Jurisdiction – India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co $2.5 billion Apollo Tyres Ltd Shardul Shroff (Managing partner) DLA Piper Rolta India’s first Rule 144A/Regulation S high- yield bond offering from India $200 million Rolta India Ltd Stephen Peepels (Asia head of U.S. capital markets practice) Chris Paci, Jason Harmon, Steve Weerts, Sharon Smith, Debbie Barbour (Partners) Timothy Franklyn, Clark Chen (Associates) Dua Associates Multiples Private Equity Fund’s acquisition of 50 percent of Milltec Group’s shareholding Rs. 250 crores ($43.3 million) Outgoing shareholders Srinivas BR (Partner) J. Sagar Associates Multiples Private Equity Fund’s acquisition of 50 percent of Milltec Group’s shareholding Rs. 250 crores ($43.3 million) 1.Milltec Machinery 2.Milltec Industries 3.Milltec Outsourcing 4.M.S. Sorters 5.Continuing promoters of Milltec Group Sajai Singh, Gerald Manoharan (Partners) Prashant Kumar (Senior associate) Roy George (Associate) Jones Day Apollo Tyres’ acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co $2.5 billion Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Lyle Ganske, Peter Izanec, James Dougherty, Brett Barragate, Manan Shah, Dan Hagen, Stan Weiner (Partners) Kevin Samuels, George Asimou, Susie Prewitt, Steve Golden, Justin Macke, Ben Stulberg, (Associates) Khaitan & Co HDFC Bank’s loan grant to Palace Solar Energy for the construction of a 15 MW solar photo voltaic (PV) power plant Rs. 130 crores ($22.5 million) Palace Solar Energy Pvt Ltd Shishir Mehta (Partner) Khaitan & Co McGraw Hill Financial’s voluntary open offer to acquire up to 22.23 percent of CRISIL’s total outstanding shares $335 million Morgan Stanley India Company Pvt Ltd Sudhir Bassi (Executive director) Arindam Ghosh (Partner) Khaitan & Co Multiples Private Equity Fund’s acquisition of 50 percent of Milltec Group’s shareholding Rs. 250 crores ($43.3 million) Multiples Private Equity Fund Ganesh Prasad (Partner) Vineet Shingal (Principal associate) Sanjay Khan (Associate) Khaitan & Co TTK Prestige’s sale of 350,000 shares in a block deal to Cartica Capital $22 million Promoters of TTK Prestige Ltd Murali Neelakantan (Partner) Phoenix Legal HDFC Bank’s loan grant to Palace Solar Energy for the construction of a 15 MW solar photo voltaic (PV) power plant Rs. 130 crores ($22.5 million) HDFC Bank Sawant Singh (Partner) Singhania & Partners McGraw Hill Financial’s voluntary open offer to acquire up to 22.23 percent of CRISIL’s total outstanding shares $335 million McGraw Hill Financial Ravi Singhania (Senior partner) Manish Kumar Sharma (Partner) S&R Associates TTK Prestige’s sale of 350,000 shares in a block deal to Cartica Capital $22 million Cartica Capital Sandip Bhagat (Partner) Sullivan & Cromwell Apollo Tyres’ acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co $2.5 billion Apollo Tyres Ltd Scott Miller, Jay Clayton, Presley Warner, Juan Rodriguez (Partners) Adam MacLeod, Shannon Haley, Anush Yegyazarian, Douglas Sunshine, Stephen Fisher, Adam MacLeod, Samiul Khan, Claudia Lai, Bruce Gavin, Patrick Gorman (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Gledhill DBS Bank’s inaugural offshore issue of 2.50 percent RMB bond due 2016 RMB500 million ($82 million) DBS Bank Ltd Glenn Foo (Partner) Allen & Gledhill Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust’s euro medium- term securities programme $1.5 billion Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Glenn Foo (Partner) Allen & Gledhill Oxley Holdings’ issue of 5.10 percent fixed rate notes due 2017 S$150 million ($120 million) United Overseas Bank Margaret Chin (Partner) Allen & Gledhill Sale of 90 percent of Ameroid Logistics’ voting rights S$42.3 million ($34 million) Vendors: 1.Tan Wah Sing 2.Tan Bee Hoon 3.Tan Wah Joo Chiam Tao Koon, Leon Ng (Partners) Latham & Watkins Hiap Hoe’s multicurrency medium- term note programme S$500 million ($399 million) Hiap Hoe Ltd Sin Chei Liang (Partner) Marcus Lee, Alex Ye (Associates) Shook Lin & Bok Tee Land’s initial public offering on the SGX-ST S$240 million ($192 million) Tee Land Ltd Wong Gang, Tan Wei Shyan (Partners) Stamford Law Corp Tee Land’s initial public offering on the SGX-ST S$240 million ($192 million) Underwriters: 1.SAC Capital Pvt Ltd 2.RHB Bank Bhd Lim Swee Yong (Director) Bernard Lui (Partner)
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