Jurisdiction – India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

AZB & Partners

HT Global IT Solutions Holdings’ proposed acquisition of Hexaware Technologies’ 125 million equity shares

Rs. 26.33 to 27.45 billion ($402 to 420 million)

Promoters:

1.Elder Venture LLP

2.Elder Infosystems Pvt Ltd

 

GA Global Investments Ltd

Abhijit Joshi,

Essaji Vahanvati

(Partners)

 

Adarsh Varghese, Pallavi Satpute

(Associates)

AZB & Partners

International Finance Corp’s acquisition of 4.1 percent stake in Fortis Healthcare

Rs. 1.86 billion ($27 million)

International Finance Corp

Gautam Saha

(Partner)

 

Amrita Patnaik

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

MacRitchie Investments’ proposed sale of 3.62 percent of Bharti Telecom’s share capital to Singtel International Investments

Rs. 18.6 billion

($302 million)

 

MacRitchie Investments Pte Ltd

Essaji Vahanvati

(Partner)

AZB & Partners

My Home Industries’ acquisition of Sree Jayajothi Cements’ entire equity share capital

Rs. 14 billion ($235 million)

My Home Industries Ltd

Alka Nalavadi

(Partner)

 

Qais Jamal

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

Trent’s acquisition of 24.95 percent of Landmark’s share capital from TVS Shriram Growth Fund I

Rs. 840 million

($15.2 million)

Trent Ltd

Kalpana Merchant, Nandish Vyas

(Partners)

Khaitan & Co

OpenText Corp’s acquisition of Cordys Software India

$33 million

Open Text Corp

Rabindra Jhunjhunwala

(Partner)

Khaitan & Co

Recruit Holdings’ acquisition of 100 percent stake in NuGrid Consulting

Undisclosed

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd

Zakir Merchant

(Partner)

 

Niren Patel (Associate partner)

Khaitan & Co

SKB Roop Commercial’s sale of Bajaj Corp’ roughly  9.75 percent of paid up equity share capital

$53.7 million

SKB Roop Commercial LLP

Nikhilesh Panchal

(Partner)

 

Sudhir Bassi

(Executive director)

Norton Rose Fulbright

OpenText Corp’s acquisition of Cordys Software India

$33 million

Open Text Corp

Saskia Blokland

(Partner)

Jurisdiction – Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Azmi & Associates

Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd’s acquisition of Menara SapuraKencana Petroleum

RM258 million

($77.7 million)

Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd

Zuhaidi Mohd Shahari

(Partner)

Azmi & Associates

Zecon Medicare’s concession agreement with Government of Malaysia for a Children’s Specialist Hospital

RM606 million

($182.6 million)

Zecon Medicare Sdn Bhd

Rosinah Mohd Salleh

(Partner)

 

Sharizan Sarif

(Senior associate)

Jurisdiction – Thailand

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clifford Chance

Syndicated loan agreement for Bangchak Petroleum Public Company

$200 million

Mizuho Bank Ltd

V. Joseph Tisuthiwongse,

Keerati Kanjanawenich,

Paul Landless

(Counsel)

 

Tanai Porasupattana,

Tatiana Perrier

(Senior associates)

Jurisdiction – Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill

Divestment of the Big Orange Self Storage business by Big Orange Self Storage Singapore Pte Ltd

Undisclosed

Big Orange Self Storage Singapore Pte Ltd

Lyn Wee,

Tan Boon Wah, Michelle Fum

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

Invista Real Estate International Holdings’ sale of its entire issued share capital of BSG Holdings to Storhub Singapore Investment

S$90 million

($70.4 million)

Invista Real Estate International Holdings Ltd

 

Allen & Gledhill

Parkway Holdings’

disposal of its entire shareholding in

Gleneagles CRC to EPS

Corp

S$10.074 million

(~$7.8 million)

Mitsui & Co Ltd

 

Allen & Gledhill

Perennial China Retail Trust’s issue of  5.25 percent fixed rate notes due 2016

S$50 million

($39 million)

Perennial China Retail Trust Management Pte Ltd

Long Pee Hua (Partner)

 

Kenneth Tan (Associate)

Allen & Gledhill

Oiltanking’s sale of 45 percent shares in Helios Terminal Corp’s capital to Macquarie Capital

Undisclosed

Oiltanking GmbH

Oh Hsiu-Hau,

Fock Kah Yan

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

Real estate acquisition of Mandarin Orchard Singapore and Mandarin Gallery

S$1.71 billion

($1,337 million)

Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd

Ho Kin San,

Jerry Koh,

Chua Bor Jern

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

Real estate acquisition of Paragon and The Clementi Mall

S$3.07 billion

(~$2,400 million)

1.SPH REIT’s manager

2.Singapore Press Holdings

Margaret Soh,

Tan Boon Wah, Jerry Koh,

Chua Bor Jern

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

Swiber Capital’s issue of 6.50 percent trust

certificates due 2018

S$150 million

($117.3 million)

1.BIBD

2.DBS Bank

3.Maybank KE

Jeanne Ong,

Eugene Ooi,

Yeo Wico

(Partners)

Drew & Napier

Northstar Group’s

acquisition of Hersing Corp's real estate agency business

Confidential

Hersing Corporation Pte Ltd

Sin Boon Ann

(Dty Managing Director)

 

Mark See

(Associate Director)

Inventus Law

Garena Interactive Holding’s Series A preference shares

investment in Redmart

S$1 million

($780)

Redmart Pte Ltd

Anil Advani

(Partner)

Jones Day

Equity International Management’s investment in a Singapore-based real estate PE management company

$50 million

Equity International Management LLC

Dennis Barsky, Matt Skinner (Partners)

 

Sean Murphy, Kevin Khan,

Nikhil Gore, Martin King,

John Rainbird

(Associates)

Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia)

Swiber Capital’s issue of 6.50 percent trust

certificates due 2018

S$150 million

($117.3 million)

The Bank of New York Mellon

Ferzana Haq, Alistair Dunstan (Of Counsel)

O’Melveny & Myers

KV Asia Capital’s establishment of its first fund, KV Asia Capital Fund I

Undisclosed

KV Asia Capital

Dean Collins,

Larry Sussman (Partners)

 

Lynn Chan,

Anita Choi (Counsel)

 

Qingjian Wang

(Associate)

Rodyk & Davidson

Garena Interactive Holding’s Series A preference shares

investment in Redmart

S$1 million

($780)

Redmart Pte Ltd

Sunil Rai

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Establishment of Boustead Singapore 's

multicurrency debt

issuance programme

S$500

million

($391 million)

Boustead Singapore

Ltd

Hui Choon Yuen,

Goh Gin Nee

(Partners)

WongPartnership

Garena Interactive Holding’s Series A preference shares

investment in Redmart

S$1 million

($780)

Garena Interactive

Holding Ltd

Owyong Eu Gene

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Joint venture

between Changi Airport Group and

CMA Singapore

Investment (6) for the mixed-used complex at Changi Airport

N/A

Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Low Kah Keong,

Mark Choy,

Teo Hsiao-Huey,

Dorothy Marie Ng,

Tan Teck Howe,

Christopher Chuah,

Lesley Tan

(Partners)

WongPartnership

Northstar Group’s

acquisition of Hersing Corp's real estate agency business

Confidential

Northstar Group

Andrew Ang,

Milton Toon,

Christy Lim

(Partners)

WongPartnership

Parkway Holdings’

disposal of its entire shareholding in

Gleneagles CRC to EPS

Corp

S$10.074 million

(~$7.8 million)

Parkway Holdings Ltd

Mark Choy

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Perennial China Retail Trust’s issue of  5.25 percent fixed rate notes due 2016

S$50 million

($39.1 million)

DBS Bank Ltd

Hui Choon Yuen,

Goh Gin Nee

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Refinancing of Suntec REIT's existing indebtedness and

general corporate funding

S$500 million

($391 million)

Lenders:

1. Australia and New Zealand Banking

Group

2. Citibank N.A.,

SG branch

3. Commonwealth

Bank of Australia,

SG branch

4. DBS Bank

5. Standard Chartered

Bank

6. United Overseas

Bank

Christy Lim

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Shanghai BravoBio’s acquisition of the

sublicense for the world’s first rotavirus vaccine for newborns from the International Medica Foundation

N/A

Shanghai BravoBio

Co Ltd

Joseph He,

Miao Miao

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Swiber Capital’s issue of 6.50 percent trust

certificates due 2018

S$150 million

($117.3 million)

Swiber Holdings Ltd

Hui Choon Yuen,

Goh Gin Nee

(Partners)

WongPartnership

United Overseas Bank’s

issue of 4.9 percent

non-cumulative non-convertible perpetual

capital securities

$850 million

The Bank of New

York Mellon,

SG branch

Hui Choon Yuen,

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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