Jurisdiction – India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

Adani Groups Entities’ Offer for Sale

 

$120 million

DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd

Yash Ashar (Partner)

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co (Competition law advisers)

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd’s acquisition of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd’s undertakings, business, activities and operations through Peter England Fashions & Retail Ltd

Confidential

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd

Cyril Shroff (Mumbai  managing partner)

Nivedita Rao

(Partner)

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co (Indian counsel)

Bharti Infratel Ltd’s Initial Public Offering

$41,723 million

Bharti Infratel Ltd

Yash Ashar (Partner)

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

Credit Analysis & Research Ltd’s Initial Public Offering

$5,399.78 million

Credit Analysis & Research Ltd

Yash Ashar (Partner)

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

Extension of

foreign currency facility by Standard Chartered Bank, London to Essel Lucknow Raebareli Toll Roads Pvt Ltd

 

$46 million

Standard Chartered Bank

Amey Pathak (Partner)

 

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

Punjab National Bank’s acquisition of 30 percent stake in Metlife

Confidential

Punjab National Bank

Nisha Kaur Uberoi,

Vandana Shroff

(Partners)

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd’s Offer for Sale 

Rs. 1500 crores ($272.75 million)

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd

Yash Ashar (Partner)

AZB & Partners

3i Infotech Ltd’s offering of 5 percent convertible bonds due 2017

Rs. 5.5 billion ($126 million)

Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong branch (Dealer manager)

Varoon Chandra

(Partner)

AZB & Partners

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd’s acquisition of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd’s undertakings, business, activities and operations through Peter England Fashions & Retail Ltd

Confidential

Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd

Samir Gandhi (Partner)

Aparna Mehra (Associate)

Bidisha Das (Economist)

AZB & Partners

Bharat PetroResources Ltd’s credit borrowal from consortium of domestic banks

Rs. 100 billion

($2 billion)

Consortium of domestic banks

(Led by Punjab National Bank and State Bank of India, Hong Kong branch)

Bahram N. Vakil (Partner)

Kumarjit Ray

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

Matrix Partners’ acquisition of 37.5 percent of Enhance Aesthetic and Cosmetic Studio Pvt Ltd

~ Rs. 225 million

($ 4.1 million)

Matrix Partners India Investment Holdings II, LLC

Abhijit Joshi (Partner)

AZB & Partners

Matrix Partners’ investment in Mewar Orthopaedic Hospital Pvt Ltd

Confidential

Matrix Partners India Investment Holdings II, LLC

Abhijit Joshi (Partner)

AZB & Partners

Provision of buyer’s credit facility by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation with GAIL (India) Ltd

Rs. 3.68 billion

($67.5 million)

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Ashwin Ramanathan (Partner)

Zubin Mehta (Associate)

Clifford Chance

Extension of

foreign currency facility by Standard Chartered Bank, London to Essel Lucknow Raebareli Toll Roads Pvt Ltd

$46 million

Standard Chartered Bank

Ranbir Hunjan (Partner)

Tatva Legal

Punjab National Bank’s acquisition of 30 percent stake in Metlife

Confidential

Metlife

Avinash Mody (Partner)

Jurisdiction – Thailand

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd’s

merger with Nippon Yusoki Co Ltd for

respective forklift truck business operations

Undisclosed

Nichiyu Asia Pte Ltd

Niwes Phancharoenwor-akul

(Partner)

Clifford Chance (Thailand) Ltd

Ananda Development Public  Company Ltd's Initial Public Offering

S$182.2

million ($148.71 million)

1. Joint international

bookrunners

2. Co-bookrunner

3. Co-lead manager

 

Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor Ltd

Ananda Development Public  Company Ltd's Initial Public Offering

S$182.2

million ($148.71 million)

Ananda Development

Public Company

Ltd

 

WongPartnership LLP

Ananda Development Public  Company Ltd's Initial Public Offering

S$182.2

million ($148.71 million)

Ananda Development

Public Company

Ltd

Gail Ong,

Karen Yeoh (Partners)

Jurisdiction – Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd’s issuance of 5.75 percent convertible bonds due 2017

$150 million

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd

Bernie Lee (Partner)

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Keppel Land Ltd and Keppel Land Financial Services Pte Ltd’s multicurrency medium- term note programme

$3 billion

1.Keppel Land Ltd

2.Keppel Land Financial Services Pte Ltd’s

Margaret Chin, Ong Kangxin, Sunit Chhabra

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Mapletree Commercial Trust’s acquisition of Mapletree Anson

S$680 million ($555 million)

For equity fund

raising:

1. Joint global

coordinators 2.Bookrunners

3.Underwriters

 

Jerry K.C. Koh,

Margaret Soh,

Chua Bor Jern (Partners)

