Herbert Smith Freehills LLP continues to showcase its capability in handling first of its kind M&A transactions, from infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia and large-scale towers sale and leaseback deals in the Philippines to private equity investments and strategic corporate transactions. Following the departure of Mark Robinson, Glynn Cooper, who spearheads the firm’s Southeast Asia energy, resources and infrastructure group and advises on M&A, joint ventures and project developments, jointly leads the team alongside Jamie McLaren, who focuses on private equity investments, growth capital financings and corporate divestments. Irina Akentjeva’s expertise lies in energy and infrastructure transactions. In September 2023, Malika Chandrasegaran relocated from the firm’s Sydney office, Anthony Patten and Peiwen Chen joined from King & Spalding LLP and White & Case Pte. Ltd. respectively.
Key clients
- Infrared Capital Partners
- Indonesia Investment Authority (INA)
Work highlights
- Advised InfraRed Capital Partners and its consortium on the mutual cessation of the SportsHub public-private partnership in Singapore, involving the divestment of the SportsHub assets to Singapore government agency SportsSG.
- Advised Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) and an international consortium on its investment cooperation with Waskita Karya for two sections of the Trans Java Toll Road in Indonesia.