SE Asia Corporate

Freehills’ Asian Corporate team’s involvement in landmark transactions is due to an unrivalled network of experienced practitioners, advanced knowledge management systems and relationships with key advisers, regulators and opinion leaders across a number of key industries.

Our clients benefit from internationally recognised industry experts who understand local markets and jurisdiction-specific regulatory conditions for a range of specialised areas, including energy and resources and capital structuring.

Because the Corporate team understands that commercial outcomes require integrated legal solutions, we deliver an all-round service which can include relevant tax advice as part of a total response to our clients’ needs.

Our areas of experience covers mergers & acquisitions, energy & resources, engineering and construction, transportation and logistics, IP licensing and technical assistance arrangements and general corporate advisory work.

Our capabilities include:

• Capital structuring – debt and equity structuring of cross-border investment projects (both joint venture and 100 per cent foreign owned)
• Acquisition and disposals – involving the disposal and acquisition of significant resource and energy assets, particularly coal and oil & gas assets
• Negotiation of documents – including Asian specific regulatory approvals through an intimate understanding of the complex and diverse regulatory framework throughout Asia 
• Securities – advising on takeovers of Australian publicly listed companies by Asian domiciled entities
• IP licensing – understanding intellectual property rights and how they affect investment projects in Asia, and
• Mergers & acquisitions – Freehills has been at the forefront of practice in the takeovers field, particularly in relation to hostile acquisitions, where we have undertaken a number of complex and high profile transactions.