Jurisdiction – Cambodia
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Strategic merger of Hello Axiata Co Ltd and Latelz Co Ltd | $180 million | Axiata Group Berhad |
Veronica O'Shea, Brian Scott (Partners), Mark Robinson (Senior TMT consultant), Alexis Papasolomontos, Rodney Edgerton (Senior associates), Rebecca Cochrane, Anna Morgan, Lucy Pegler (Associates)
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Sciaroni & Associates
| Strategic merger of Hello Axiata Co Ltd and Latelz Co Ltd | $180 million | Axiata Group Berhad |
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VDB Loi (Cambodian law)
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Strategic merger of Hello Axiata Co Ltd and Latelz Co Ltd
| $180 million | Latelz Co Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – India
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Amarchands & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co (Indian law)
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Sale offer by Adani Agro Pvt Ltd of shares in Adani Enterprises Ltd
| $35 million | Morgan Stanley India Co Pvt Ltd |
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Crawford Bayley & Co (Indian counsel)
| Placement of equity shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd | Rs. 2,000 crore (Approximately $370 million) | Issuer –
IndusInd Bank Ltd |
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Dorsey & Whitney (International legal counsel) | Placement of equity shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd | Rs. 2,000 crore (Approximately $370 million) | Book running lead managers –
1.Morgan Stanley India 2.JM Financial 3.CLSA India 4.HSBC Securities and Capital Markets India |
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Jones Day |
Sale offer by Adani Agro Pvt Ltd of shares in Adani Enterprises Ltd
| $35 million | Morgan Stanley India Co Pvt Ltd | Manoj Bhargava (Partner), Karun Cariappa (Associate) |
Jones Day |
Regulation S qualified institutions placement by Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co Ltd
| $55 million | 1.Kotak Mahindra Capital Co Ltd 2.JM Financial Institutional Securities Pvt Ltd 3.Axis Capital Ltd | Manoj Bhargava (Partner), Nikhil Naredi (Associate) |
K Law |
IvyCap Ventures Trust’s private equity investment in RML Information Services Pvt Ltd
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| IvyCap Ventures Trust | Praveen Raju (Partner), Sanket Sethia (Associate partner), Gaurav Shrawat (Senior associate), Sunayana Bose (Associate) |
Slaughter and May |
Mylan, Inc’s acquisition of Agila Specialties Pvt Ltd from Strides Arcolab Ltd
| $1.6 billion | Mylan, Inc | Gary Eaborn (Partner) |
S&R Associates (Indian law) | Placement of equity shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd | Rs. 2,000 crore (Approximately $370 million) | Book running lead managers –
1.Morgan Stanley India 2.JM Financial 3.CLSA India 4.HSBC Securities and Capital Markets India
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Jurisdiction - Singapore
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Jones Day |
Launch of Bridge Advisory Services’ first project, Teak Tree Investments
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| Bridge Advisory Services | David Longstaff, Carolyn McNabb (Partners), Nikhil Gore (Associate) |
Shook Lin & Bok |
Acquisition of Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd by Heineken International B.V.
| S$7.9 billion ($6.4 billion) | Independent financial adviser to Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd –
UBS AG, Singapore Branch
| Michelle Phang, Ho Ying Ming (Partners) |
Shook Lin & Bok | Voluntary conditional cash offer for Fraser and Neave Ltd by OUE Baytown Pte Ltd
| S$13.1 billion ($10.6 billion) | Independent financial adviser to Fraser and Neave Ltd –
J.P. Morgan (S.E.A.) Ltd
| David Chong, Teo Yi Jing (Partners) |
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
| 16-ship facility to Epic Pantheon International |
| 1.DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd 2.Dekabank Deutsche Girozentrale | Goh Mei Lin (Partner), Lizzie Roe, Clarence Ho, Angelique Kounis (Associates) |
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice | Senior loan facility to Vision Drilling Pte Ltd for the financing of the "Dynamic Vision" jack-up rig | $135 million | 1.Standard Chartered Bank 2.DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd 3.ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Singapore Branch | Simon Petch (Partner) |
Watson, Farley & Williams | Financing of two PSVs and two OSRVs for Nautilus Marine /Vega Offshore
| $38.22 million | DVB Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd | Simon Petch (Partner), Lizzie Roe (Associate) |
Jurisdiction - Thailand
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | Two gas-fired power projects in Thailand | THB 9.75 billion ($325 million) |
1.B. Grimm BIP Power Ltd 2.Bangkadi Clean Energy Ltd
| Fergus Evans (Partner) |
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