Jurisdiction – India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Advokatfirman Cederquist Standard Chartered Bank’s credit facility grant to Domsjö Fabriker AB $39 million Standard Chartered Bank Allen & Overy Standard Chartered Bank’s credit facility grant to Domsjö Fabriker AB $39 million Standard Chartered Bank Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Issue of secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures GR Infraprojects Rs. 80 crores ($13.44 million) Arranger and Initial purchaser: Standard Chartered Bank Pranav Sharma (Partner) Monal Mukherjee (Principal associate) Vivek Mishra (Associate) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ acquisition of Concast India Confidential Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Japan Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Pooja Mahajan, Santosh Janakiram, Ranjan Negi (Partners) Shubhangi Garg, Lakshmi Prakash (Senior associates) Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Standard Chartered Bank’s acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s non-institutional wealth management business in India Confidential Morgan Stanley AZB & Partners Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of additional 2 percent equity stake in Qualcomm India subsidiaries Confidential Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and their Indian subsidiaries Ashwin Ramanathan (Partner) Bhavi Sanghvi, Roxanne Anderson (Associates) AZB & Partners Export Import Bank of United States’ credit facility grant to MSPPL $43 million Mahindra Suryaprakash Pvt Ltd (MSPPL) Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner) Ananya Sharma (Senior associate) AZB & Partners Export Import Bank of United States’ credit facility grant to Solarfield $28.4 million 1.Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt Ltd 2.Solarfield Energy Two Pvt Ltd Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner) Ananya Sharma (Senior associate) AZB & Partners Foreign currency borrowing by Ultratech Cement from International Finance Corp Rs. 2.74 billion ($50 million) International Finance Corp Ashwin Ramanathan (Partner) Kumarjit Ray (Associate) AZB & Partners Intel Capital (Mauritius)’s acquisition of shareholdi-ng in Bright Lifecare Confidential Intel Capital (Mauritius) Ltd Gautam Saha (Partner) Sachin Mehta (Associate) AZB & Partners Public issue of certain equity shares of Emcure Pharmaceuticals consisting of a fresh issue Undisclosed Blackstone GPV Capital Partners Mauritius V-C Ltd Shuva Mandal (Partner) Bhavi Sanghvi, (Associates) AZB & Partners SBI Holdings’ investment in JV company between SBI Group and Edelweiss Rs. 4.5 billion ($75 million) SBI Group, Japan Sai Krishna Bharathan (Partner) Ananya Sharma (Senior associate) AZB & Partners Staples Asia sale of its entire 39.49 percent shareholding in Staples Future to its joint venture partners, including Pantaloon Retail (India) Rs. 1.58 billion ($26.2 million) Staples Asia Investment Ltd Ashwin Ramanathan (Partner) Roxanne Anderson (Associate) Baker & McKenzie Axis Bank’s credit facility grant to Xius Holding Corp $8.2 million Axis Bank, Hyderabad Berger Legal Deloitte Recap’s transfer of its Recap business to Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Confidential Thomson Reuters Desai Desai Carrimjee & Mulla Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ acquisition of Concast India Confidential Concast India Ltd J. Sagar Associates West Coast Port’s sale of its entire shareholding of 7.69 percent in Ocean Sparkle to Infrastructure India Holdings Fund Rs. 734.89 million ($12.34 million) Infrastructure India Holdings Fund Jay Gandhi (Partner) Khaitan & Co Jiangsu Jinsheng Industry Co’s acquisition of natural fibres and textile components business units from Oerlikon Corp’s textile segment $683.4 million Jiangsu Jinsheng Industry Co Ltd Rabindra Jhunjhunwala (Partner) Khaitan & Co Raiffeisen Bank International Finance (Hong Kong)’s loan grant to UIL Hong Kong $40 million Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Beijing branch) Devidas Banerji (Partner) Khaitan & Co Srei Infrastructure Finance’s issue of secured non-convertible debentures $24.5 million Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd N.G. Khaitan (Senior partner) Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Deloitte Recap’s transfer of its