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A&O advises Thomson Reuters on $3.55 bln sale of IP & Science business

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Allen & Overy has advised Thomson Reuters Corp on the sale of its Intellectual Property and Science (IP&S) business to private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia
CC, Kirkland, S&C star in $1.1 bln Nirvana buyout

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Clifford Chance is advising private equity firm CVC Capital Partners on its $1.1 billion privatisation of Hong Kong-listed Nirvana, Asia's largest funeral services firm, which is being represented by Sullivan & Cromwell and Conyers Dill & Pearman.
Sidley, Milbank, HBT play key roles in $2.6 bln Indonesia mine deal

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Sidley Austin and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy have advised an Indonesian investor group including Medco Energi on its $2.6 billion acquisition of an 82 percent stake in Newmont Nusa Tenggara
Sidley, A&G, Links, Dentons Rodyk advise on $2.5 bln sale of SG tower

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Sidley Austin and Dentons Rodyk have represented BlackRock on its sale of Singapore’s Asia Square Tower 1 building to sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority for S$3.4 billion.
Wong & Partners, Cheang & Ariff on Zurich Insurance’s takaful buy

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Wong & Partners has advised Zurich Insurance Company on its 525 million ringgit ($130 million) acquisition of Malaysia’s MAA Takaful Berhad from MAA Group Berhad and Solidarity Group Holding BSC
A&O, Freshies on $175 bln NBAD-First Gulf Bank merger

BY Ashima Ohri |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Abu Dhabi-based First Gulf Bank on its proposed merger with National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), part of the emirate's plan to revamp its economy hit by lower oil prices.
Mayer Brown JSM counsels IFC investment in $830 mln Indo ammonia project

BY Ashima Ohri |

Mayer Brown JSM, Shearn Delamore & Co, Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro and Singapore’s Shook Lin & Bok have advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) on its investment in an $830 million greenfield ammonia plant in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
SE Asia Deals: Week of June 27

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

NRF, Bakers, A&G, Dentons act on Frasers Logistics’ $664 mln Singapore IPO, Jones Day, Khaitan, HSF, CAM on India gas IPO, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia deals table.
Jones Day, Khaitan, HSF, CAM on India gas IPO

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Jones Day and Khaitan & Co. have advised Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) and its promoters on MGL’s $152.6 million initial public offering on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India.
NRF, Bakers, A&G, Dentons Rodyk on Frasers Logistics’ $664 mln SG IPO

BY Ashima Ohri |

Norton Rose Fulbright, Allen & Gledhill, Baker & McKenzie and Dentons Rodyk have advised on Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust's initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange valued at S$903 million ($664 million), the largest on the local bourse this year and the biggest first-time share sale in Singapore since 2013.