With more than two decades of experience advising on high-value corporate and M&A transactions across Southeast Asia, Melissa Ng heads the practice at Clifford Chance. The team has extensive experience handling a range of cross-border matters involving Indonesia, including transactions in sectors such as energy, oil and gas, and financial services. Shaun Langhorne is skilled at handling complex international restructuring work. With an expertise in construction and infrastructure projects, Matthew Buchanan is another recommended member of the team; he regularly advises on engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts as well as the financing of major development projects.
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Key clients
- Home Credit Group B.V.
- PTT International Holding Limited
- PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk
- APG Asset Management N.V
- Star Energy Oil & Gas Pte. Ltd.
- CIMB Bank Berhad, Singapore Branch
- PT Barito Renewables Energy Tbk
- Asian Energy Hydro Power Pte. Ltd.
- BlackRock
Work highlights
- Advised Home Credit Group B.V. on its agreement to sell 100% of its Philippines and Indonesian consumer finance businesses to a consortium of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group affiliates in deals worth approximately €615 million.
- Advised the PTT Group on its US$471 million disposal of PTT Mining Limited and its subsidiaries to PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk.
- Advised Medco Energi on the disposal of its interest in Sinphuhorm Gas field in Thailand to Jadestone Energy, and Block 12W in Vietnam, to Bitexco Energy as part of its asset's optimisation programme.
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Melissa Ng