Duane Morris & Selvam

Address:
No 10 Bo Yar Zar Street
Kyaukkone
Yankin Township, Yangon
Myanmar

Tel:

+951 233 9522

Fax:

+951 233 9522

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Web:

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Key contacts:

Managing Director: Krishna Ramachandra
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Quick facts:

Number of lawyers: 750
Offices (Globally): 28
Languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Burmese, Cantonese, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

Firm overview

Duane Morris & Selvam (Myanmar) provides on-the-ground high quality legal advice to foreign and domestic companies investing in the dynamic emerging market of Myanmar. The firm has a long track record of advising in Myanmar and has built strong relationships with the various Union Government Ministries. Our office in Yangon is staffed by a mix of foreign and local lawyers, who have the experience, legal and cultural knowledge to help clients achieve their business goals.

Key transactional practices

Key practice contacts and recent transactional highlights

Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Corporate Real Estate:
Leon Yee
lyee@duanemorrisselvam.com

Capital Markets and Offerings:
Jamie Benson
jbenson@duanemorrisselvam.com

Krishna Ramachandra
kramachandra@duanemorrisselvam.com

Corporate Commercial/M&A:
Krishna Ramachandra
kramachandra@duanemorrisselvam.com

Arfat Selvam
aselvam@duanemorrisselvam.com

Recent transactional highlights:

Advised First Myanmar Investment Co., Ltd. on the historic first listing on the Yangon Stock Exchange;
Advised on the sale of NCell (the market-leading Nepalese telecommunication operator) by TeliaSonera to Axiata, at an enterprise value of US$1.37 billion;
Advised on a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Ministry of Electric Power of Myanmar to invest in and develop a 225 MW gas-fired power plant in Myingyan, central Myanmar. The $300 million power plant, financed under a Build-Operate-Transfer structure, will be the largest gas-fired power plant in Myanmar.