Recap business to Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Confidential Deloitte Recap Majmudar & Partners Axis Bank’s credit facility grant to Xius Holding Corp $8.2 million Axis Bank, Hyderabad Prashanth Sabeshan (Partner) SJ Berwin Axis Bank’s term loan facility grant to Gujarat NRE $10 million Axis Bank, Hong Kong Trilegal Axis Bank’s term loan facility grant to Gujarat NRE $10 million Axis Bank, Hong Kong Ameya Khandge (Partner) Pramit Mohanty (Senior associate) Siddharth Saxena (Associate) Trilegal Covidien’s corporate reorganisation involving spin-off of its Mallinckrodt pharmaceutical and imaging business into a new set of companies Confidential Covidien plc Anand Prasad (Partner) Dhruv Paul, Sushmita Ganguly (Senior associates) Chandini Kanwar (Associate) Sameer Guha (Counsel) Trilegal Deloitte Recap’s transfer of its Recap business to Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Confidential Thomson Reuters Delano Furtado (Partner) Anant Kaushik, Swarnima (Senior associate) Priyasha Corrie (Associate) Atul Gupta (Counsel) Trilegal Shriram Industrial Holdings’ master framework agreement with Shriram EPC and Orient Green Power Company Rs. 298.2 crores ($50.1 million) Shriram Industrial Holdings Ltd Sridhar Gorthi, Srinivas Parthasarathy (Partners) Tejal Velambath, Kaushik Rajan (Senior associates) Prajna Mohapatra, Meera Sreekumar (Associates) Trilegal Standard Chartered Bank’s acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s non-institutional wealth management business in India Confidential Standard Chartered Bank Nishant Parikh (Partner) Arjun Sharma (Associate) Gautam Singh, Rahul Singh (Counsel) Trilegal Standard Chartered Bank’s credit facility grant to Domsjö Fabriker AB $39 million Standard Chartered Bank Ameya Khandge (Partner) Pramit Mohanty (Senior associate) Siddharth Saxena (Associate) Trilegal Updation of Syndicate Bank medium-term note programme $2 billion Syndicate Bank Srinivas Parthasarathy (Partner) Priyanka Kumar (Senior associate) Anshul Gosavi (Associate) Trilegal West Coast Port’s sale of its entire shareholding of 7.69 percent in Ocean Sparkle to Infrastructure India Holdings Fund Rs. 734.89 million ($12.34 million) Eredene Capital Kosturi Ghosh (Partner) Ipsita Chowdhury (Associate) Aninda Pal (Counsel)
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Jurisdiction – Indonesia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Makes & Partners Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in PT Panin Life IDR3.3 trillion ($337 million) Panin Group Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in PT Panin Life IDR3.3 trillion ($337 million) Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allens Malakoff Corp’s purchase of 50 percent equity interest in the Macarthur Wind Farm from Meridian Energy RM382 million ($62.3 million) Meridian Energy Anna Collyer (Partner - Australia) Baker & McKenzie Malakoff Corp’s purchase of 50 percent equity interest in the Macarthur Wind Farm from Meridian Energy RM382 million ($62.3 million) Malakoff Corp Paul Curnow, Sean Rush, John Walker, Abdul Aziz Munir (Partners) Robyn Farrell, Miles Hurst, Kate Phillips (Senior associates) Megan Flynn (Associate) Linklaters Malakoff Corp’s purchase of 50 percent equity interest in the Macarthur Wind Farm from Meridian Energy RM382 million ($62.3 million) Meridian Energy Shook Lin & Bok International Healthway Corp’s IPO and listing on SGX $39 million International Healthway Corp Mah-Kamariyah & Philip Koh Loan grant to Multi Wealth (SG) for refinancing of existing loans, debentures or facilities obtained or issued by IOI Properties Berhad and its subsidiaries S$200 million ($157.6 million) Multi Wealth (SG) Pte Ltd Adrian Koh (Partner) Tay & Partners International Healthway Corp’s IPO and listing on SGX $39 million International Healthway Corp
Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in PT Panin Life IDR3.3 trillion ($337 million) Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd Chris Moore (Partner) James Mythen (Senior associate) Maurice Simon (Associate) Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Axis Bank’s credit facility grant to Xius Holding Corp $8.2 million Axis Bank, Hyderabad Clifford Chance China Development Bank Corp’s 13-year debt facility agreement to finance MMG's Dugald River project $1 billion China Development Bank Corp Ting Ting Tan (Partner) Zhi Chao Chor (Associate) Deacons International Healthway Corp’s IPO and listing on SGX $39 million International Healthway Corp Sabrina Fung (HK partner) Engelin Teh & Partners Aceland Investment's divestment of F2S1 Investment to EH Property & Investments S$336 million ($264.8 million) EH Property & Investments Pte Ltd Joan Chua (Senior consultant) Harry Elias Partnership International Healthway Corp’s IPO and listing on SGX $39 million DMG & Partners Securities Pte Ltd Linklaters Fortis Healthcare International’s divestment of its entire stake in Fortis-Hoan My Medical Corp to Viva Holdings Vietnam $80 million Viva Holdings Vietnam Pte Ltd Rajah & Tann Fortis Healthcare International’s divestment of its entire stake in Fortis-Hoan My Medical Corp to Viva Holdings Vietnam $80 million Fortis Healthcare International Pte Ltd Evelyn Wee (Partner) Hoon Chi Tern, Jackie Thia (Associates) Rajah & Tann United SM Holdings’ voluntary unconditional cash offer for issued and paid-up ordinary shares in Guthrie GTS’ capital S$948.6 million ($753.5 million) United SM Holdings Pte Ltd Goh Kian Hwee, Lawrence Tan, Soh Chai Lih (Partners) Hoon Chi Tern (Associate) Shook Lin & Bok Aceland Investment's divestment of F2S1 Investment to EH Property & Investments S$336 million ($264.8 million) Enviro- Hub Holdings Ltd Ho Ying Ming (Partner) WongPartnership Aceland Investment's divestment of F2S1 Investment to EH Property & Investments S$336 million ($264.8 million) Aceland Investment Ltd Chan Sing Yee, Carol Anne Tan (Partners) WongPartnership Loan grant to British and Malayan Trustee by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Singapore Branch and DBS Bank for refinancing of existing debts S$320 million ($252.4 million) British and Malayan Trustee Ltd Alvin Chia, Tan Beng Lee (Partners) WongPartnership Loan grant to British and Malayan Trustee by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and Standard Chartered Bank for refinancing of existing debts S$185 million ($145.9 million) British and Malayan Trustee Ltd Alvin Chia, Tan Beng Lee, Angela Lim (Partners) WongPartnership Loan grant to Multi Wealth (SG) for refinancing of existing loans, debentures or facilities obtained or issued by IOI Properties Berhad and its subsidiaries S$200 million ($157.6 million) Mandated lead arrangers Susan Wong (Partner) WongPartnership Loan grant to Sim Lian JV (Vision) for financing land purchase and property construction in SG S$616 million ($485.8 million) Mandated lead arrangers Alvin Chia, Angela Lim (Partners) WongPartnership United Overseas Bank’s issue of 2.5 percent bonds due 2016 S$102.36 million ($80.8 million) United Overseas Bank Ltd Hui Choon Yuen, Trevor Chuan (Partner) WongPartnership United SM Holdings' acquisition of Guthrie GTS S$949 million ($747.9 million) Guthrie GTS Ltd Ng Wai King (Joint managing partner) Andrew Ang, Tan Sue-Lynn (Partners)
Jurisdiction – Thailand
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie EGCO’s acquisition of the Boco Rock Wind Farm from Continental Wind Partners and GE Energy Financial Services 3.2 billion baht ($10 million) Electricity Generating Public Co Paul Curnow Sean Rush, Sawanee Sethsathira (Partners) Simon Greenacre, Robyn Farrell, Kate Phillips, Craig Amundsen (Senior associates) Team of associates Herbert Smith Freehills EGCO’s acquisition of the Boco Rock Wind Farm from Continental Wind Partners and GE Energy Financial Services 3.2 billion baht ($10 million) Continental Wind Partners Gerard Pike (Partner - Australia) Thanathip & Partners Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ’s voluntary tender offer for The Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Ltd $5.6 billion GE Capital International Holdings Corp
Jurisdiction – Vietnam
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Rajah & Tann Fortis Healthcare International’s divestment of its entire stake in Fortis-Hoan My Medical Corp to Viva Holdings Vietnam $80 million Fortis Healthcare International Pte Ltd Brian Ng (Partner) Hoan Bui, Giao Nguyen (Senior associates) Thuyen Bui, Tran Truong, Cang Nguyen (Associates) Russin & Vecchi Fortis Healthcare International’s divestment of its entire stake in Fortis-Hoan My Medical Corp to Viva Holdings Vietnam $80 million Viva Holdings Vietnam Pte Ltd
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