company
Setting up subsidiaries and branches of telecom suppliers and advice on their daily operations
Advising the local buyer on the acquisition of an English language newspaper

5. Energy, Infrastructure

Advice on a 75MW solar project
Advice on a rental power project
Advice on a joint venture for the operation of a chemical plant
Advice on the lease of a large petrochemical plant from a state-owned enterprise
Advising an Indonesian state-owned enterprise on an ultimately aborted project to operate several cement plants
Permits and land conversion for a large ethanol plant

6. Real Estate

Land due diligence for various projects
Drafting and registration of lease agreements
Advising several foreign hotel chains on their operations in Myanmar
Assisting real estate developers in various projects (land due diligence, corporate due diligence of the joint venture partner, contract review, advice on the security package)
Deal structuring, company incorporation, drafting of contracts, general legal and tax advice for what is without doubt the biggest investment in airport duty free space in Myanmar

7. Transport

Advising a Japanese logistics company on market entry; obtaining an MIC permit
Advising a local/Japanese logistics joint venture on legal and tax issues of their operation; obtaining an MIC permit (ongoing)
Setting up the corporate vehicle for, and advising on all legal and tax aspects of, another local/Japanese logistics joint venture

8. Litigation

Assisting the plaintiffs in a multi-million USD lawsuit between airlines in Yangon
Assisting the foreign re-insurers in a multi-million USD dispute in Yangon
Assisting foreign trade insurers with the collection of debt in Myanmar
Assisting a bank with the investigation of a fraud case, achieving the arrest of the suspect
Advising a global hotel operator on the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in Myanmar
Assisting a logistics company that was defrauded by its employees

9. Assistance to non-governmental organisations

Setting up operations (INGO registration; registration of several rep offices
Negotiating MoUs and securing non-objection letters from local and regional authorities
Supervising the construction of several school buildings
Recouping donations from a fraudulent local operator
Administering bank accounts
Lectures on civil rights issues