Jurisdiction – India
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff and Co |
Avantha Holdings’ and its wholly owned subsidiarys’ corporate finance raising |
Rs. 6.8 billion ($110 million) |
Avantha Holdings Ltd |
Kalpataru Tripathy (Partner) Abhishek Guha (Principal associate) Shruti Singh (Senior associate designate) Navin Kumar, Sugandha Kapur (Associates) |
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff and Co |
Hitachi Systems’ acquisition of 76 percent stake in Micro Clinic India |
Undisclosed |
Micro Clinic India Pvt Ltd |
Pooja Mahajan, Ranjan Negi, Dev Robinson (Partners) Amit Singhania (Principal associate) Ishita Kapur (Senior associate) Surbhi Singhi (Senior associate designate) Geetha Hariharan, Gouri Puri (Associates) |
AZB & Partners |
Avantha Holdings’ and its wholly owned subsidiarys’ corporate finance raising |
Rs. 6.8 billion ($110 million) |
Lenders and Debenture Holders: 1.KKR India Financial Services Pvt Ltd 2.KKR India Debt Fund I, of KKR India Debt Opportunities Fund III 3.KKR Capital Markets India Pvt Ltd 4.L&T India Finance Ltd 5.L&T Fincorp Ltd 6.Family Credit Ltd |
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AZB & Partners |
BC Partners’ and affiliates’ acquisition of Mergermarket Group’s global entities from Pearson Plc and affiliates |
Confidential |
BC Partners |
Darshika Kothari (Partner) Roxanne Anderson (Associate) |
AZB & Partners |
International Finance Corp’s loan grant to eligible Indian SMEs, including women- owned SMEs |
Rs. 9 billion ($150 million) |
International Finance Corp |
Gautam Saha (Partner) Dushyant Bagga (Associate) |
AZB & Partners |
TAQA’s proposed purchase of two Indian hydroelectric power plants from the Jaypee Group |
$1.6 billion |
PSP (Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Canada) |
Ashwin Ramanathan (Partner) Qais Jamal, Rohit Sharma (Associates) |
AZB & Partners |
Titan’s 49 percent joint venture with Montblanc International for single-brand retail in India |
Confidential |
Montblanc Services B.V. |
Darshika Kothari (Partner) Divya Mundra, Palaq Vora (Associates) |
Economic Laws Practice |
Titan’s 49 percent joint venture with Montblanc International for single-brand retail in India |
Confidential |
Titan Company Ltd |
Vinayak Burman (Associate partner) Archana Khosla (Associate manager) Trishna Sharma, Shubhra Sharma (Associates) |
Khaitan & Co |
Hitachi Systems’ acquisition of 76 percent stake in Micro Clinic India |
Undisclosed |
Hitachi Systems Ltd |
Rajat Mukherjee (Partner) |
Khaitan & Co |
Kinetic Engineering’s exit from Mahindra Two Wheelers by sale of its entire 10.29 percent stake in it to Samena Capital |
Undisclosed |
1.Kinetic Engineering Ltd 2.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd |
Vaishali Sharma (Partner) |
Morrison & Foerster (Japanese counsel) |
Hitachi Systems’ acquisition of 76 percent stake in Micro Clinic India |
Undisclosed |
Hitachi Systems Ltd |
|
Trilegal |
TAQA’s proposed purchase of two Indian hydroelectric power plants from the Jaypee Group |
$1.6 billion |
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) |
Yogesh Singh, Saurabh Bhasin (Partners) Ravi Mahto, Aniket Prasoon, Dushyant Kumar (Senior associates) Amit Maheshwari, Gautam Chawla, Aayushi Sharma, Megha Kaladharan (Associates) |
Vaish Associates |
TAQA’s proposed purchase of two Indian hydroelectric power plants from the Jaypee Group |
$1.6 billion |
Jaiprakash Power Ventures |
Bomi Daruwala (Partner) |
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Adnan, Sundra & Low |
Malaysia Building Society's renounceable rights issue on Bursa Malaysia Securities’ main market |
MYR1.4 billion ($427.5 million) |
Banks on Malaysian Building Society Bhd's rights issue |
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Clifford Chance |
Malaysia Airport Holdings’ placement of about 124 million new shares |
MYR980 million ($298 million) |
Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd |
Raymond Tong (Partner) Paul Kuo (Counsel) Jeremy Ward (Senior associate) |
Clifford Chance |
Malaysia Building Society's renounceable rights issue on Bursa Malaysia Securities’ main market |
MYR1.4 billion ($427.5 million) |
Joint global coordinator: Deutsche Bank |
Raymond Tong (Partner) Paul Kuo (Counsel) Jeremy Ward (Senior associate) |
DLA Piper |
Malaysia Airport Holdings’ placement of about 124 million new shares |
MYR980 million ($298 million) |
Joint bookrunners: 1.CIMB Group 2.Credit Suisse 3. JP Morgan |
Stephen Peepels (Partner) Timothy Franklyn (Senior associate) |
Raslan Loong Advocates & Solicitors |
Malaysia Airport Holdings’ placement of about 124 million new shares |
