Jurisdiction – India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Adani Groups Entities’ Offer for Sale $120 million DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd Yash Ashar (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co (Competition law advisers) Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd’s acquisition of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd’s undertakings, business, activities and operations through Peter England Fashions & Retail Ltd Confidential Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd Cyril Shroff (Mumbai managing partner) Nivedita Rao (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co (Indian counsel) Bharti Infratel Ltd’s Initial Public Offering $41,723 million Bharti Infratel Ltd Yash Ashar (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Credit Analysis & Research Ltd’s Initial Public Offering $5,399.78 million Credit Analysis & Research Ltd Yash Ashar (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Extension of foreign currency facility by Standard Chartered Bank, London to Essel Lucknow Raebareli Toll Roads Pvt Ltd $46 million Standard Chartered Bank Amey Pathak (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Punjab National Bank’s acquisition of 30 percent stake in Metlife Confidential Punjab National Bank Nisha Kaur Uberoi, Vandana Shroff (Partners) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Reliance Infrastructure Ltd’s Offer for Sale Rs. 1500 crores ($272.75 million) Reliance Infrastructure Ltd Yash Ashar (Partner) AZB & Partners 3i Infotech Ltd’s offering of 5 percent convertible bonds due 2017 Rs. 5.5 billion ($126 million) Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong branch (Dealer manager) Varoon Chandra (Partner) AZB & Partners Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd’s acquisition of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd’s undertakings, business, activities and operations through Peter England Fashions & Retail Ltd Confidential Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd Samir Gandhi (Partner) Aparna Mehra (Associate) Bidisha Das (Economist) AZB & Partners Bharat PetroResources Ltd’s credit borrowal from consortium of domestic banks Rs. 100 billion ($2 billion) Consortium of domestic banks (Led by Punjab National Bank and State Bank of India, Hong Kong branch) Bahram N. Vakil (Partner) Kumarjit Ray (Associate) AZB & Partners Matrix Partners’ acquisition of 37.5 percent of Enhance Aesthetic and Cosmetic Studio Pvt Ltd ~ Rs. 225 million ($ 4.1 million) Matrix Partners India Investment Holdings II, LLC Abhijit Joshi (Partner) AZB & Partners Matrix Partners’ investment in Mewar Orthopaedic Hospital Pvt Ltd Confidential Matrix Partners India Investment Holdings II, LLC Abhijit Joshi (Partner) AZB & Partners Provision of buyer’s credit facility by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation with GAIL (India) Ltd Rs. 3.68 billion ($67.5 million) Japan Bank for International Cooperation Ashwin Ramanathan (Partner) Zubin Mehta (Associate) Clifford Chance Extension of foreign currency facility by Standard Chartered Bank, London to Essel Lucknow Raebareli Toll Roads Pvt Ltd $46 million Standard Chartered Bank Ranbir Hunjan (Partner) Tatva Legal Punjab National Bank’s acquisition of 30 percent stake in Metlife Confidential Metlife Avinash Mody (Partner)
Jurisdiction – Thailand
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd’s merger with Nippon Yusoki Co Ltd for respective forklift truck business operations Undisclosed Nichiyu Asia Pte Ltd Niwes Phancharoenwor-akul (Partner) Clifford Chance (Thailand) Ltd Ananda Development Public Company Ltd's Initial Public Offering S$182.2 million ($148.71 million) 1. Joint international bookrunners 2. Co-bookrunner 3. Co-lead manager Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor Ltd Ananda Development Public Company Ltd's Initial Public Offering S$182.2 million ($148.71 million) Ananda Development Public Company Ltd WongPartnership LLP Ananda Development Public Company Ltd's Initial Public Offering S$182.2 million ($148.71 million) Ananda Development Public Company Ltd Gail Ong, Karen Yeoh (Partners)
Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Gledhill LLP Jaiprakash Associates Ltd’s issuance of 5.75 percent convertible bonds due 2017 $150 million Jaiprakash Associates Ltd Bernie Lee (Partner) Allen & Gledhill LLP Keppel Land Ltd and Keppel Land Financial Services Pte Ltd’s multicurrency medium- term note programme $3 billion 1.Keppel Land Ltd 2.Keppel Land Financial Services Pte Ltd’s Margaret Chin, Ong Kangxin, Sunit Chhabra (Partners) Allen & Gledhill LLP Mapletree Commercial Trust’s acquisition of Mapletree Anson S$680 million ($555 million) For equity fund raising: 1. Joint global coordinators 2.Bookrunners 3.Underwriters Jerry K.C. Koh, Margaret Soh, Chua Bor Jern (Partners) Allen & Gledhill