Jurisdiction – India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.

Vodafone UK’s acquisition of Piramal Enterprises’ 10.7 percent stake in Vodafone India

Rs. 8900 crores ($1.47 billion)

Piramal Enterprises Ltd

Cyril Shroff

(Mumbai Managing Partner)

 

Leena Chacko

(Partner)

AZB & Partners

Omega TC Holdings’ and Tata Capital Financial Services’ acquisition of Varroc Engineering’s shares

Rs. 3 billion

($51 million)

1.Omega TC Holdings Pte Ltd 2.Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd

Ashwin Ramanathan

(Partner)

 

Ratnadeep Roychowdhury

(Associate)

J. Sagar Associates

Lodha Group’s proposed acquisition of a 88-acre land parcel in Thane from Clariant Chemicals (India)

Rs. 1,154 crores

($191 million)

Lodha Group

Berjis Desai, Varghese

Thomas,

Jamshed Bhumgara (Partners)

 

Manav Raheja

(Senior associate)

J. Sagar Associates

Symphony Teleca India’s proposed acquisition of Aditi Technologies

Undisclosed

Symphony Teleca India

Vivek Chandy,

Raj Ramachandran, Malini Raju

(Partners)

 

Shefali Rajput,

K.Z. Kuriyan,

Akila Raju,

Lalu Philip John

(Associates)

Khaitan & Co

Muthoottu Mini Financiers’ IPO of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures

$33 million

Muthoottu Mini Financiers Ltd

Sudhir Bassi (Executive director)

 

Nikhilesh Panchal

(Partner)

Khaitan & Co

Wolters Kluwer’s acquisition of remaining 62 percent in Third Coast Holding

$180 million

Wolters Kluwer Inc

Aakash Choubey (Lead partner)

 

Bijal Ajinkya

(Partner)

Majmudar & Partners

Lighthouse Funds’ acquisition of 12.5 percent equity stake in Bikaji Foods International

Rs. 900 million ($15 million)

Bikaji Foods International Ltd

Akil Hirani (Managing partner)

 

Christopher Krishnamoorthy (Associate partner)

Majmudar & Partners

Hardinge’s acquisition of ITW India’s Forkardt workholding products division

Undisclosed

Hardinge Inc

Akil Hirani (Managing partner)

 

Christopher Krishnamoorthy (Associate partner)

Nishith Desai Associates

Symphony Teleca India’s proposed acquisition of Aditi Technologies

Undisclosed

Aditi Technologies Pvt Ltd

Vaibhav Parikh

(Partner)

 

Lakshmi Priya (Senior associate)

 

Prasad Subramanyan

(Associate)

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Symphony Teleca India’s proposed acquisition of Aditi Technologies

Undisclosed

Symphony Teleca India

 

Wadia Ghandy and Co

Lodha Group’s proposed acquisition of a 88-acre land parcel in Thane from Clariant Chemicals (India)

Rs. 1,154 crores

($191 million)

Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd

Dhawal Mehta

(Partner)

 

Rati Patni

(Associate)

 

Krishna Moorthy 

 

 

Jurisdiction – Indonesia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Assegaf Hamzah & Partners

XL Axiata’s agreement with Saudi Telecom Company to acquire AXIS Telekom Indonesia

$865 million

PT XL Axiata Tbk

Bono Daru Adji, Tunggul Utomo, Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf,

Yogi Sudrajat Marsono

(Partners)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

XL Axiata’s agreement with Saudi Telecom Company to acquire AXIS Telekom Indonesia

$865 million

Saudi Telecom Company

 

Sidley Austin

XL Axiata’s agreement with Saudi Telecom Company to acquire AXIS Telekom Indonesia

$865 million

PT XL Axiata Tbk

 

Soemadipradja & Taher

XL Axiata’s agreement with Saudi Telecom Company to acquire AXIS Telekom Indonesia

$865 million

Saudi Telecom Company

 

 

 

Jurisdiction – Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Wong & Partners

Telekom Malaysia’s investment agreement with Green Packet and SK Telecom

RM350 million

($107.9 million)

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

Munir Abdul Aziz,

Mark Lim,

Esther Chik

(Partner)

 

Teo Ee Von

(Senior associate)

 

 

Jurisdiction – Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill

HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore)’s issue of floating rate notes due 2021

JPY5 billion

($50 million)

1.HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Ltd 2.Ascendas Funds Management (S) Ltd

Daselin Ang,

Sunit Chhabra

(Partners)

Clifford Chance

Telekom Malaysia’s investment agreement with Green Packet and SK Telecom

RM350 million

($107.9 million)

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

Lee Taylor,

Daniel Sandelson

(Partners)

 

Andrew Heng (Senior associate)

 

James Plummer

(Associate)

 

 

Jurisdiction – Sri Lanka

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Attorney General of Sri Lanka

Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 5.125 percent bonds due 2019

$500 million

Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

 

F. J. & G. De Saram

Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 5.125 percent bonds due 2019

$500 million

Initial purchasers:

1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc

2.HSBC Ltd

3.Standard Chartered Bank