India - Watson, Farley & Williams

• Advising a Greek bank on its participation in the financing of the Dabhol LNGprojectCORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL• Advising Kalbe International on the restructuring of its Vietnam operations tomarket / sell pharmaceuticals, and advising on sales of pharma "raw materials" forshipment from Singapore to Nigeria and India• Advising the Indian subsidiary of a French group on the purchase of asophisticated vessel for use in oilfields offshore India• Advising Aban Offshore Limited in relation to a US$160m rig construction contractentered into with PPL Shipyard• Advising Aban Offshore in relation to drilling contracts for the drillship ABANABRAHAM with various oil companies and services sharing arrangements in WestAfrica, including Addax Petroleum, Nigeria and its Chinese partner Sinopec• Advising Coeclericie Compagie SA in relation to the purchase of the shares andassets of a trading company carrying on business in various jurisdictionsthroughout Asia and the US with representative offices, assets and employees inIndia, China, Asia and Southeast Asia. Our input included negotiating and draftingasset and share purchase agreements as well as preparing all the necessarydocuments for a successful completion• Advising on Shipping Corporation of India’s Dabhol LNG joint venture with Enronand Mitsubishi OSK Line and, in particular, the exit after project collapsed• Acting for Aban Offshore Ltd in connection with the negotiation and purchase of aUS$160m Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up rig from Sembcorp Marine’sPPL shipyard10