Shahin Foroughian

Shahin Foroughian
Biography
Shahin Foroughian is a corporate finance lawyer based in Singapore.
His focus is on corporate and commercial matters and he advises clients on: cross-border mergers; acquisitions; disposals and restructurings; joint venture and strategic alliance arrangements; general corporate law; and corporate governance matters.
Shahin qualified as a lawyer in 2011 and has worked in New Zealand, London and Singapore.
He has previously worked in-house at a multinational Australian-listed company.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
Advised:
- French insurer AXA on the acquisition of 50 percent of the Chinese property and casualty insurance joint venture AXA Tianping based in Shanghai, a deal which marks AXA as the first foreign insurer to own 100% of a top 20 property and casualty insurance company in China.
- Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) on credit facilities totalling US$160 million to finance the construction, launch, ground system and initial operation for "Kacific1", a Boeing-built next-generation high-throughput Ka-band satellite.
- UK-based infrastructure group Balfour Beatty and Hong Kong-based diversified-industry group company Jardine Pacific on a 100% joint stake sale of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West PPP Project, a privately-financed vocational college in Singapore. The deal marked the first secondary market sale of an infrastructure public-private partnership (PPP) in Singapore.
- Louis Dreyfus Company on its acquisition of a 30% interest in Allegro Aqua Pte Ltd and the concurrent sale of its interest in Allegro Aqua to Barramundi Asia Pte.
Insights and news
News
Norton Rose Fulbright recognised in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 Guide
Global | January 12, 2023
Norton Rose Fulbright recognised in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 Guide
Global | January 12, 2023