We acted in the High Court of Singapore in disputes relating to market manipulation and freight forwarding agreements, and involving violations under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289) and successfully resisted a striking- off application

Our Singapore team successfully acted for LG Electronics Inc. in a trade mark opposition filed by headphones manufacturer Beats Electronics, LLC against the registration of the mark 'QuadBeat' before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, securing a favourable decision.

We represent a substantial Russian engineering business, recently advising on the international tax aspects of its group restructuring prior to IPO.

We represented a US$6 billion public chemical company in a US$1.25 billion term loan and its commercial paper program. Corporate and corporate tax lawyers from Greenwich, New York and New Haven worked on these matters.

We represented a public company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of graphite and carbon-based products in its US$150 million convertible preferred stock issuance to a Canadian asset management firm, followed by a tender offer and merger with a value of US$695 million pursuant to which the Canadian firm acquired the company and the company went private.

We advised Renault on its €1.5 billion investment in motorsport and technology. This was a multi-jurisdictional and multi-party project involving Mr Bernie Ecclestone, CVC, FIA, key sponsors of Lotus, incoming and outgoing drivers of Lotus F1 as well as outgoing minority shareholders.

We advised Hitachi Chemical, in its investment in Ito Group Holdings, a Singapore limited exempt private company and its US, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indian and European subsidiaries. The acquisition is part of the company's expansion efforts to capture demand from emerging countries and other target markets for its products which range from functional materials to advanced components and systems and have applications in the automotive, energy storage, electronics and diagnostics industries. Hitachi Chemicals is a division of Hitachi Ltd, the highly diversified Japanese multi-national conglomerate listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

We advised a main London Stock Exchange quoted Kazakh Company on issues arising in connection with a Luxembourg listed USD$200 million convertible bond issue and mandatory convertible bond.

We advised AES Corporation, Aquila and El Paso on various power projects, including project company acquisitions and disposals in the United Kingdom, eastern Europe and Africa on the following projects: Aquila in connection with its $2.1 billion acquisition of Midland Electricity plc; and El Paso on the disposal of its minority interest in the Kladno power project in the Czech Republic and its exit from a power project in Fife, Scotland.

We advised Deutsche Bank on a loan of £10 million secured on a collection of silver.

We acted as counsel to Metaltech plc on disposals of its international steel businesses and financing arrangements with secured creditors.

Radicle Projects Plc is an investor in Australian agribusiness projects, including bio forests and energy crops. We advised on Radicle Projects Plc's convertible debt offering of and listing on Luxembourg Stock Exchange's Euro-MTF market.

We represented a multilateral agency on a €123.5 million loan to Hrvatska Elektroprivreda DD to finance the construction of a 68MW Ombla hydroelectric power plant at the Rijeka Dubrovacka Bay near Dubrovnik.

We advised an American specialist engineering contractor on EPC contracts to retro-fit existing coal fired power stations with 'green' technology. These contracts were based on various FIDIC, NEC3 and bespoke terms. We also offered additional advice on joint venture arrangements with other specialist contractors.

Hightex Group is a UK, Swiss and German membrane and renewable energy company. Withers has acted for Hightex Group on their IPO on the AIM market. We have also advised Hightex Group on their reverse takeover of West 175 Media Group Inc., the acquisition of HighTex International (HTI) AG, and on the acquisition of SolarNext AG, a German company active in the solar and alternative energy sectors.

Ariston Thermo SpA is one of the world's leading manufacturers of boilers, burners and solar thermal equipment, with a current turnover of €1.1 billion, they have 6,500 employees and are present in 10 countries with 18 production sites and distribute their products in over 150 countries. Withers have advised on the acquisition of a UK distributor of boilers on Ariston Thermo SpA's behalf.

International Marine Services Pte. Ltd ("IMS") is a subsidiary of Scomi Marine Berhad, a company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. Withers acted for IMS in respect of its approximately USD$170 million loan from a major offshore bank, which was taken in connection with the purchase of the entire marine logistics business from Chuan Hup Holdings Limited for SGD$570 million in Singapore.

We acted for a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Singapore listed company in the purchase of a commercial complex with an acquisition value of SG$402 million, and the related syndicated loan of SG$309 million to finance the purchase in Singapore.

Sogefi are a manufacturer of components and filter systems for the automotive industry. We acted for Sogefi in relation to two loans of €40 million in total, which were made by a major bank to finance their research and development programme.

Faced with a bond issue on the Channel Island stock exchange, we advised a Ukrainian company on how to proceed and retain their financial position.

We are the lead tax advisors for Aboitiz Equity Ventures who are one of the largest Philippines multi-national that is listed on the Philippines Stock Exchange. We advise in relation to its energy, banking and finance, food, land and infrastructure investments across Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and other areas in the region.

We provide tax advice to Hitachi Ltd and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hitachi Appliances, Inc. in connection with its entering into a joint venture of Hitachi's global heating, refrigeration, and cooling lines of business, with Johnson Controls.