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Jurisdiction – India
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co | Financial Technologies (India)’s sale of its 15 percent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange of India to Kotak Mahindra Bank | Rs. 459 crores ($76 million) | Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd | Cyril Shroff (Mumbai Managing partner)
Ashwath Rau, Nisha Kaur Uberoi (Partners) |
AZB & Partners | BIC Clichy’s acquisition of 20% of the share capital in Cello Writing Aids, Cello Pens, Cello Tips and Pens, Cello Stationery Products, Cello Plastic Products, Pentek Pen and Stationery, and Cello Writing Instruments and Containers | Rs. 4.33 billion ($72.1 million) | BIC Clichy (A Société BIC subsidiary) | Nohid Nooreyezdan (Partner)
Rajendra Barot (Associate) |
AZB & Partners | Brightstar’s acquisition of 51 percent of Beetel Teletech from certain Bharti group entities | Confidential | Bharti Group | Gautam Saha (Partner)
Sachin Mehta (Associate) |
AZB & Partners | Omega TC Sabre Holdings’ and Tata Capital Financial Services’ acquisition of 18 percent stake in Shriram Properties from Shriram Venture | Rs. 4.6 billion ($78 million) | Tata Opportunities Fund Ltd Partnership | Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner)
Vivek Bajaj (Associate) |
AZB & Partners | Warburg Pincus’ acquisition of 32.29 percent stake in Laurus Labs | N/A | Bluewater Investment Ltd | Essaji Vahanvati (Partner)
Samir Gandhi, Kamya Rajagopal, Hemangini Dadwal (Associates) |
DSK Legal | Strides Arcolab’s acquisition of Bafna Pharmaceuticals’ Indian branded generic business | Rs. 48 crores (~$8 million) | Strides Arcolab Ltd | Raksha Kothari (Partner)
Shamayeeta Bhattacharyya, Shruti Chopra (Associates)
Vikrant Singh Negi (Lawyer) |
Desai & Diwanji | Strides Arcolab’s acquisition of Bafna Pharmaceuticals’ Indian branded generic business | Rs. 48 crores (~$8 million) | Bafna Pharmaceuticals Ltd | Aneesh Gupte (Partner) |
J. Sagar Associates | Bank of Baroda’s issue of 4.875 percent senior notes due 2019 | $250 million | Bank of Baroda | Dina Wadia, Uttara Kolhatkar (Partners) |
J. Sagar Associates | Financial Technologies (India)’s sale of its 15 percent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange of India to Kotak Mahindra Bank | Rs. 459 crores ($76 million) | Financial Technologies (India) Ltd | Berjis Desai, Somasekhar Sundaresan, Vikram Raghani (Partners)
Anand Lakra (Senior associate) |
J. Sagar Associates | ONGC Videsh’s issue of 3.250 percent, 4.625 percent and 2.750 notes due 2019, 2024 and 2021 | $2.2 billion | ONGC Videsh Ltd | Dina Wadia, Uttara Kolhatkar (Partners)
Vardaan Ahluwalia, Shaswata Dutta (Associates) |
MMB Legal | Firmenich’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in Jasmine Concrete Exports | Rs. 27 crores ($4.5 million) | Jasmine Concrete Exports Pvt Ltd | Mahesh Madan Bhat (Managing partner)
Vishak Abraham (Associate) |
Vaish Associates | Firmenich’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in Jasmine Concrete Exports | Rs. 27 crores ($4.5 million) | Firmenich SA | Hemant Puthran (Partner)
Krishna Kishore (Principal associate) |
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Jurisdiction – Indonesia
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Hadromi & Partners | PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX | S$388.3 million (excluding the exercise of the overallotment option)
S$441.3 million (including the exercise of the overallotment option) | PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd |
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K&L Gates | The Republic of Indonesia’s sale of its debut 2.875 percent euro-denominated bonds due 2021 | 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) | The Republic of Indonesia | David Johnson (HK Partner)
Christopher Tan (SG counsel)
Arjuna Chandramohan (SG associate) |
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Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong | PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX | S$388.3 million ($313.5 million - excluding the exercise of the overallotment option)
