Jurisdiction – India
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co Holcim India’s merger with Ambuja Cements Rs. 11,000 crores ($1803.7 million) Ambuja Cements Ltd Ashwath Rau, Vandana Pai Bharucha (Partners) AZB & Partners Dewan Housing Finance Corp, Yardstick Developers and Resources Realty’s acquisition of 74 percent of DLF Pramerica Life Insurance’s paid up equity share capital from DLF Confidential 1.Dewan Housing Finance Corp 2.Yardstick Developers Pvt Ltd 3.Resources Realty Pvt Ltd Rajendra Barot (Partner) Vijay Manjrekar, Arvind Ramesh (Associates) AZB & Partners Dewan Housing Finance Corp, Yardstick Developers and Resources Realty’s acquisition of 74 percent of DLF Pramerica Life Insurance’s paid up equity share capital from DLF Confidential DLF Ltd Allwyn Noronha (Partner) Gautam Varma (Associate) AZB & Partners SKB Roop Commercial’s sale of its 14,375,000 equity shares in Bajaj Corp Rs. 2.87 billion ($48 million) 1.Citigroup Global Markets India Pvt Ltd 2.Kotak Securities Ltd Varoon Chandra (Partner) Lionel D’Almeida (Associate) Homburger AG (Zurich counsel) Holcim India’s merger with Ambuja Cements Rs. 11,000 crores ($1803.7 million) 1.Holcim India Pvt Ltd 2.Holderind Investments Ltd J. Sagar Associates Streparava’s exit from its JV with Sansera Engineering | Streparava’s acquisition of entire shareholding of Sansera in joint venture company Undisclosed Streparava Holding s.p.a. Sidharrth Shankar (Partner) Sumit Sinha (Senior associate) Shantanu Jindel (Associate) Khaitan & Co Grant of a syndicated rupee term loan facility to Aditya Birla Retail and Trinethra Super Retail Rs. 650 crores ($108 million) State Bank of India –led lender consortium Shishir Mehta (Partner) Khaitan & Co ON Mauritius’ investment in NeoGrowth Credit for an for a 29.31 percent stake acquisition in the latter Undisclosed NeoGrowth Credit Pvt Ltd Haigreve Khaitan (Partner) Khaitan & Co Orient Cement’s listing of its shares on stock exchanges Undisclosed Orient Cement Ltd Vibhava Sawant (Partner)
Jurisdiction – Indonesia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Assegaf Hamzah & Partners Michelin’s JV with PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia $435 million PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia Ahmad Fikri Assegaf (Managing partner) Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners PT Apexindo Pratama Duta Tbk’s relisting of shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange Undisclosed PT Apexindo Pratama Duta Tbk Indah Respati (Partner)
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Zaid Ibrahim & Co Rex International Holding’s listing on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd $63 million Rex International Holding Ltd
Jurisdiction – Thailand
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
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Baker & McKenzie |
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance’s 15 percent capital investment in Thai Life Insurance |
$700 million |
Thai Life Insurance |
Sorachon Boonsong, Preeda Meksrisuwan (Partners) Teerin Vanikieti (Associate) |
|
Hunton & Williams |
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance’s 15 percent capital investment in Thai Life Insurance |
$700 million |
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co |
|
Jurisdiction – Vietnam
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy H.C. Starck’s joint venture with Nui Phao Mining Undisclosed H.C. Starck Dao Nguyen, Barry Irwin, Helge Schäfer (Partners) Nick Marchica, Matthew Williams, Hong Bui (Associates) Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy H.C. Starck’s joint venture with Nui Phao Mining Undisclosed Masan Group Corp YKVN Law H.C. Starck’s joint venture with Nui Phao Mining Undisclosed Nui Phao Mining Co
Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro Michelin’s JV with PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia $435 million Compagnie Financière Groupe Michelin Freddy Karyadi (Partner) Allen & Gledhill Establishment and IPO of OUE Hospitality Trust IPO proceeds: S$660 million ($522.3 million) Sponsor of OUE H-Trust: Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd OUE Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust’s manager OUE Hospitality Business Trust’s trustee-manager Jerry Koh, Ho Kin San, Chua Bor Jern (Partners) Allen & Gledhill Establishment and listing of SPH REIT S$554.3 million ($438.6 million) SPH REIT’s sponsor and manager Jerry Koh, Margaret Soh, Chua Bor Jern (Partners) Allen & Gledhill Le-Vision and Castlehigh’s divestment of interests in Jakarta Garden City to PT Modernland Realty Tbk S$290.5 million ($229.9 million) 1. Le-Vision Pte Ltd 2.Castlehigh Pte. Ltd (Keppel Land Ltd subsidiaries) Penny Goh (Partner) Allen & Gledhill United Envirotech’s medium-term note programme $300 million Trustee of United Envirotech Ltd Daselin Ang (Partner) Andre Seah (Associate) Clifford Chance United Envirotech’s medium-term note programme $300 million Arranger and dealer: Standard Chartered Bank Mabel Tay (Counsel) Michael Weaver (Registered foreign lawyer) Linda Cheng (Senior associate) Matt Fairclough (Associate) Petra Anderson-Figueroa Rajah & Tann Tosei Corp’s share placement S$33.84 million ($26.8 million) Tosei Corp Howard Cheam (Partner) Hoon Chi Tern, Lim Ee Nian (Associates) Gwendolyn Tan Shook Lin & Bok Establishment and listing of SPH REIT S$554.3 million ($438.6 million) Trustee Sidley Austin Establishment and listing of SPH REIT S$554.3 million ($438.6 million) 1.Sole global coordinator 2.Issue manager 3.Joint bookrunners Tan Peng Chin Proposed voluntary delisting of Armstrong Industrial Corp from Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd S$200.7 million ($158.8 million) Armstrong Industrial Corp Ltd Rebecca Kooi (Associate director) Tan Peng Chin (Partner) WongPartnership Establishment and listing of SPH REIT S$554.3 million ($438.6 million) 1.Credit Suisse (SG) Ltd 2.DBS Bank Ltd 3.Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd Rachel Eng (Joint managing partner) Tan Teck Howe, Long Chee Shan, James Choo (Partners) WongPartnership Proposed voluntary delisting of Armstrong Industrial Corp from Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd S$200.7 million ($158.8 million) AGP Asia Holding Pte Ltd Andrew Ang, Kenneth Leong (Partners) WongPartnership (SG counsel) Rex International Holding’s listing on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd $63 million Rex International Holding Ltd Pong Chen Yih (Partner) WongPartnership United Envirotech’s medium-term note programme $300 million United Envirotech Ltd Hui Choon Yuen, Goh Gin Nee, Trevor Chuan (Partners)
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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