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

S$80 million

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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