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Duane Morris & Selvam Nominated for Shipping Firm of the Year and M&A Deal of the Year
SINGAPORE, April 23, 2013—Duane Morris & Selvam LLP is pleased to announce that it is a finalist for two Asian Legal Business Southeast (ALB SE) Asia Law Awards: the Southeast Asia M&A Deal of the Year for Heineken's acquisition of Asia Pacific Breweries and the Southeast Asia Shipping Firm of the Year. The ninth annual ALB SE Asia Law Awards will be held on May 17 at the Shangri-la Hotel in Singapore.
Last year, Duane Morris & Selvam client Heineken N.V. closed its S$5.6 billion ($4.6 billion) takeover bid for Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd. (APBL), acquiring an additional 40-percent stake in the joint venture from its partner Fraser and Neave Ltd, a Singapore-based conglomerate. Duane Morris & Selvam represented Heineken in the complex and widely followed transaction, which consolidated a controlling interest in APBL for the Amsterdam-based brewer of approximately 95 percent. The transaction marks one of the largest of its kind in Singapore in 2012.
Duane Morris & Selvam's shipping practice has been involved in a myriad of maritime transactional and dispute work in the past year. From corporate deals to litigation, arbitration and insurance
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coverage, the attorneys of Duane Morris & Selvam represent shipping clients in southeast Asia and around the world. Areas of focus include: arrest of vessels; collisions and marine casualties; charterparty and bill of lading disputes; cargo claims; commodity trading and trade finance; mortgage enforcement and ship finance disputes; marine insurance; oil trading and transportation; shipbuilding, repairs and conversion; and ship finance, ship sale and purchase.
About Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
Duane Morris & Selvam LLP is the joint law venture consisting of international law firm Duane Morris LLP and Singapore-based Selvam LLC, with its headquarters in Singapore. It serves clients throughout Asia, as well as companies based in the Americas and Europe that are conducting business in Asia and Asian entities and individuals doing business in the Americas and the United Kingdom. Duane Morris & Selvam's attorneys represent publicly listed companies, investment banks, individuals and numerous large and small private companies from around the world. Duane Morris & Selvam LLP's practice capabilities span mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, corporate finance, banking and securities, financial services, international joint ventures, commercial real estate, Islamic finance and shipping. Its joint venture parent firm, Selvam LLC, is regularly ranked among Singapore's top corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions law practices by Chambers & Partners, Leading Lawyers and the International Financial Law Review 1000.
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