Addleshaw Goddard appoints infrastructure and project development lawyer in Singapore
Addleshaw Goddard has continued its investment drive in Asia with the hire of Ton van den Bosch, who joins the firm's Singapore office as a partner in the Corporate team on 1 February 2019.
Ton joins from Ince & Co where he was Of Counsel as well as heading its global Terminals & Maritime Infrastructure practice and its Energy and Projects team in South and Southeast Asia. Ton's sector focus on Energy & Utilities, as well as on Transportation and Infrastructure, complement his experience in corporate, finance, restructuring, foreign investment and project development, bringing additional market-leading expertise to AG's already strong corporate offering.
Addleshaw Goddard's Asia practice has grown from one partner and paralegal in Singapore in 2012, to a total current complement of five partners, and c.35 other fee earners across Asia. Its corporate practice is now ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018, and has significant experience handling all forms of corporate, corporate finance and commercial transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Addleshaw Goddard also has a strong commercial litigation and international arbitration practice in the region.
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September 06, 2018
Governments of Malaysia and Singapore sign agreement to defer US$10 billion high speed rail PPP
The governments of Malaysia and Singapore have confirmed in a joint statement that construction of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project is suspended for a period up to 31 May...
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August 27, 2018
Singapore agrees to defer high-speed rail project to Kuala Lumpur
The governments of Singapore and Malaysia have reportedly agreed to defer the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project. The two governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
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June 13, 2018
The Prime Minister has announced that the project has not been cancelled but postponed
The Prime Minister has announced that the project has not been cancelled but postponed. Currently, the project is too expensive to carry out, but Malaysia remains open to developing it in the future
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May 29, 2018
New Prime Minister of Malaysia to halt multi-billion Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR PPP
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has announced that his government will not continue the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed railway (HSR) project, which involves the de...
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April 19, 2018
The tender deadline for the project has been extended from 29 June to 28 December 2018
