Jurisdiction - India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Net Positive Business Analytics Pvt Ltd’s sale of controlling stake to EFX Holdings Ltd, Mauritius (Equifax) Confidential EFX Holdings Ltd, Mauritius (Equifax) Leena Chacko (Partner) Indranath Bishnu (Principal associate) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Sutherland Global Services’ acquisition of Apollo Health Street Rs. 10 billion ($180 million) Apollo Health Street Ltd Cyril Shroff (Mumbai Managing partner) Reeba Chacko (Bengaluru corporate partner ) Jones Day, Ohio (U.S. legal counsel) Sutherland Global Services’ acquisition of Apollo Health Street Rs. 10 billion ($180 million) Apollo Health Street Ltd Deepak Reddy, William Stewart Jr, L. Erin Firman, Justin Macke K Law Net Positive Business Analytics Pvt Ltd’s sale of controlling stake to EFX Holdings Ltd, Mauritius (Equifax) Confidential Net Positive Business Analytics Pvt Ltd and shareholders Shwetambari Rao (Partner) Abhinav Singh (Senior associate) Latham & Watkins, California (U.S. legal counsel) Sutherland Global Services’ acquisition of Apollo Health Street Rs. 10 billion ($180 million) Sutherland Global Services Tony Richmond (Partner) S&R Associates (Indian counsel) Sutherland Global Services’ acquisition of Apollo Health Street Rs. 10 billion ($180 million) Sutherland Global Services Rajat Sethi, Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan (Partners)
Jurisdiction – Indonesia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners PT Krakatau Steel’s financing for construction and operation of a new blast furnace complex $450 million PT Krakatau Steel Indri Pramitaswari Guritno (Partner)
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Leong Company’s offer for Guoco Group Ltd $1.06 billion Hong Leong Company Robert Ashworth (Asia managing partner) Christian Zeppezauer, Robert Lonergan (Counsels) David Winfield (Head of Asia finance practice) Royce Miller (Partner ) Dickson Ng (Senior associate) Anna Shek, Simon Hawkins (Associate) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Leong Company’s offer for Guoco Group Ltd $1.06 billion Standard Chartered Bank Simon Weller (Corporate partner) Coco Liu (Corporate associate)
Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Gledhill LLP Ezra Holdings Ltd’s multicurrency debt issuance programme $500 million 1. HSBC Ltd 2.DBS Bank Ltd Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra (Partners) Allen & Gledhill LLP Ezra Holdings Ltd’s multicurrency debt issuance programme $500 million 1. HSBC Ltd 2. HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Ltd Magdalene Leong (Partner) Allen & Gledhill LLP Odfjell Asia II Pte Ltd’s guaranteed multicurrency medium- term note programme S$500 million 1. HSBC Ltd 2.DBS Bank Ltd 3. DNB Bank ASA (SG branch) 4. DBS Trustee Ltd Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra, Ong Kangxin (Partners) Allen & Gledhill LLP Set up of Clifford Capital Pte. Ltd and government guarantee on its debt instruments, and utilised credit and liquidity facilities Not applicable Clifford Capital Pte. Ltd On the joint venture: Richard Young, Chiam Tao Koon, Karen Tiah (Partners) Lauren Chung, Jennifer Lee, Leong Weng Tat (Senior associates) Allen & Gledhill LLP Set up of Clifford Capital Pte. Ltd and government guarantee on its debt instruments, and utilised credit and liquidity facilities $3.9 billion Clifford Capital Pte. Ltd On the guarantee: Yeo Wico, Richard Young, Chiam Tao Koon (Partners) Lauren Chung, Leong Weng Tat (Senior associates) Katerina Seow, Rachel Chin (Associates) Shearman & Sterling Petra Foods Ltd’s sale of its cocoa ingredients division to Barry Callebaut $950 million Barry Callebaut Jeremy Kutner (London partner) Richard Porter (London associate) Stamford Law Petra Foods Ltd’s sale of its cocoa ingredients division to Barry Callebaut $950 million Petra Foods Ltd Yap Wai Ming (Partner) Watson, Farley & Williams LLP Precious Shipping Public Company Ltd’s planned construction of two bulkers Confidential Precious Shipping Public Company Ltd Simon Petch (Partner) Lee Chien Herr (Associate)
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