Lawlines Volume 9 Issue 4 - eOASIS

LawLinesVol 9 . Issue 4 • December 2007Around Rajah & TannRound Up – 2007 InPerspectiveFeature ArticlesTo Withhold Or Not ToWithhold – That Is TheQuestionAll Abuzz About GamesCorporate SocialResponsibility UnderThe New IndonesianCompany LawCase BitesLegislation Bitespurchase consideration of over US$1 billion.• Sin Chei Liang and Chan Wan Hong are acting forGates Electronics Limited (‘Gates’) in connectionwith the mandatory unconditional general offer bySinostate Management Limited for Gates.• Christina Ng and Edwin Lee are representingRenewable Energy Corporation (REC), aNorwegian solar energy company that plans toinvest more than 3.0 billion euro (S$ 6.27 billion)building a manufacturing plant in Singapore toproduce solar wafers, cells and modules , in taxand construction laws respectively. The projecthas the potential of becoming the world’s biggestcomplex of its kind with a production capacity ofup to 1.5 gigawatts of energy.• Lim Wee Hann and Tan Chon Beng acted for theLonza Group, one of the world’s leading suppliersto the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life sciencesindustries, in its sale of 100% of the shares ofLonza Singapore Pte Ltd to the Perstorp Groupfor US$138 million. Based on Jurong Island, LonzaSingapore Pte Ltd is a leading manufacturer ofpurifi ed isophthalic acid (PIA), used as a keyingredient in the manufacturing of PET bottlegraderesins, unsaturated polyester resins andperformance coatings. This transaction representsanother milestone in Lonza’s strategy to focus onits life science operations.• Wong Kok Hoe, Liew Lan Hing, Joanne Seet,Felicia Lai are the solicitors to Changtian Plastic& Chemical Limited in connection with its listingand quotation on the Mainboard of the SGX-STon 30 October 2007.The Property Practice Group has also been activethroughout the year with a number of considerabletransactions, including acting in several en-blocmatters. Gan Hiang Chye, in particular, and Lim LeeKian, handle numerous en-bloc matters, includingcurrent projects involving Palm Beach Gardens,View Point Mansion, The Aspine, Promises Gardenand Adis Villas.On Competition law, the Competition & Trade LawPractice Group continues to be involved in severalground-breaking matters since the enactmentof the Competition Law on 1 January 2006. Onmatters that are in the public arena, the team, ledby Kala Anandarajah, is acting for the Stansfi eldGroup in its complaint against the ConsumerAssociation of Singapore and NTUC lodge withpage 9 of 44 pages | print | comments | close