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Jurisdiction – India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

TVS Capital’s and co-investors’ acquisition of Financial Technologies India’s stake in Indian Energy Exchange

Undisclosed

Indian Energy Exchange Ltd

Yash Ashar

(Partner)

AZB & Partners

Alpha TC Holdings’ follow-on investment in Janalakshmi Financial Services

Confidential

Alpha TC Holdings Pte Ltd

Zia Mody

(Partner)

 

Ratnadeep Roychowdhury

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

Bharti and its Nigerian affiliate’s sale of its passive infrastructure business to an American Tower Corp affiliate

Confidential

Bharti Airtel Ltd

Gautam Saha

(Partner)

 

Amrita Patnaik

(Senior associate)

AZB & Partners

Coflexip Stena Offshore (Mauritius)’s sale of 24 percent of its share capital

Rs. 2.5 billion

($40.3 million)

Coflexip Stena Offshore (Mauritius) Ltd

Shameek Chaudhuri

(Partner)

 

Rinki Ganguli

(Senior associate)

AZB & Partners

International Finance Corp’s acquisition of further equity shares in Equitas Holdings

Rs. 3.2 billion

($52.5 million)

International Finance Corp

Gautam Saha

(Partner)

 

Swati Chauhan,

Vinit Nalavadi

(Associates)

AZB & Partners

Manpasand Beverages’ initial public offering of equity shares

Rs. 4 billion

($65 million)

1.Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Ltd

2.India Infoline Ltd 3.ICICI Securities Ltd

Varoon Chandra

(Partner)

 

Lionel D’Almeida

(Senior associate)

AZB & Partners

Sequoia Capital’s acquisition of 33.36 percent equity shareholding in Curatio Health Care India (I)

Rs. 95 crores

($15.4 million)

One of Curatio Health Care India (I) Pvt Ltd’s promoters

Essaji Vahanvati

(Partner)

 

Manan Mehta

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

The News Corp’s acquisition of 25 percent of Elara Singapore’s share capital

Rs. 1.8 billion

($30 million)

The News Corp

Shuva Mandal

(Partner)

 

Roxanne Anderson

(Senior associate)

AZB & Partners

TPG Asia VI SF-led investment in Janalakshmi Financial Services

Confidential

Janalakshmi Financial Services Pvt Ltd

Srinath Dasari

(Partner)

 

Veena Ganesh

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

TPG Asia SF’s acquisition of Janalakshmi Financial Services’ shares

Confidential

TPG Asia SF Pte Ltd

Shuva Mandal,

Bhavi Sanghvi

(Partners)

 

Noshir Vania

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

WestBridge Capital’s acquisition of 20 percent share of Aptus Value Housing Finance India

Rs. 980 million

($15.8 million)  

WestBridge Capital

Srinath Dasari

(Partner)

 

Nanditha Gopal

(Senior associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Former Citigroup CEO’s investment in a JM Financial-promoted non-banking financial corporation

Rs. 540 crores

($87 million)

1.Vikram Pandit

(Former Citigroup CEO)

2.Hariharan Aiyer

Loius Goldberg

(Partner)

DSK Legal

Former Citigroup CEO’s investment in a JM Financial-promoted non-banking financial corporation

Rs. 540 crores

($87 million)

1.Vikram Pandit

(Former Citigroup CEO)

2.Hariharan Aiyer

Anand Desai

(Managing partner)

 

Ajay Shaw

(Partner)

 

Aditee Mohta

(Senior associate)

DSK Legal

TVS Capital’s and co-investors’ acquisition of Financial Technologies India’s stake in Indian Energy Exchange

Undisclosed

TVS Capital

Satish Kishanchandani

(Co-founding partner)

 

Shoubhik Dasgupta

(Senior associate)

 

Ishita Luthra

(Associate)

J. Sagar Associates

Equitas Holdings’, German Investment Development Corp’s and Creation Investments Equitas Holdings’ divestment of nearly  40 percent stake to a five-member investor group

 

1.Equitas Holdings Private Ltd

2.German Investment Development Corp

3.Creation Investments Equitas Holdings

Shivpriya Nanda, Aarthi Sivanandh, Lalit Kumar

(Partners)

 

Bhavana Alexander

(Senior associate)

 

Dishaa Shiva, Aneesha Tawakley

(Associates)

J. Sagar Associates

Intas Pharmaceuticals’ sale of 10.16 percent equity shares held by Mozart in it to Dunearn Investment Mauritius

