Australia's Clayton Utz has advised an international consortium led by private equity firms EMR Capital and Farallon Capital on a $775 million deal to secure a 95 percent stake in Indonesia's Martabe mine from G-Resources Group, which was advised by Sullivan & Cromwell.

J. Sagar Associates advises RInfra in the $710 mln sale of Reliance Cement, W&C, Milbank, White & Case, Morgan Lewis and WongPartnership star in I.C. Power’s $299.5 mln acquisition of Energuate, and more in this week’s South East Asia deals table.

Shearman & Sterling has advised Mongolian company Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi on a $4.4 billion financing to expand the country’s massive Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, with Sullivan & Cromwell representing co-owner Rio Tinto, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy counselling the lenders.

White & Case has hired capital markets expert Jessica Zhou as a local partner at its Hong Kong office from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) on its $1.25 billion sukuk, part of the $5 billion it raised in Asia's largest bond offering so far this year, with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy acting for the bookrunners, and Norton Rose Fulbright representing the delegate trustee.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has bolstered its securities offering in Asia with the hire of corporate and capital markets partner David Kuo in Hong Kong.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has opened a Foreign Legal Consultant office in Seoul, joining a host of international law firms that have entered the market since the signing of U.S. and EU Free-Trade Agreements with South Korea in 2011.

David Zemans, Asia managing partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, speaks to Ranajit Dam about the firm’s strategy for growth in the region, how it is adapting to the needs of an evolving Asian market, and the importance of attracting and retaining the best talent.

Milbank and Melli Darsa have acted as international and domestic counsel to PT Blue Bird on its $200 million IPO, with Clifford Chance and Hiswara Bunjamin representing the joint global coordinators and bookrunners.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and AZB & Partners have advised India’s Tata Steel on its $1.5 billion bond offering, while Linklaters represented the 12 banks that served as joint bookrunners and lead managers.