Asialaw Profiles (2021)

Banking and financial services - Highly Recommended
Energy - Highly Recommended
General business law - Highly Recommended
Infrastructure - Highly Recommended
Real estate - Recommended
Technology and telecommunications - Recommended

Analysis:

General Business Law
Acting for a consortium of investors from Japan, Singapore and Myanmar on the development of the $2.2 billion Yangon Central Railway Station project, a landmark matter that was the first to be listed in the local government’s project bank.

Advised Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance on its $60 million acquisition of a significant minority stake in AYA Myanmar General Insurance.

Representing Yangon Metropolitan Development on drafting and negotiating the concession agreement between the Yangon regional government and Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya Land to develop public housing and commercial projects. This $750 million project is expected to be the first foreign investment into the country for the development of affordable housing and sale of residential units. It will develop 183 acres of land.

Advised Power and Best Oil Company in its $127 million investment by SK Energy. This transaction was SK Energy’s first overseas investment and involved the restructuring of the client’s fuel terminal and retail kiosk operations.