Undisclosed

Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Nitin Potdar,

Rinku Ambekar

(Partners)

 

Puneet Shah,

Aarti Iyer

(Senior associates)

J. Sagar Associates

Nihon Nohyaku Co’s acquisition of 74 percent of equity shareholding in Hyderabad Chemical

Undisclosed

Nihon Nohyaku Co Ltd

Vikram Raghani

(Partner)

 

Anand Lakra,

Yashodhara Ghorpade

(Senior associates)

 

Suren Sundaram,

Bir Bahadur Sachar

(Associates)

J. Sagar Associates

Sale of 100 percent equity shares of Jigrahak Mobility Solutions by its promoter shareholder to Next Generation Payments

Undisclosed

Jigrahak Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd

Murali Ananthasivan

(Partner)

 

Neha Bhatia

(Senior associate)

 

Rajashree Balasubramanian

(Associate) 

J. Sagar Associates

Sequoia Capital’s acquisition of 33.36 percent equity shareholding in Curatio Health Care India (I)

Rs. 95 crores

($15.4 million)

Curatio Health Care India (I) Pvt Ltd’s promoters

Aarthi Sivanandh

(Partner)

 

Tamara Devanandan

(Senior associate)

 

Sahana Raghunathan,

Revathy Muralidharan,

Bharath Sridhar

(Associate)

J. Sagar Associates

TVS Capital’s and co-investors’ acquisition of Financial Technologies India’s stake in Indian Energy Exchange

Undisclosed

Financial Technologies India Ltd

Rinku Ambekar

(Partner)

Khaitan & Co

Intas Pharmaceuticals’ sale of 10.16 percent equity shares held by Mozart in it to Dunearn Investment Mauritius

Undisclosed

Temasek

 

Khaitan & Co

Nippon Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of an additional 9 percent stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management from Reliance Capital

$108 million

Nippon Life Insurance Company

Niren Patel (Associate partner)

Khaitan & Co

NorthEdge Capital’s buyout of video game developer F9E Europe from Foundation 9 Entertainment

Undisclosed

NorthEdge Capital LLP

Rabindra Jhunjhunwala,

Avaantika Kakkar (Partners)

Khaitan & Co

Sequoia Capital’s acquisition of 33.36 percent equity shareholding in Curatio Health Care India (I)

Rs. 95 crores

($15.4 million)

Sequoia Capital

Ganesh Prasad

(Partner)

 

Vineet Shingal

(Principal associate)

 

Mukund Thirumalai Srikant

(Associate)

Khaitan & Co

Wolters Kluwer’s acquisition of the remaining 62 percent stake in Third Coast Holding including its wholly owned Indian subsidiary, DataCert Consulting

$180 million

Wolters Kluwer Inc

Aakash Choubey,

Bijal Ajinkya (Partners)

 

Iqbal Khan(Associate partner)

Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

ICICI Home Finance’s issue of secured redeemable senior bonds

Rs. 1,000 crores

($161.5 million)

ICICI Home Finance Company Ltd

Piyush Mishra (Partner)

 

Siddharth Srivastava (Managing associate)

 

Abhiroop Lahiri (Senior associate)

 

Kanika Kadam (Associate)

Nishith Desai Associates

Sale of 100 percent equity shares of Jigrahak Mobility Solutions by its promoter shareholder to Next Generation Payments

Undisclosed

Flipkart

 

Nishith Desai Associates

TVS Capital’s and co-investors’ acquisition of Financial Technologies India’s stake in Indian Energy Exchange

Undisclosed

Agri Power

Nishal Joshipura

(Partner)

 

Deepak Jodhani

(Senior associate)

Themis Associates

Sequoia Capital’s acquisition of 33.36 percent equity shareholding in Curatio Health Care India

Rs. 95 crores

($15.4 million)

Sequoia Capital

Ashwani Kumar,

Dheeraj Khanna

(Senior associates)

 

Hardik Bhatia

(Associate)

Udwadia Udeshi & Argus Partners

Former Citigroup CEO’s investment in a JM Financial-promoted non-banking financial corporation

Rs. 540 crores

($87 million)

JM Financial Ltd

Darius Udwadia

(Managing partner)

Wadia Ghandy & Co

Intas Pharmaceuticals’ sale of 10.16 percent equity shares held by Mozart in it to Dunearn Investment Mauritius

