RHTLaw Taylor Wessing congratulates RHT Corporate Advisory on its appointment as the corporate secretarial agent by Hanwell Holdings Limited ("Hanwell"), a Listed Company with effect from 1 October 2012. Hanwell was incorporated in Singapore on 17 May 1974 and is a leading pan-Asian consumer essentials company, well-equipped to provide the best in daily essential needs to consumers. Hanwell’s strategic direction is reflected in its focus on its two business clusters – Consumer Essentials and Strategic Investments. Hanwell’s core business cluster – Consumer Essentials – focuses on providing living essential products and services to the modern consumer. The Group is comprised of commercial entities involved in fast moving consumer goods manufacturing, brand management and marketing, franchise management, health solutions and services, and media education and entertainment. The Group’s secondary business cluster – Strategic Investments – focuses on generating value and strengthening financial asset capabilities by investing in promising enterprises in their respective markets. Hanwell owns a 64% stake in Singapore listed Tat Seng Packaging Group Ltd a leading manufacturer of corrugated paper packaging products with two plants in Singapore and four in China.  Its customers include multi-national corporations and manufacturers in the electronics, metal stamping, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, as well as the printing and publishing industry. RHTLaw Taylor Wessing’s Corporate and Securities Partner, Mr Chew Kok Liang is the named Company Secretary for Hanwell.

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing congratulates RHT Corporate Advisory on its appointment as the corporate secretarial agent by Tat Seng Packaging Group Ltd ("Tat Seng"), a Listed Company with effect from 1 October 2012. Tat Seng was incorporated in Singapore on 22 December 1977. To prepare for a listing on the SGX-ST, it converted into a public company and changed its name to Tat Seng Packaging Group Ltd on 27 February 2001. The Company designs, manufactures and sells corrugated paper packaging products such as corrugated boards and cartons for the packaging of electronics and electrical, food, pharmaceutical and other products according to its customers' specifications. It serves the packaging needs of various industries in Singapore and China by supplying a range of corrugated paper packaging products of different configurations and sizes. Its customers include Matsushita Electronics (S) Pte Ltd, Tyco Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd, GES Singapore Pte Ltd, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Mentor Media Ltd, Baxter Healthcare (Asia) Pte Ltd, Tee Yih Jia Food Mfg Pte Ltd, KC Dat (Singapore) Pte Ltd, LG-Tontru Colour Display System Co, Dupont Suzhou Polyester Co, Becton Dickinson Medical Devices Co Ltd, Advanced Micro Devices (Suzhou) Ltd and Daito-Osim Healthcare Appliances (Suzhou) Co Ltd. The Company's production facilities are presently undertaken in factories located in Nantong Tongzhou, Hefei, Suzhou and NanTong Rugao China. In October 2005, following the sale of a majority stake of 51 percent of Tat Seng by the Group's two major shareholders and directors to Hanwell Holdings Ltd (”Hanwell”), Hanwell launched a take-over offer for the remaining shares of the Company. At the close of its offer in November 2005, Hanwell held a 64 percent stake in the Company. RHTLaw Taylor Wessing’s Corporate and Securities Partner, Mr Chew Kok Liang is the named Company Secretary for Tat Seng.

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing has received a honorable mention in the "In-House Community ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL Firm of the Year 2012 survey" for Projects and Project Financing in Singapore. Now in its 6th year, the “Firms of the Year Survey” is a detailed survey sent out to over 18,000 individual in-house counsel and company directors in jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East. The selection as a honorable mention firm is based entirely on the votes and testimonials of the participating in-house counsel and senior corporate decision makers.

We proudly sponsor the "RHT Law Taylor Wessing LLP Prize in Corporate Finance Law and Practice in Singapore" for the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore. The S$15,000 book prize, worth S$1,000 per academic year, is awarded to the law student attaining the highest marks in the module "Corporate Finance Law and Practice in Singapore”. We congratulate Ng Han Qian Sam for winning this book prize for AY2011-2012.