MYR980 million ($298 million) |
Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd |
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Jurisdiction – Singapore
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Gledhill |
CapitaMall Trust’s issue of retail bonds due 2021 |
S$350 million ($276.4 million) |
CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd |
Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra, Jerry Koh, Teh Hoe Yue (Partners) |
Allen & Gledhill |
Chemoil Energy’s proposed voluntary delisting from the SGX and exit offer by Singfuel Investment |
$517.04 million |
Singfuel Investment Pte Ltd |
Andrew Lim Ming Hui, Christopher Koh Theng Jer, Michelle Fum Ruixia (Partners) Seow Tzi Yang, Michelle Lim Qianli (Associates) |
Allen & Gledhill |
Housing and Development Board’s issue of fixed-rate notes |
S$600 million ($474 million) |
Housing Development Board |
Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra (Partners) |
Allen and Gledhill |
Insolvency of Alpine Bau GmbH for works in the Downtown Line Stage 2 rail transit system |
S$65 million
($51.4 million)
|
Bank of America |
Edward Tiong (Partner) |
Allen & Gledhill |
Petra Foods’ multicurrency medium-term note programme |
$500 million |
1.DBS Bank Ltd 2.DBS Trustee Ltd |
Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra (Partners) |
Allen & Overy |
Hiscox’s acquisition of the DirectAsia group through purchase of Direct Asia Insurance’s entire share capital from the Whittington Group |
$55 million (Initial cash sum) plus Earn-out over four years |
1.Hiscox Ltd 2.Hiscox plc |
Chris Moore, Richard Cranfield (Partners) James Mythen (Senior associate) Michelle Ho (Associate) |
Clifford Chance |
United Envirotech’s issue of 7.25 percent fixed-rate notes due 2016 |
S$35 million ($27.6 million) |
Sole lead manager |
|
Clyde & Co Clasis |
Hiscox’s acquisition of the DirectAsia group through purchase of Direct Asia Insurance’s entire share capital from the Whittington Group |
$55 million (Initial cash sum) plus Earn-out over four years |
Whittington Group Pte Ltd |
Ian Stewart (Partner) Thomas Choo (Senior associate) Kendall Evans, Jen Wei Qi (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Citigroup Global Markets Singapore’s investment in Global Logistic Properties and Iowa China Offshore Holdings |
$2.5 billion |
Citigroup Global Markets Singapore Pte Ltd |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
Global Logistic Properties’ acquisition of 34 assets in Brazil from BR Properties S.A. |
$1.4 billion |
Global Logistic Properties Ltd |
Eric Piesner (Partner) |
Rodyk & Davidson |
Insolvency of Alpine Bau GmbH for works in the Downtown Line Stage 2 rail transit system |
S$65 million
($51.4 million)
|
Liquidators of Alpine: Abuthahir Abdul Gafoor, Chuang Chee Yoh of Stone Forest Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd |
Paul Wong (Partner) |
Tan Kok Quan Partnership |
Insolvency of Alpine Bau GmbH for works in the Downtown Line Stage 2 rail transit system |
S$65 million
|
Bank of America |
Kannan Ramesh (Partner) |
WongPartnership |
Chemoil Energy’s proposed voluntary delisting from the SGX and exit offer by Singfuel Investment |
$517.04 million |
Chemoil Energy Ltd |
Andrew Ang, Dawn Law (Partners) |
WongPartnership |
Citigroup Global Markets Singapore’s investment in Global Logistic Properties and Iowa China Offshore Holdings |
$2.5 billion |
Citigroup Global Markets Singapore Pte Ltd |
Ng Wai King (Joint managing partner) Dawn Law (Partner) |
WongPartnership |
Insolvency of Alpine Bau GmbH for works in the Downtown Line Stage 2 rail transit system |
S$65 million
|
Land Transport Authority of Singapore |
Chan Hock Keng, Lesley Tan (Partners) |
WongPartnership |
Myanmar Golden Star Beverages’ joint venture with Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co |
$81 million |
Myanmar Golden Star Beverages Co Ltd |
Mark Choy, Kenneth Leong (Partners) |
WongPartnership |
Pan-United Corp subsidiary’s acquisition of a 90 percent equity interest in Changshu Changjiang International Port |
RMB436.5 million (~$71 million) |
Pan-United Corp Ltd |
Rachel Eng (Joint managing partner) Tan Sue-Lynn (Partner) |
WongPartnership |
Singapore Power Group’s construction of a deep undersea transmission cable tunnel connecting Jurong Island to mainland Singapore |
Undisclosed |
Singapore Power Group |
Tay Peng Cheng, Joyce Ng (Partners) |
WongPartnership |
United Envirotech’s issue of 7.25 percent fixed-rate notes due 2016 |
S$35 million ($27.6 million) |
United Envirotech Ltd |
Hui Choon Yuen, Goh Gin Nee, Tan Kay Kheng, Tan Shao Tong (Partners) |
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