S$441.3 million ($356.2 million - including the exercise of the overallotment option) | PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd |
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Rahmat Lim & Partners | Hup Soon Global’s sale of its automotive aftermarket and industrial supplies distribution business in Malaysia and Thailand | $34.5 million | Hup Soon Global Pte Ltd | Chen Lee Won (Partner) |
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Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Gledhill | Bank consortium’s term loan grant to Frasers Hospitality Asset Management | S$615 million ($496.5 million) | Frasers Hospitality Asset Management Pte Ltd | Lim Wei Ting (Partner) |
Allen & Gledhill | DBS Group Holdings’ issue of fixed- and floating-rate senior notes | $1.25 billion (total value) | DBS Group Holdings Ltd | Glenn Foo, Sunit Chhabra (Partners) |
Allen & Gledhill | PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX | S$441.3 million ($356.2 million) | PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd |
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Allen & Gledhill | SIA Engineering Company’s Singapore-based joint venture with The Boeing Company and Boeing Singapore | N/A | SIA Engineering Company Ltd | Richard Young, Lee Kee Yeng, Daren Shiau (Partners) |
Drew & Napier | Starburst Holdings’ IPO and listing on Catalist, the sponsor-supervised listing platform of the SGX | S$15.5 million ($12.5 million) | Sponsor | Sin Boon Ann, Grace Lai (Partners)
Rachel Poon (Senior associate)
Chan Mei Sum (Associate) |
Sidley Austin | PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX | S$388.3 million ($313.5 million - excluding the exercise of the overallotment option)
S$441.3 million ($356.2 million - including the exercise of the overallotment option) | Joint issue managers, bookrunners and underwriters |
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TSMP Law Corp | TT International’s placement of shares | S$26 million (~$21 million) | Placement agent: CIMB Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd | Stephanie Yuen Thio (Joint managing director)
Chua Shi Ying (Senior associate) |
WongPartnership | Hup Soon Global’s sale of its automotive aftermarket and industrial supplies distribution business in Malaysia and Thailand | $34.5 million | Hup Soon Global Pte Ltd | Mark Choy, Milton Toon (Partners) |
WongPartnership | PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX | S$388.3 million ($313.5 million - excluding the exercise of the overallotment option)
S$441.3 million ($356.2 million - including the exercise of the overallotment option) | 1.DBS Bank Ltd 2.Merrill Lynch (Singapore) Pte Ltd 3.Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd | Rachel Eng (Joint managing partner)
Pong Chen Yih (Partner) |
WongPartnership | Scoot’s joint venture with Nok Mangkang | THB2 billion ($60 million) | Scoot Pte Ltd | Annabelle Yip, Lam Chung Nian, Ameera Ashraf (Partners) |
WongPartnership | Starburst Holdings’ IPO and listing on Catalist, the sponsor-supervised listing platform of the SGX | S$15.5 million ($12.5 million) | Starburst Holdings Ltd | Gail Ong, James Choo (Partners) |
WongPartnership | TPG Capital-led consortium’s acquisition of DTZ | AU$1.22 billion ($1.15 billion) | TPG Capital-led consortium including: PAG Asia Capital, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan | Ng Wai King (Joint managing partner)
Andrew Ang, Milton Toon, Christy Lim (Partners) |
WongPartnership | TT International’s placement of shares | S$26 million (~$21 million) | TT International Ltd | Karen Yeoh, James Choo (Partners) |
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Jurisdiction – Thailand
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Charin & Associates | Scoot’s joint venture with Nok Mangkang | THB2 billion ($60 million) |
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| Charin Satchayan (Partner)
Worapan Wuttisarn, Sivalee Chairojkanjana (Associates) |
The Capital Law Office | Scoot’s joint venture with Nok Mangkang | THB2 billion ($60 million) |
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| Chatri Trakulmanenate (Partner)
Voraluck Worachuttharn (Associate) |
