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Ropes, Nishimura, MHM act on Bain’s $634 mln Jamco acquisition

by Nimitt Dixit |

 

Ropes & Gray and Nishimura & Asahi have advised U.S. investment fund Bain Capital on its $634 million acquisition of Japanese aircraft interior maker Jamco, which turned to Mori Hamada & Matsumoto for counsel. 

The deal, which will take Jamco private, involves a tender offer expected to commence in February…

AZB, Kirkland, Trilegal act on Bain Capital’s first India bet in 2025

by Nimitt Dixit |

AZB & Partners and Kirkland & Ellis have guided Bain Capital’s investment into Indian automotive component maker Dhoot Transmission Group, which was represented by Trilegal.

CC, DFDL, Bakers, HBS act on $550 mln Cambodia microfinance deal

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance and DFDL have advised a consortium of investors on the $550 million sale of Cambodian microfinance institution Amret to Taiwan's Bank SinoPac, which was represented by Baker McKenzie Taiwan and local firm HBS Law.

A&O Shearman guides $1.2 bln Malaysian data centre deal

by Nimitt Dixit |

Global law firm A&O Shearman has advised Malaysian real estate firm Sime Darby Property (SDP) on a $1.2 billion agreement to develop and lease a data centre campus in Malaysia with Google-backed Pearl Computing Malaysia.

CC, Milbank, Rahmat Lim, Zul Rafique advise on $900 mln M’sia data centre financing

Clifford Chance and Rahmat Lim & Partners have represented data centre developer Yondr Group in securing over $900 million in project financing for its hyperscale data centre in Johor, Malaysia. Milbank advised the finance partie

Cleary, A&O Shearman advise on Goodyear's $701 mln Dunlop sale

Cleary Gottlieb has advised tyremaker Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on the $701 million sale of its Dunlop brand to Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), which was represented by A&O Shearman.

Mori Hamada, Nagashima Ohno advise on $1.6 bln bid for Fujitsu General

Japanese law firms Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu are playing key roles in Paloma Rheem Holdings' 257 billion yen ($1.6 billion) offer to acquire air conditioner manufacturer Fujitsu General.

STB, AMT, MHM, A&O advise on Japanese crypto exchange’s SPAC merger

by Mari Iwata |

​​​​​​​Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune are among the firms advising Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck on its $1.25 billion merger with blank-check firm Thunder Bridge Capital Partners, which was represented by Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Allen & Overy and others.

CC, Orrick act on Tencent-led funding of Italy’s first unicorn

by Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |

Clifford Chance has advised Tencent on its role as lead investor in the $497 million Series B equity financing of Italian buy-now-pay-later firm Scalapay, which was advised by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. The funding round makes Scalapay the first unicorn in Italy.

Bakers advises on $768 mln Japan-Europe pump sale

by Mari Iwata |

Baker McKenzie has advised Tokyo-based Nikkiso, a specialized pumps and systems provider, on the 696 million euro ($768 million) sale of Germany’s LEWA, Dutch company Geveke, and their respective subsidiaries, to Swedish compressor provider Atlas Copco.