Jurisdiction – India
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
AZB & Partners |
Energy Grid Automation Transformers and Switchgears’ sale of equity shares held by it in Schneider Electric Infrastructure |
Rs. 426 million ($6.80 million) |
Citigroup Global Markets India Pvt Ltd |
Varoon Chandra (Partner) Lionel Almeida (Associate) |
AZB & Partners |
Gland Celsus’ acquisition of convertible securities in Gland Pharma |
N/A |
Gland Pharma |
Samir Gandhi (Partner) Rahul Rai, Rahul Satyan, Bidisha Das (Associates) |
AZB & Partners |
KKR Floorline’s acquisition of 24.9 percent of Gland Celsus’ equity share capital |
N/A |
Gland Pharma |
Samir Gandhi (Partner) Rahul Rai, Rahul Satyan, Bidisha Das (Associates) |
AZB & Partners |
KKR Floorline’s acquisition of 37.98 percent of Gland Pharma’s equity share capital |
N/A |
Gland Pharma |
Samir Gandhi (Partner) Rahul Rai, Rahul Satyan, Bidisha Das (Associates) |
AZB & Partners |
Structuring of and fund raising by ASK RE Fund |
Rs. 3 billion ($50 million) |
ASK India Real Estate Special Opportunities Fund Pte Ltd |
Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner) Aditya Jhaveri (Associate) |
J. Sagar Associates |
Easiprocess’ acquisition of back office support services business from EasiOption BPO Services |
Undisclosed |
Easiprocess Pvt Ltd |
Sandeep Mehta (Partner) Arup Pereira, Raji Radhakrishnan (Senior associates) |
J. Sagar Associates |
State Bank of India’s Qualified Institutions Placement of equity shares |
Rs. 80.32 billion ($1.3 billion) |
State Bank of India |
Dina Wadia (Partner) Uttara Kolhatkar, Arka Mookerjee (Senior associates) Siddhartha Desai (Associate) |
Majmudar & Partners |
Bank of Baroda’s term loan grant to Gujarat NRE Coking Coal, Australia |
$25 million |
Bank of Baroda, London branch |
Prashanth Sabeshan (Partner) |
TLT (English counsel) |
Bank of Baroda’s term loan grant to Gujarat NRE Coking Coal, Australia |
$25 million |
Bank of Baroda, London branch |
|
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Trowers & Hamlins |
Acquisition and financing of Unilever House in Leatherhead for Tabung Haji |
76 million pounds ($123.7 million) |
Lembaga Tabung Haji |
Nick Edmondes, Michael Pattinson, William Clements, Andrew Sneddon Charles Morrish (Partners) Youssef Boulos, Sam Folley, Jessica Gaddes (Senior associates) |
Zaid Ibrahim & Co |
Acquisition and financing of Unilever House in Leatherhead for Tabung Haji |
76 million pounds ($123.7 million) |
Lembaga Tabung Haji |
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Jurisdiction – Philippines
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles |
Roar Aviation II’s sale of its 40 percent stake in Southeast Asian Airlines to Cebu Air |
$7 million |
Cebu Air Inc |
|
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan |
Roar Aviation II’s sale of its 40 percent stake in Southeast Asian Airlines to Cebu Air |
$7 million |
Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd |
Marietta Tibayan (Partner) |
Jurisdiction – Thailand
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Chandler and Thong-Ek Law Offices |
Establishment and development of the Lao-Thailand Hydropower Project |
$1.02 billion |
Lenders: 1.Bank of Ayudhya Public Co Ltd 2.Export-Import Bank of Thailand 3.Krung Thai Bank Public Co Ltd 4.Thanachart Bank Public Co Ltd |
|
DFDL |
Establishment and development of the Lao-Thailand Hydropower Project |
$1.02 billion |
Sponsors: 1.SK Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 2.Korea Western Power Co Ltd 3.Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Co Ltd 4.Lao Holding State Enterprise Lenders: 1.Bank of Ayudhya Public Co Ltd 2.Export-Import Bank of Thailand 3.Krung Thai Bank Public Co Ltd 4.Thanachart Bank Public Co Ltd |
|
Latham & Watkins |
Establishment and development of the Lao-Thailand Hydropower Project |
$1.02 billion |
Lenders: 1.Bank of Ayudhya Public Co Ltd 2.Export-Import Bank of Thailand 3.Krung Thai Bank Public Co Ltd 4.Thanachart Bank Public Co Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Gledhill |
Vallianz Holdings’, Vallianz Capital’s issue of multicurrency Islamic trust certificates |
$500 million |
Arranger, dealer: Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte Ltd |
Eugene Ooi, Yeo Wico, Harold Or, Jeanne Ong, Sunit Chhabra, Usha Chandradas (Partners) |
Allen & Overy |
Establishment and development of the Lao-Thailand Hydropower Project |
$1.02 billion |
1.Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Company Ltd 2.Sponsors (SK Engineering & Construction Co Ltd, Korea Western Power Co Ltd, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Co Ltd, Lao Holding State Enterprise) |
Stephen Jaggs (Partner) Anchalee Limviriyalers, Charlie Grover (Counsel) Chris Bishop, Sarah Wilson Sadi Tanmanatragul (Senior associates) Adam Reekie, Wipawat Yingsakmongkol, Matthew Del Rosso (Associates) Vorasaree Wangwittiya |
Ince & Co |
Oro Negro’s issue of international bonds due 2019 |
$725 million |
Oro Negro |
Martin Brown (Partner) Charmaine Lim (Associate) Bill Ricquier (Incisive Law Director) |
Shook Lin & Bok |
Hyflux’s issue of 5.75 percent perpetual capital securities |
S$300 million ($236.5 million) |
Trustee |
|
Stamford Law Corp |
Hyflux’s issue of 5.75 percent perpetual capital securities |
S$300 million ($236.5 million) |
Hyflux Ltd |
|
WongPartnership |
Hyflux’s issue of 5.75 percent perpetual capital securities |
S$300 million ($236.5 million) |
Sole lead manager and bookrunner: DBS Bank Ltd |
Hui Choon Yuen, Goh Gin Nee (Partners) |
WongPartnership |
Roar Aviation II’s sale of its 40 percent stake in Southeast Asian Airlines to Cebu Air |
$7 million |
Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd |
Mark Choy, Tan Sue-Lynn (Partners) |
WongPartnership |
Vallianz Holdings’, Vallianz Capital’s issue of multicurrency Islamic trust certificates |
$500 million |
1.Vallianz Holdings Ltd 2.Vallianz Capital Ltd |
Hui Choon Yuen, Goh Gin Nee (Partners) |
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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