Jurisdiction - India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved AZB & Partners IFC’s investment in Equitas Holdings Private Ltd Rs. 1,399,999,736 ($26,876,359) International Finance Corporation (IFC) Gautam Saha Purva Chadha AZB & Partners Issue of Alok Industries’ equity shares on a rights basis Rs. 5.51 billion ($106 million) Alok Industries Ltd Kalpana Merchant Lionel Almeida Trilegal Amtek India's foreign currency convertible bonds due 2017 $70 million DBS Bank (Lead manager) Srinivas Parthasarathy (Partner) Anil Choudhary (Senior associate) Priyanka Kumar, Smriti Bahety (Associates) Trilegal IDBI Bank’s issue of notes worth $500 million $500 million IDBI Bank Srinivas Parthasarathy (Partner) Priyanka Kumar, Smriti Bahety (Associates) Trilegal Investors’ investment in Equitas Holdings Private Ltd, and International Finance Corporation through subscription of shares Rs. 1,399,999,736 ($26,876,359) Investors: 1.CLSA Capital Partners 2. Bellwether Microfinance Fund Private Ltd 3. India Financial Inclusion Fund 4. MVH SPA 5. Microventures Investments (SICAR) Sridhar Gorthi (Partner) Nidhi Khadria (Counsel) Tejal Velambath, Prajna Mohapatra (Associates) Trilegal Lazard Australia Private Equity’s indirect sale of stake in Unibic India $18 million Lazard Australia Private Equity Kosturi Ghosh (Partner) Suvojit Halder (Associate) Vaish Associates Amtek India's foreign currency convertible bonds due 2017 $70 million Amtek India Manish Tully Vichar Partners IFC’s investment in Equitas Holdings Private Ltd Rs. 1,399,999,736 ($26,876,359) Equitas Holdings Private Ltd Aarthi Sivanandh
Jurisdiction - Sigapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Gledhill LLP Proposed disposal of assets and liquidation of LMA International N.V. S$343 million LMA International N.V. Lee Kim Shin (Managing partner) Christopher Ong (Partner) Melissa Chong, Sarah Lim (Senior associates) Allen & Gledhill LLP Sale of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s non-US wealth management business to Julius Baer CHF860 million Bank of America Merrill Lynch Andrew M. Lim, Christopher Ong, Francis Mok, William Ong , Tang Siau Yan (Partners) Ann Marie Seow, Jacqueline Lee (Senior associates) Hong Xi Wen (Associate) Allen & Gledhill LLP SP PowerAssets’ Limited’s $500 million 2.7 percent. Fixed Rate Notes due 2022 and S$250 million 3.4 percent. Fixed Rates Notes due 2032 issuance $500 million SP PowerAssets Yeo Wico, Bernie Lee (Partners) Katerina Seow, Eugenia Tan (Associates) Allen & Gledhill LLP Starhub Ltd's issue of S$220 million 3.08 percent fixed rate notes due 2022 under its S$1 billion multicurrency medium-term note programme S$220 million 1. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ Bank) 2. DBS Bank Ltd Tan Tze Gay, Glenn David Foo (Partners) Wu Zhaoqi (Senior associate) Allen & Gledhill LLP Swiber Holdings Ltd's issue of S$80 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.75 percent senior perpetual securities S$80 million 1. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ Bank) 2. DBS Bank Ltd Bernie Lee Rhys Goh Margaret Chin Magdalene Leong Allen & Gledhill LLP Swiber Holdings Ltd's issue of S$80 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.75 percent senior perpetual securities S$80 million The Bank of New York Mellon (SG branch) Bernie Lee Rhys Goh Margaret Chin Magdalene Leong Clifford Chance Sabana Shari'ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust’s SGD80 million 4.5 per cent convertible sukuk due 2017 Morgan Stanley (Lead manager and bookrunner) Matt Fairclough Qudeer Latif (Partners) Gregory Man Sandeep Puri (Senior associates) Siu Fang Ng (Associate) DLA Piper K-REIT Asia’s cross-border JV with Mirvac Property Group for redevelopment of Old Treasury Building site, Perth AUD $330M Singapore K-REIT Asia Les Koltai David Nancarrow Brian Pass Tim L'Orange Duane Morris & Selvam LLP Heineken International B.V.‘s acquisition of Kindest Place Groups Ltd's shares in Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd S$1.18 billion Heineken International B.V. Arfat Selvam Ramiro Rodriguez King & Wood Mallesons (Australia) K-REIT Asia’s cross border JV with Mirvac Property Group for redevelopment of Old Treasury Building site, Perth AUD $330M Mirvac Property Group Felicity Savage Sonya Harris Linklaters LLP Sale of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s non-US wealth management business to Julius Baer CHF860 million Julius Baer Rajah & Tann LLP WongPartnership Heineken International B.V.‘s acquisition of Kindest Place Groups Ltd's shares in Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd S$1.18 billion Kindest Place Groups Ltd Ng Wai King Andrew Ang Annabelle Yip Teo Hsiao-Huey Audrey Chng WongPartnership Olam International ‘s $2 billion euro medium-term note (EMTN) programme and issuing of notes *EMTN programme: $2 billion *Series 1 Notes: S$350 million *Series 2 Notes: S$250 million *Series 3 Notes: $500 million Olam International Colin Ong Tan Kay Kheng Khoo Yuh Huey WongPartnership Starhub Ltd's issue of S$220 million 3.08 percent fixed rate notes due 2022 under its S$1 billion multicurrency medium-term note programme S$220 million 1. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ Bank) 2. DBS Bank Ltd Hui Choon Yuen Khoo Yuh Huey WongPartnership Swiber Holdings Ltd's issue of S$80 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.75 percent senior perpetual securities S$80 million Swiber Holdings Ltd Hui Choon Yuen Goh Gin Nee
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