Longstaff, David P.

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

Representative Cases

• Altus Group issues $40 million of Senior Secured Notes and Warrants in a Regulation S offering
• IB Daiwa Corp acquires Darcy Energy
• MediaXposure acquires Pacific Media
• Mitsubishi Corporation agrees to acquire 33.4% of Strand Minerals (Indonesia) Pte Ltd from ERAMET , (2009)
• MPS Group acquires Judd Farris , (2009)
• OM Group acquires electronics business of Rockwood Holdings for $315 million , (2009)
• PT Bumi Resources closes loan with China Investment Corporation
• PT Pertamina (Persero) acquires BP West Java Limited for $280 million , (2009)
• Singapore Office reconstructs houses for Tsunami victims
• Singapore Petroleum sells interest in Jeruk Field to PT Medco Energi Internasional for $148 million , (2009)
• Singapore Petroleum subsidiary acquires Coastal Indonesia Sampang from El Paso Production Oil & Gas
• Singapore Technologies Telemedia jointly acquires AT&T Cellular Private Ltd.
• Singapore Technologies Telemedia jointly acquires Idea Cellular Limited
• Tanjong Public Limited Co acquires CDC Globeleq Holdings for $528 million
• Transasia Pipeline Company acquires stake in PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia

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

• College Law - Guildford
• Reading University - England

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)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com