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 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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