The ‘extremely detailed, service-oriented and commercial’ team at Ashurst LLP continues to showcase its capability in cross-border transactions, with demonstrable experience across the technology, energy and renewables, real estate and logistics sectors. Praised as a ’rock star’, Michelle Phang co-leads the team and focuses on multi-jurisdictional M&A and investments, in addition to day-to-day operations. Well-placed to handle both the Singaporean and Indonesian aspects of transactions, Phang frequently collaborates with the corporate practice at Ashurst ADTLaw, which was recently bolstered with the arrivals of practice co-head Tao Koon Chiam, Xiaozheng Ko and Yi Ming Choo from Allen & Gledhill LLP in August 2022.
Testimonials
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‘The Ashurst SG team has been very commercially savvy, offering not only legal advice but likewise commercial insights which have helped us structure the deal better.’
‘Solid team with strong legal technical skills but more importantly, have a keen ability to bring in a commercial sense into the legal discussions. ’
Key clients
- GIC
- Soilbuild
Work highlights
- Acted for PT Elang Andalan Nusantara (operating through its subsidiaries as DANA) in its latest fundraising round in excess of USD 555 million.
- Acted for AC Energy on its winning bid to acquire 49% equity interest in Solar NT, a unit of Thailand's Super Energy Corp, which owns and operates nine solar power plants in Vietnam with a total of 837 MW capacity, via a competitive bidding process.