LLP Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd $150 million Jaya Holdings Ltd Kok Chee Wai (Partner) Sandra Ooi (Senior associate) Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd (Finnish counsel) AVIC International Investments Ltd’s acquisition of Deltamarin Oy EUR32 million ($41.86 million) Some vendor parties from Deltamarin Oy Jones Day Club financing by HSBC for Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd $255 million Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd Sushma Jobanputra (Partner) Elaine Ho (Associate) Lee & Lee Parkson Myanmar Co Pte Ltd’s joint venture with Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and First Myanmar Investment Company Ltd $3 million Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd / Yoma Strategic Investments Ltd Linklaters Singapore Pte Ltd (International counsel) Bharti Infratel Ltd’s Initial Public Offering $41,723 million Bharti Infratel Ltd Arun Balasubramanian (Partner) Norton Rose (Asia) LLP Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd $150 million Jaya Holdings Ltd Ben Rose (Partner) Gregory Xu (Associate) Rodyk & Davidson LLP Qingjian Realty’s (Punggol Way) acquisition of an executive condominium site at Punggol Way / Punggol Walk, Singapore S$189.9 million ($155 million) Qingjian Realty (Punggol Way) Pte Ltd Dawn Tong (Partner) Ryan Lawyers Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd’s sale of Angsana Velavaru S$86.8 million ($71.0 million) Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd Tony Ryan (Partner) Stamford Law Corporation Barry Callebaut AG’s acquisition of Petra Foods Ltd's cocoa ingredients division $950 million Petra Foods Ltd Yap Wai Ming (Partner) Stamford Law Corporation AVIC International Investments Ltd’s acquisition of Deltamarin Oy EUR32 million ($41.86 million) AVIC International Investments Ltd Yap Lian Seng (Partner) Stamford Law Corporation Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd $150 million Jaya Holdings Ltd Justin Yip (Director) Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP Barry Callebaut AG’s acquisition of Petra Foods Ltd's cocoa ingredients division $950 million Barry Callebaut AG Jeremy Kutner (Partner) Shook Lin & Bok Lenders syndicate’s refinancing for Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust S$200 million ($163.23 million) Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust Andrea Ng (Partner) Shook Lin & Bok Mapletree Commercial Trust’s acquisition of Mapletree Anson S$680 million ($555 million) 1.Mapletree Commercial Trust’s trustee 2.DBS Trustee Ltd Tan Woon Hum, Andrea Ang (Partners) Watson, Farley & Williams LLP Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd’s acquisition of its 5th to-be-chartered Newbuild LNG vessel $183,644,000 Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd Simon Petch (Partner) Shawn Er, Jesse Clark (Associates) Su Lin Khor (Trainee solicitor) WongPartnership LLP Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd’s sale of Angsana Velavaru S$86.8 million ($71.0 million) Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd Tan Teck Howe, Serene Soh (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Barry Callebaut AG’s acquisition of Petra Foods Ltd's cocoa ingredients division $950 million Barry Callebaut AG Andrew Ang, Kenneth Leong, Lam Chung Nian (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Club financing by HSBC for Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd $255 million The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd Christy Lim, Hui Choon Yuen (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Lenders syndicate’s refinancing for Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust S$200 million ($163.23 million) Lenders syndicate Christy Lim (Partner) WongPartnership LLP Mapletree Commercial Trust’s acquisition of Mapletree Anson S$680 million ($555 million) Mapletree Commercial Trust Rachel Eng, Carol Anne Tan, Long Chee Shan, James Choo (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd’s merger with Nippon Yusoki Co Ltd for respective forklift truck business operations Undisclosed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Ng Wai King, Ong Sin Wei (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Parkson Myanmar Co Pte Ltd’s joint venture with Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and First Myanmar Investment Company Ltd $3 million Parkson Myanmar Co Pte Ltd Annabelle Yip, Lim Hon Yi (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Qingjian Realty’s (Punggol Way) acquisition of an executive condominium site at Punggol Way / Punggol Walk, Singapore S$189.9 million ($155 million) Qingjian Realty (Punggol Way) Pte Ltd Carol Anne Tan, Christy Lim, Cornelia Fong, Tan Peck Min (Partners) WongPartnership LLP Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd $150 million Jaya Holdings Ltd Alvin Chia (Partner)
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