Freehills in Asia
Experience
Our experience in major projects in the Asia Pacific covers a wide range of industries, including water and waste management, energy and resources, transport, telecommunications, property and construction and project finance. A selection of our experience in these sectors is listed.
Water and waste
- Adviser to the Public Utilities Board of Singapore in relation to their Ulu Pandan NEWater project.
- Adviser to Fichtner Consulting / Public Utilities Board of Singapore in regard to the first ever desalination plant in Singapore.
- Adviser to the Department of Environment, Singapore, in relation to the design, build, own and operate PPP for the fifth waste incineration project in Singapore and the first to be delivered on a PPP basis.
Energy and resources
- Acted for Tata Power Company Limited India’s largest private power utility in its US$1.3billon acquisition of 30 per cent equity stakes in major Indonesian thermal coal producers PT Bumi Resources. The financing was in the form of a US$950m secured bridge facility.
- Adviser to InterGen in relation to the development, construction and financing of Singapore’s first independent, foreign-owned power station.
- Adviser to ConocoPhillips (project operator) in relation to its participation in the Bayu-Undan LNG project involving the development of $8 billion of infrastructure including two offshore platforms, a 500 kilometre subsea pipeline and the construction of a new LNG plant in Darwin.
- Adviser (with our correspondent firm in Jakarta, Soemadipradja & Taher) to a consortium bidding for the construction and operation of a 1220 MW coal-fired power station in Java. We also advised consortia proposing to build the Tanjung Jati-B project and the 100 MW Pontianak power project.
- Adviser to Semgas in the swap of certain assets to PowerGas as part of the restructure of the gas market in Singapore.
- Adviser to the mine owner and project sponsor, Newmont Mining Corporation, on all aspects of the project financing and construction of the Batu Hijau gold and copper mine in Indonesia.
Transport
- Adviser to the preferred bidder, ERG Ltd Motorola Consortium Alliance, in the Singapore Enhanced Integrated Fare System project valued at approximately S$135 million.
- Adviser to Keppel on the establishment of ship repair yard joint ventures in Indonesia and Vietnam.
- Adviser to Australian National Line on the international terminal development for its Port Kelang floating container loading ramps.
Telecommunications
- Adviser to the project company on the refinancing and construction of a telecommunications network in Kalimantan, pursuant to a Joint Operation Agreement with Telkom Indonesia.
- Adviser to New T&T, a new entrant to the Hong Kong market on its interconnect arrangements with the incumbent carrier.
- Adviser to Telstra and its two previous entities on their Vietnamese telecoms projects, including arrangements with Vietnam Post and Telecommunications to develop the international network in Vietnam.
Property and construction
- Adviser to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology on the construction, development and operation of Vietnam’s first international university.
- Adviser to Lend Lease as co-joint venturer with its Indonesian partner in the construction, development and financing of the Cempaka Shophouse development in Indonesia.
Finance
- Adviser to Leighton Finance International on its participation in the US$404 million financing of the acquisition by PT Bumi Resources of PT Kaltim Prima Coal, one of the world’s largest coal exporters.
- Adviser to International Finance Corporation, Nissho Iwai Europe plc and Exim Bank lead consortium of Thai banks on the US$186.6 million project financing of the Holcim cement project (a US$383 million project) in Vietnam.
- Adviser to Aneka Tambang on the project financing of the Mt Muro mining project and the expansion of the Gunung Pongkor Gold mine in Indonesia.
- Conducted a comprehensive review of workplace relations practices and compliance for a leading bank in their Bangalore business processing and IT operation; and reviewed a set of HR policies intended for roll-out in Bangalore.