Jurisdiction – India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy ONGC Videsh’s external commercial borrowing $900 million Lenders: 1.Citibank NA 2.State Bank of India 3.The Royal Bank of Scotland Vivian Tsang (Partner) Allen & Overy Union Bank of India’s issue of 3.625 percent notes due 2018 $350 million Dealers: 1.Barclays Bank 2.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 3.Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore 4.Standard Chartered Bank Lead managers: 1.Barclays Bank 2.BNP Paribas, Hong Kong 3.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 4.J.P. Morgan Securities 5.Merrill Lynch International 6.Standard Chartered Bank Andrew Harrow (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co Arkema France’s acquisition of 24.9 percent stake in IHSEDU Agrochem Undisclosed Arkema France Vandana Shroff, Alice George, Nisha Uberoi (Partners) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co Bharat Light & Power Group’s acquisition of DLF’s Gujarat wind turbine business Rs. 282.30 crores ($52 million) DLF Ltd Arjun lall (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co Etihad Airways’ acquisition of 24 percent stake in Jet Airways $379 million Cyril Shroff (Mumbai managing partner) Nisha Uberoi (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co ONGC Videsh’s external commercial borrowing $900 million Lenders: 1.Citibank NA 2.State Bank of India 3.The Royal Bank of Scotland Niloufer Lam (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co State Bank of India’s issue of 3.25 percent senior unsecured notes $1 billion State Bank of India, London branch Niloufer Lam (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co SunCoke Europe Holding’s transfer of coke business and acquisition of 49 percent shareholding in VISA Coke Rs. 368 crores ($68 million) 1.VISA Steel 2.VISA Coke Puja Sondhi (Partner) Medha Srivastava, Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Senior associa-tes) Sushrut Biswal (Associate) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co Tulip Renewable Powertech’s acquis-ition of DLF’s Tamil Nadu wind turbine business Rs. 188.7 crores ($35 million) DLF Ltd Arjun Lall (Partner) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff Co Union Bank of India’s issue of 3.625 percent notes due 2018 $350 million Union Bank of India Niloufer Lam (Partner) AZB & Partners Hassad Netherlands’ acquisition of majority stake in Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd Rs. 5.4 billion ($100 million) Investors: 1.Standard Chartered Private Equity (Mauritius) II 2.Standard Chartered Private Equity (Mauritius) III Varoon Chandra (Partner) Rinki Ganguli (Associate) DLA Piper Etihad Airways’ acquisition of 24 percent stake in Jet Airways $379 million Etihad Airways Jon Hayes Dr. Benjamin Parameswaran, Mark Franklin, Alexandra Kamerling, Jan Dreyer, Graham Tyler, Sarah Day (Partners) Ciaran Stone (Legal director) Economic Laws Practice Etihad Airways’ acquisition of 24 percent stake in Jet Airways $379 million Jet Airways Rohan Shah (Partner) Gagrat & Co Etihad Airways’ acquisition of 24 percent stake in Jet Airways $379 million Jet Airways Rustom Gagrat (Partner) J. Sagar Associates Arkema France’s acquisition of 24.9 percent stake in IHSEDU Agrochem Undisclosed Jayant Agro-Organics Ltd J. Sagar Associates Dredging Corporation of India’s public issue of tax-free bonds Rs. 5,000 million ($92 million) Dredging Corpo-ration of India Ltd Dina Wadia (Partner) Uttara Kolhatkar, Arka Mookerjee (Senior associa-tes) Narayan Kedia, Pratish Kumar (Associates) J. Sagar Associates Export-Import Bank of India’s issue of 5.760 percent notes due 2018 A$200 million ($207 million) Export-Import Bank of India Dina Wadia (Partner) Uttara Kolhatkar (Senior associate) J. Sagar Associates State Bank of India’s issue of 3.25 percent senior unsecured notes $1 billion Joint lead managers: 1.SBICAP (UK) Ltd 2.BNP Paribas Securities Corp 3.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 4.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 5.HSBC Ltd 6.J.P. Morgan Securities plc K Law Cisco Technologies’ investment in Apalya Technologies Undisclosed Apalya Technolo-gies Pvt Ltd, promoters and existing investors Shwetambari Rao (Partner) Abhinav Singh (Senior associate) Rahul Singh (Associate) Khaitan & Co SunCoke Europe Holding’s transfer of coke business and acquisition of 49 percent shareholding in VISA Coke Rs. 368 crores ($68 million) SunCoke Europe Holding B.V. Haigreve Khaitan, Upendra Joshi, Joy Jacob (Partners) MD& T Partners Tulip Renewable Powertech’s acquis-ition of DLF’s Tamil Nadu wind turbine business Rs. 188.7 crores ($35 million) 1.Tulip Renewable Powertech 2.Leap Green Energy MNK Law Offices Bharat Light & Power Group’s acquisition of DLF’s Gujarat wind turbine business Rs. 282.30 crores ($52 million) Bharat Light & Power Group Nishith Desai Associates Cisco Technologies’ investment in Apalya Technologies Undisclosed Cisco Technologies Vaibhav Parikh (Partner) Navaneeta Kanjilal (Senior associate) Rohini Agarwal (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Philippines
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy LT Group’s public equity offering PHP37.72 billion ($920 million) LT Group James Grandolfo (Partner) Paul Pery (Senior associate) Adam Heyd, Marcus Eldridge (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Thailand
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved CP All’s acquisition of majority stake in Siam Makro $6.6 billion CP All Plc Thinawat Bukhamana, Professor Kitipong Urapeepatanapong, Theppachol Kosol, Chaveewan Likhitwattanachai, James Huang, Mike Jansen (Partners) Clifford Chance CP All’s acquisition of majority stake in Siam Makro $6.6 billion Siam Makro Plc Hunton & Williams CP All’s acquisition of majority stake in Siam Makro $6.6 billion Mandated lead arrangers and lenders
Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Clifford Chance Toga Group’s 50:50 JV in hotel management and ownership with Far East Orchard Ltd Undisclosed Toga Group Raymond Tong (SG partner) Australian team: Lance Sacks (Partner) Kane Barnett (Senior associate) Owen Thomas, Matthew Morris, Amanda Digby (Associates) Drew & Napier Reignwood Group’s acquisition of Sardinia Properties’ entire share and loan capital Undisclosed Sardinia Properties Pte Ltd Julian Kwek (Director: Corporate and Finance) Herbert Smith Freehills Tata International Singapore’s issue of 4.3 percent notes due 2018 S$50 million ($41 million) Trustee, transfer agent, registrar: Citicorp Interna-tional Ltd CDP lodging and paying agent : Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Ltd Alexander Aitken (Partner) Etelka Bogardi (Consultant) Herbert Smith Freehills Tata International Singapore’s issue of 4.3 percent notes due 2018 S$50 million ($41 million) The Royal Bank of Scotland Philip Lee (Partner) Simon Barrell (Senior associate) Nupur Kant, Maniko Lim (Associates) Watson, Farley & Williams Reignwood Group’s acquisition of Sardinia Properties’ entire share and loan capital Undisclosed Reignwood Group Ivan Chia (Partner)
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