Undisclosed

ChrysCapital

 

 

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Jurisdiction – Indonesia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

K&L Gates

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure TBK’s acquisition of financing to refinance the group’s existing debt programme

$1.3 billion

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure TBK

Chris Scott

(Perth special counsel)

 

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Jurisdiction – Pakistan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Norton Rose Fulbright

The Government of Pakistan’s sukuk issue

$1 billion

The Government of Pakistan

Peter Young

(Partner)

 

Andrew Coote

(Senior associate)

 

Jordina Walker

(Associate)

 

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Jurisdiction – Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill

Bank consortium’s loan grant to Central

Boulevard Development

S$1.62 billion

($1.25 billion)

Central Boulevard

Development Pte Ltd

Jafe Ng,

Ong Kangxin

(Partners)

 

Daniel Mok

(Senior associate)

Allen & Gledhill

Combination of KIT and

CitySpring Infrastructure Trust and its acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Keppel Merlimau

Cogen

Acquisition worth S$510

million

($391.1 million)

CitySpring Infrastructure Trust

Prawiro Widjaja,

Michelle Fum,

Bernie Lee

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

DBS Bank’s and United Overseas Bank’s term loan grant to United Industrial Corp

S$600 million

($456.5 million)

1.DBS Bank Ltd

2.United Overseas Bank Ltd

Lim Wei Ting

(Partner)

Allen & Gledhill

DBS Bank’s capped cash tender offer in respect of its $900 million floating-rate subordinated notes

$550 million

DBS Bank Ltd

Glenn Foo,

Sunit Chhabra

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

SP PowerAssets’ updation of its global medium-term note programme

S$8 billion

($6.1 billion)

SP PowerAssets Ltd

 

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Grand China Air (Hong Kong)’s offer of Singapore dollar-denominated guaranteed bonds

S$250 million ($200 million)

1.Grand China Air (Hong Kong) Ltd

(Issuer)

 

1.Hainan Airlines Co Ltd

2.Grand China Air Co Ltd (Guarantors)

David Neuville,

Joseph Lee,

Linda Swartz

(Partners)

 

Jay Aggarwal,

Jean Marie Bertrand

(Special counsel)

 

Nancy Yang,

Christopher Ma

(Associates)

Kelvin Chia Partnership

Sale of Fassler Gourmet

to Credence Partners

through Credence Capital Fund II (Cayman) Ltd

S$23 million

($17.64

million)

Credence Partners Pte Ltd

Andrew Lai

(Partner)

 

Lee Jin Rui,

Su Zhirong

(Associates)

TSMP Law Corporation

Credit Suisse

(Singapore)’s mandatory conditional cash offer for and on behalf of New Precise Holdings for Forterra Real Estate

~ $330 million

(~$254.26

million)

Credit Suisse

(Singapore) Ltd

Stefanie Yuen Thio (Joint managing director)

 

Kimberly Neo,

Sherri Chiam Siying

 (Associates)

WongPartnership

Bank consortium’s loan grant to Central

Boulevard Development

S$1.62 billion

($1.25 billion)

1.DBS Bank Ltd

2.The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd

3.Mizuho Bank Ltd

Christy Lim,

Carol Anne Tan

(Partners)

WongPartnership

Combination of KIT and

CitySpring Infrastructure Trust and its acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Keppel Merlimau

Cogen

Acquisition worth S$510

million

($391.1 million)

Keppel Infrastructure

Trust

Ng Wai King

(Joint managing

partner)

 

Low Kah Keong,

Quak Fi Ling,

Karen Yeoh,

Angela Lim,

Ethel Yeo,

Lam Chung Nian

(Partners)

WongPartnership

Credit Suisse

(Singapore)’s mandatory conditional cash offer for and on behalf of New Precise Holdings for Forterra Real Estate

~ $330 million

(~$254.26

million)

Forterra Real Estate Pte Ltd

Jason Chua

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Sale of Fassler Gourmet

to Credence Partners

through Credence Capital Fund II (Cayman) Ltd

S$23 million

($17.64

million)

Martin Fassler

and Jaclyn Ang Peck Neo

Dawn Law

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Tiger Airways Holdings’ sale of its entire 40 percent shareholding interest in Tiger

Airways Australia to

VAH Newco No. 1

N/A

Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd

Mark Choy,

Tan Sue-Lynn,

Lam Chung Nian

(Partners)

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