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd

$150 million

Jaya Holdings

Ltd

Kok Chee Wai (Partner)

Sandra Ooi

(Senior associate)

Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd (Finnish counsel)

AVIC International Investments Ltd’s acquisition of Deltamarin Oy

EUR32 million ($41.86 million)

Some vendor parties from Deltamarin Oy

 

Jones Day

Club financing by HSBC for Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd

$255 million

Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd

Sushma Jobanputra (Partner)

Elaine Ho (Associate)

Lee & Lee

Parkson Myanmar Co Pte Ltd’s joint venture with Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and First Myanmar Investment

Company Ltd

$3 million

Yoma Strategic

Holdings Ltd / Yoma Strategic Investments Ltd

 

Linklaters Singapore Pte Ltd (International counsel)

Bharti Infratel Ltd’s Initial Public Offering

$41,723 million

Bharti Infratel Ltd

Arun Balasubramanian (Partner)

Norton Rose (Asia) LLP

Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd

$150 million

Jaya Holdings

Ltd

Ben Rose (Partner)

Gregory Xu (Associate)

Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Qingjian Realty’s (Punggol Way)

acquisition of an executive condominium site at Punggol Way / Punggol

Walk, Singapore

S$189.9

million

($155 million)

Qingjian Realty

(Punggol Way) Pte Ltd

Dawn Tong (Partner)

Ryan Lawyers

Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd’s sale of Angsana Velavaru

S$86.8 million ($71.0 million)

Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd

Tony Ryan (Partner)

Stamford Law Corporation

Barry Callebaut AG’s

acquisition of Petra

Foods Ltd's cocoa ingredients division

$950 million

Petra Foods Ltd

Yap Wai Ming (Partner)

Stamford Law Corporation

AVIC International Investments Ltd’s acquisition of Deltamarin Oy

EUR32 million ($41.86 million)

AVIC International Investments Ltd

Yap Lian Seng (Partner)

Stamford Law Corporation

Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd

$150 million

Jaya Holdings

Ltd

Justin Yip

(Director)

Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP

Barry Callebaut AG’s

acquisition of Petra

Foods Ltd's cocoa ingredients division

$950 million

Barry Callebaut AG

 

Jeremy Kutner (Partner)

Shook Lin & Bok

Lenders syndicate’s refinancing for

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust

S$200 million ($163.23 million)

Suntec Real

Estate Investment Trust

Andrea Ng (Partner)

Shook Lin & Bok

Mapletree Commercial Trust’s  acquisition of Mapletree Anson

S$680 million ($555 million)

1.Mapletree Commercial Trust’s trustee

2.DBS Trustee

Ltd

Tan Woon Hum,

Andrea Ang (Partners)

Watson, Farley & Williams LLP

Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd’s acquisition of its 5th to-be-chartered Newbuild LNG vessel

$183,644,000

Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd

Simon Petch (Partner)

Shawn Er,

Jesse Clark

(Associates)

Su Lin Khor

(Trainee solicitor)

WongPartnership LLP

Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd’s sale of Angsana Velavaru

S$86.8 million ($71.0 million)

Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd

Tan Teck Howe,

Serene Soh (Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Barry Callebaut AG’s

acquisition of Petra

Foods Ltd's cocoa ingredients division

$950 million

Barry Callebaut AG

 

Andrew Ang,

Kenneth Leong,

Lam Chung Nian (Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Club financing by HSBC for Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd

$255 million

The Hongkong

and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd

Christy Lim,

Hui Choon Yuen (Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Lenders syndicate’s refinancing for Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust

S$200 million ($163.23 million)

Lenders syndicate

Christy Lim (Partner)

WongPartnership LLP

Mapletree Commercial Trust’s acquisition of Mapletree Anson

S$680 million ($555 million)

Mapletree

Commercial Trust

Rachel Eng,

Carol Anne Tan,

Long Chee Shan,

James Choo

(Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd’s

merger with Nippon Yusoki Co Ltd for

respective forklift truck business operations

Undisclosed

Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries Ltd

Ng Wai King,

Ong Sin Wei (Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Parkson Myanmar Co Pte Ltd’s joint venture with Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and First Myanmar Investment

Company Ltd

$3 million

Parkson Myanmar Co Pte Ltd

Annabelle Yip,

Lim Hon Yi (Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Qingjian Realty’s (Punggol Way)

acquisition of an executive

condominium site at Punggol Way / Punggol

Walk, Singapore

S$189.9

million

($155 million)

Qingjian Realty

(Punggol Way) Pte Ltd

Carol Anne Tan,

Christy Lim,

Cornelia Fong,

Tan Peck Min (Partners)

WongPartnership LLP

Secured refinancing for JSE Shipping Pte Ltd

$150 million

Jaya Holdings

Ltd

Alvin Chia (Partner)

Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.

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