Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

David Longstaff has been advising clients on M&A and private equity transactions throughout Asia for more than 20 years. David's experience includes a wide range of complex cross-border transactions in a variety of industries, and he is Partner-in-Charge of the Singapore Office.

David's practice encompasses international investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, private equity, venture capital, employment, and other corporate and financial transactions.

David has advised numerous financial institutions and multinational companies on cross-border transactions, including Anglo-Chinese, CLSA, Hanson PLC, Hermes, HSBC, Hutchison, Korea Electric Power, MUI, PCCW, PCRD, Shell, Sherwin-Williams, Standard Chartered, Suez Energy, Sumitomo, Tanjong Plc, and Tomen. His venture capital clients include Baring Private Equity Partners, JAIC Asia Capital, and Pacific Century Ventures.

Recent representative transactions include advising a consortium comprising of Petronas, ConocoPhillips, Singapore Petroleum, and Talisman Energy on a US$600 million investment in the South Sumatra to Singapore gas pipeline (the first participation by the private sector in the Indonesian gas transportation sector); Singapore Petroleum on its acquisition from El Paso of a 40 percent non-operated interest in the Sampang PSC; PCRD on its issue of an aggregate of US$350 million exchangeable bonds; Tanjong Plc on its US$528 million acquisition of CDC Group's portfolio of power generation assets in Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; and a consortium led by Suez Energy International and Korea Electric Power on their bid for the Philippine assets of Mirant Corporation comprising Mirant Sual, Mirant Pagbilao, and KEPCO Ilijian.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Metals & Mining
• Product Response Team

Representative Cases

• Acquisition and Development of Indonesian Gas Pipeline Business
• Acquisition of 33.4% of Stand Minerals , (2009)
• Acquisition of Coastal Indonesia Sampang
• Acquisition of Darcy Energy
• Acquisition of Globeleq
• Acquisition of Judd Farris
• Acquisition of the electronics business of Rockwood Holdings
• AT&T Cellular Pvt. Ltd. Acquisition
• Idea Cellular Acquisition
• Jeruk Field Interest Sale
• Pacific Media Acquisition
• Regulation S Offering
• Tsunami-Affected Families In Thailand

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Law, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Venture Capital, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Hong Kong
• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• Reading University - England
• College Law - Guildford

Published Works

• Changes in the Pipeline, Project Finance International Yearbook 2003, Thomson PFI, 2003

Address

3 Church Street
#14-02 Samsung Hub 04948, Singapore

Phones

65.6233.5991 (Business Phone)

Faxes

65.6536.3939 (Business Fax)

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com