2014

Asia Pacific Legal 500

Corporate and M&A

“Vincent Chan and his team at Abdullah Chan ‘provide top-quality service’ with Chan attracting praise as ‘client-centric, with superior expertise in the Asian markets, especially Malaysia’. The team is very active in the energy market, and Chan’s recent work includes advising SapuraKenkana Petroleum on its $2.9bn acquisition of Seadrill”

Capital Markets

“Vincent Chan of Abdullah Chan has ‘an impeccable reputation for capital markets work’. His experience includes advising Maybank and Asian Plantations on structural and cross-border issues related to the latter’s RM255m MTN programme. Other clients have included Prestariang Group and AmInvestment Bank.”

Islamic Finance

“Abdullah Chan’s Gopal Sundaram and Vincent Chan ‘have extensive experience in Islamic regulatory and compliance matters perspective, as well as strong transactional experience’. Sundaram has ‘profound expertise’ in the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013, and has advising clients such as International Islamic Liquidity Management on the new legislation.”

ALB LAW AWARDS- M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR

“Combination and integration of tender rig businesses of SapuraKencana and Seadrill

Firms: Abdullah Chan & Co; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Goldman Sachs; Maybank Investment Bank

Accounting firm: PwC”