Jurisdiction – India
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co |
$200 million |
KKR & Co |
Cyril Shroff (Mumbai Managing Partner) Reeba Chacko, Namrata Kolar, Nisha Kaur Uberoi (Partners) |
|
|
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co |
Macquarie Group’s stake sale in Religare Macquarie Wealth Management |
Undisclosed |
Macquarie Group |
Ashwath Rau, Aysswarya Murthi (Partners) |
|
AZB & Partners |
RMZ Infotech’s issue of 6400 non-convertible debentures |
Rs. 6.4 billion ($105 million) |
RMZ Corp |
Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner) Ananya Sharma (Senior associate) Abhira Gonge (Associate) |
|
AZB & Partners |
Sealine Investment Company’s acquisition of equity shares in RMZ Infotech |
Rs. 6 billion ($97.5 million) |
RMZ Corp |
Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner) Ananya Sharma (Senior associate) Abhira Gonge (Associate) |
|
AZB & Partners |
Wal-Mart’s acquisition of Bharti’s stake in Bharti Walmart to gain 100 percent ownership of Best Price Modern Wholesale cash and carry business |
Undisclosed |
Bharti |
Gautam Saha, Samir Gandhi (Partners) Sachin Mehta, Aparna Mehra (Senior associates) Bidisha Das, Srishti Sharma Shuchi Sinha, Swati Chauhan, Varun Lamba, Vinit Nalwadi. (Associates) |
|
J. Sagar Associates |
Wal-Mart’s acquisition of Bharti’s stake in Bharti Walmart to gain 100 percent ownership of Best Price Modern Wholesale cash and carry business |
Undisclosed |
Wal-Mart |
Shivpriya Nanda, Amitabh Kumar (Partners) Gautam Shahi (Associate) |
|
Khaitan & Co |
Great Eastern Energy Corp’s initial public issue along with offer for sale |
Undisclosed |
Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd |
Sudhir Bassi (Executive director) Vibhava Sawant (Partner) |
|
Khaitan & Co |
Hitachi’s acquisition of the entire issued equity shares of Prizm |
Undisclosed |
Hitachi Ltd |
Zakir Merchant (Partner) |
|
Khaitan & Co |
KYB Corp’s JV with Yamaha |
Undisclosed |
Kayaba Industry Co Ltd |
Zakir Merchant, Bijal Ajinkya (Partners) |
|
Khaitan & Co |
Mahindra Intertrade’s JV with China Steel Global Trading Corp, Taiwan and Mitsui & Co, SG |
Undisclosed |
Mahindra Intertrade Ltd |
Vaishali Sharma (Partner) |
|
Khaitan & Co |
Yahoo! Inc’s acquisition of Lexity through a forward triangular merger |
Undisclosed |
Lexity Inc |
Rajiv Khaitan (Partner) |
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
KKR’s acquisition of stake in Gland Pharma |
$200 million |
KKR & Co |
|
|
Vaish Associates |
Macquarie Group’s stake sale in Religare Macquarie Wealth Management |
Undisclosed |
1.Religare Enterprises Ltd 2.Religare Securities Ltd |
|
Jurisdiction – Indonesia
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
$1.3 billion |
Hess |
|
|
|
Norton Rose Fulbright |
PTT Exploration and Pertamina Hulu Energy’s acquisition of all of Hess's Indonesian oil and gas producing assets |
$1.3 billion |
1.PTT Exploration and Production Public Co Ltd 2.Pertamina Hulu Energy |
Ashley Wright (Partner) Shamim Razavi (Counsel) Bintang Hidayanto (Associate) |
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Azmi and Associates |
KKR’s purchase of a minority stake in Weststar Aviation Services |
$203.41 million |
Weststar Aviation Services |
Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali (Senior partner) Rosinah Mohd Salleh, Norhisham Abd Bahrin (Partners) |
|
Rahmat Lim & Partners |
KKR’s purchase of a minority stake in Weststar Aviation Services |
$203.41 million |
KKR & Co |
Chia Chee Hoong, Ong Boo Seng (Partners) |
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
KKR’s purchase of a minority stake in Weststar Aviation Services |
$203.41 million |
KKR & Co |
Mark Pflug (Partner) |
|
Wong & Partners |
Development financing of the Battersea Power Station, London |
790.2 million pounds ($1,293 million) |
CIMB Bank Berhad, Labuan Offshore Branch-led lenders syndicate |
Mark Lim, Esther Chik (Partners) Esther Low (Associate) |
Jurisdiction – Singapore
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Allen & Gledhill |
DBS Group Holdings’ tender offer for DBS Bank-issued class N preference shares |
S$1.7 billion ($1.35 billion) |
DBS Group Holdings Ltd |
Glenn Foo, Sunit Chhabra (Partners) |
|
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow |
Development financing of the Battersea Power Station, London |
790.2 million pounds ($1,293 million) |
CIMB Bank Berhad, Labuan Offshore Branch-led lenders syndicate |
Emmanuel Hadjidakis (Principal) Chu Kah Chin, Amanda Toh, Simon Gray, Adam Tan (Associates) |
|
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) |
OKH Global's proposed divestment of IT business |
S$31 million ($24.7 million) |
OKH Global |
James Burch (Partner) |
|
WongPartnership |
Asia New Energy Holding’s voluntary conditional cash offer to acquire Asia Power Corp’s entire issued and paid-up ordinary shares |
S$54.6 million ($43.5 million) |
Asia New Energy Holding Ltd |
Andrew Ang, Chan Sing Yee (Partners) |
|
WongPartnership |
OKH Global's proposed divestment of IT business |
S$31 million ($24.7 million) |
OKH Global |
Andrew Ang, Chan Sing Yee (Partners) |
Jurisdiction – Thailand
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Clifford Chance |
SAIC Motor Corp’s joint venture with Charoen Pokphand Group |
Undisclosed |
SAIC Motor Corp |
Andrew Matthews, Kelly Gregory (Partners) Angela Nobthai (Counsel) Sahachai Wibuloutai (Senior associate) Sirimas Rianrungrueng (Associate) |
|
Norton Rose Fulbright |
Asia Infrastructure Fund’s disposal of its entire 29.45 per cent stake in Don Muang Tollway Public Company |
$132 million |
Asia Infrastructure Fund Pvt Ltd |
Somboon Kitiyansub (Partner) Sarah Chen (Counsel) Piroon Wacharamontri (Senior associate) Haruethai Boonklomjit, Niracha Sanguankeo (Associates) |
|
Thanathip and Partners |
Asia Infrastructure Fund’s disposal of its entire 29.45 per cent stake in Don Muang Tollway Public Company |
$132 million |
Purchaser |
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Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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