Jurisdiction - India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

AZB & Partners

GE Equity International Mauritius’ acquisition of 7.69 percent of Syngene International Ltd’s paid up equity share capital

Rs. 1.25 billion

($23 million)

GE Equity International Mauritius

Essaji Vahanvati (Partner)

Nandish Vyas (Associate)

AZB & Partners

News Corporation’s acquisition of entire partnership interest of ESPN in ESPN Star Sports

Confidential

News Corporation

Ajay Bahl, Sunil Agarwal, Shuva Mandal, Anil Kasturi, Samir R. Gandhi (Partners)

AZB & Partners

Wells Fargo’s grant of Export Credit Agency (Euler Hermes) supported External Commercial Borrowing facility to SKAPS Industries India Private Ltd

Confidential

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, United States of America (Wells Fargo)

Yashwant Mathur

(Partner)

Jones Day (Singapore law counsel)

GTL Infrastructure Ltd’s restructuring of its Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2012

$319.3 million

GTL Infrastructure Ltd

Manoj Bhargava, Giles Elliott, Joe Bauerschmidt, Sebastian Orton (Partners)

 Karun Cariappa, Thomas Rooks

(Associates)

 John Taylor, Amrit Dehal (Of counsel)

Wadia Ghandy & Co (Indian counsel)

GTL Infrastructure Ltd’s restructuring of its Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2012

$319.3 million

GTL Infrastructure Ltd

Fariyal Tahseen (Partner)

Jurisdiction - Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clifford Chance

Carrefour’s disposal of its entire Malaysian operations to Japan- listed AEON Co Ltd

RM990 million ($323.10 million)

Carrefour

Emma Davies, Mathieu Remy (Partners)

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Carrefour’s disposal of its entire Malaysian operations to Japan- listed AEON Co Ltd

RM990 million ($323.10 million)

AEON Co Ltd

Katsumasa Suzuki (Partner)

Wong & Partners

Carrefour’s disposal of its entire Malaysian operations to Japan- listed AEON Co Ltd

RM990 million ($323.10 million)

Carrefour

Adeline Wong, Munir Abdul Aziz (Partner)

Wong Meng Yew (Primary associate)

Jurisdiction - Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allens (Virgin Australian counsel)

VAH Newco No. 1 Pty Ltd’s purchase of 60 percent of Tiger Airways Australia Pty

Ltd

A$35 million ($36.31 million)

Tiger Airways

Holdings Ltd

Tom Boyd (Senior associate)

Allen & Gledhill

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd’s S$300 million 4.40 per cent. Notes due 2019 under its under its $1.5 billion Euro medium-term note Programme

S$300 million ($244.63 million)

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd

Tan Tze Gay Bernie Lee (Partners)

Wu Zhaoqi

(Senior associate)

Allen & Gledhill

Semenyih Inc and Ngo Chew Hong Industries Pte Ltd’s guaranteed multicurrency medium-term note programme

S$800 million ($652.35 million)

DBS Trustee Ltd

Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra, Daselin Ang (Partners)

Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

Formation of the Dymon Asia Private Equity (DAPE) Fund

S$203 million ($165.53 million - First closing)

Dymon Asia Capital

Kelvin Poa (Partner)

King & Wood Mallesons (Australian counsel)

VAH Newco No. 1 Pty Ltd’s purchase of 60 percent of Tiger Airways Australia Pty

Ltd

A$35 million ($36.31 million)

Tiger Airways

Holdings Ltd

David Friedlander, Shannon Finch,

Scott Heezen (Partners)

Rajah & Tann

Voluntary delisting of Synear Food Holdings Ltd from the Singapore Exchange

Not applicable

Synear Food Holdings Ltd

 

Thorp Alberga (Cayman Islands counsel)

Semenyih Inc and Ngo Chew Hong Industries Pte Ltd’s guaranteed multicurrency medium-term note programme

S$800 million ($652.35 million)

DBS Trustee Ltd

 

Watson, Farley & Williams LLP

Second and final drawdown of loan facility to three wholly owned subsidiaries of Bibby Offshore Ltd

GPB53 million ($84.38 million)

Standard Chartered Bank

Mehraab Nazir (Partner)

Hannah Sinclair, Emily King (Associates)

WongPartnership

Semenyih Inc and Ngo Chew Hong Industries Pte Ltd’s guaranteed multicurrency medium-term note programme

S$800 million ($652.35 million)

DBS Bank Ltd

Colin Ong (Partner)

Chan Jin Chye Stanley (Associate)

WongPartnership

VAH Newco No. 1 Pty Ltd’s purchase of 60 percent of Tiger Airways Australia Pty

Ltd

A$35 million ($36.31 million)

Tiger Airways

Holdings Ltd

Mark Choy,

Owyong Eu Gene,

Lam Chung Nian (Partners)

WongPartnership

Voluntary delisting of Synear Food Holdings Ltd from the Singapore Exchange

Not applicable

Fortune Domain Ltd

Andrew Ang

Tay Liam Kheng (Partners)

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