Andersen Global, the tax advisory network born from the ashes of the now-defunct Arthur Andersen, has expanded its presence in India following a tie-up with Vaish Associates Advocates as well as accounting firm Nangia Advisors.

Slaughter and May and S&R Associates have advised UK telecom giant Vodafone on a $23 billion deal to merge its India unit with Mumbai-headquartered Idea Cellular, which was represented by AZB & Partners, Vaish Associates Advocates and Bharucha & Partners.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has advised India’s JSW Energy Limited on its 27 billion rupee ($402 million) acquisition of a unit of Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited

Linklaters advises Groupe Casino on the sale of its stake in Big C Supercenter to TCC Group for $6.2 bln, Allen & Gledhill acts on Singtel Group Treasury’s issuance of fixed rate notes for $183 mln, and more in this week's Southeast Asia deals table.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has advised UltraTech Cement on its $2.4 billion acquisition of cement assets from Jaiprakash Associates and its subsidiaries (Jaypee), which was advised by Vaish Associates.

AZB advises Axis Bank on a medium term note programme worth $5 billion, Clifford Chance and associate firm LWP act on the Indonesian government’s $799 million samurai bond issuance, Khaitan represents Lindsay Goldberg Vogel on the transfer of its majority shareholding in Weener Plastic Packaging Group to 3i Group for $280 million, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia Deals table.

CC, JSA and Luthra star in a $600 million share offering by Indiabulls Housing Finance, AZB and Khaitan & Co advise on the sale of a 6% stake in Zomato Media to investment groups, Cyril Amarchand and Squire Patton Boggs lead on Prabhat Dairy’s IPO worth $56 million, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia Deals table.

Singapore’s Dacheng Central Chambers has formed an alliance with Malaysia’s Chris Koh & Chew – the ambitious joint venture firm’s second alliance in two months.