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Jurisdiction – India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

Financial Technologies (India)’s sale of its 15 percent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange of India to Kotak Mahindra Bank

Rs. 459 crores ($76 million)

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd

Cyril Shroff

(Mumbai Managing partner)

 

Ashwath Rau,

Nisha Kaur Uberoi

(Partners)

AZB & Partners

BIC Clichy’s acquisition of 20% of the share capital in Cello Writing Aids, Cello Pens, Cello Tips and Pens, Cello Stationery Products,

Cello Plastic Products, Pentek Pen and Stationery, and Cello Writing Instruments and Containers

Rs. 4.33 billion

($72.1 million)

BIC Clichy

(A Société BIC subsidiary)

Nohid Nooreyezdan

(Partner)

 

 Rajendra Barot

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

Brightstar’s acquisition of 51 percent of Beetel Teletech from certain Bharti group entities

Confidential

Bharti Group

Gautam Saha

(Partner)

 

Sachin Mehta

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

Omega TC Sabre Holdings’ and Tata Capital Financial Services’ acquisition of 18 percent stake in Shriram Properties from Shriram Venture

Rs. 4.6 billion

($78 million)

Tata Opportunities Fund Ltd Partnership

Sai Krishna Bharathan

(Partner)

 

Vivek Bajaj

(Associate)

AZB & Partners

Warburg Pincus’ acquisition of 32.29

percent stake in Laurus Labs

N/A

Bluewater Investment Ltd

Essaji Vahanvati

(Partner)

 

Samir Gandhi, Kamya Rajagopal, Hemangini Dadwal

(Associates)

DSK Legal

Strides Arcolab’s acquisition of Bafna Pharmaceuticals’ Indian branded generic business

Rs. 48 crores

(~$8 million)

Strides Arcolab Ltd

Raksha Kothari

 (Partner)

 

Shamayeeta Bhattacharyya,

Shruti Chopra

(Associates)

 

Vikrant Singh Negi

(Lawyer)

Desai & Diwanji

Strides Arcolab’s acquisition of Bafna Pharmaceuticals’ Indian branded generic business

Rs. 48 crores

(~$8 million)

Bafna Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Aneesh Gupte

(Partner)

J. Sagar Associates

Bank of Baroda’s issue of 4.875 percent senior notes due 2019

$250 million

Bank of Baroda

Dina Wadia,

Uttara Kolhatkar

(Partners)

J. Sagar Associates

Financial Technologies (India)’s sale of its 15 percent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange of India to Kotak Mahindra Bank

Rs. 459 crores ($76 million)

Financial Technologies (India) Ltd

Berjis Desai, Somasekhar Sundaresan,

Vikram Raghani

(Partners)

 

Anand Lakra

(Senior associate)

J. Sagar Associates

ONGC Videsh’s issue of 3.250 percent, 4.625 percent and 2.750 notes due 2019, 2024 and 2021

$2.2 billion

ONGC Videsh Ltd

Dina Wadia,

Uttara Kolhatkar

(Partners)

 

Vardaan Ahluwalia,

Shaswata Dutta

(Associates)

MMB Legal

Firmenich’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in Jasmine Concrete Exports

Rs. 27 crores

($4.5 million)

Jasmine Concrete Exports Pvt Ltd

Mahesh Madan Bhat

(Managing partner)

 

Vishak Abraham

(Associate)

Vaish Associates

Firmenich’s acquisition of 40 percent stake in Jasmine Concrete Exports

Rs. 27 crores

($4.5 million)

Firmenich SA

Hemant Puthran

(Partner)

 

Krishna Kishore

(Principal associate)

 

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Jurisdiction – Indonesia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Hadromi & Partners

PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX

S$388.3 million

(excluding the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

 

S$441.3 million

(including the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

PACC Offshore Services

Holdings Ltd

 

K&L Gates

The Republic of Indonesia’s sale of its debut 2.875 percent euro-denominated bonds due 2021

1 billion euros ($1.4 billion)

The Republic of Indonesia

David Johnson

(HK Partner)

 

Christopher Tan

(SG counsel)

 

 Arjuna Chandramohan

(SG associate)

 

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Jurisdiction – Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong

PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX

S$388.3 million

($313.5 million - excluding the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

 

S$441.3 million

($356.2 million - including the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

PACC Offshore Services

Holdings Ltd

 

Rahmat Lim & Partners

Hup Soon Global’s sale

of its automotive aftermarket and industrial supplies distribution business in Malaysia and Thailand

$34.5 million

Hup Soon Global Pte Ltd

Chen Lee Won (Partner)

 

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Jurisdiction – Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill

Bank consortium’s term loan grant to Frasers Hospitality Asset Management

S$615 million

($496.5 million)

Frasers Hospitality Asset Management Pte Ltd

Lim Wei Ting

(Partner)

Allen & Gledhill

DBS Group Holdings’ issue of fixed- and floating-rate senior notes

$1.25 billion

(total value)

DBS Group Holdings Ltd

Glenn Foo,

Sunit Chhabra

(Partners)

Allen & Gledhill

PACC Offshore Services

Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX

S$441.3 million

($356.2 million)

PACC Offshore Services

Holdings Ltd

 

Allen & Gledhill

SIA Engineering Company’s Singapore-based joint venture with The Boeing Company and Boeing Singapore

N/A

SIA Engineering Company Ltd

Richard Young, Lee Kee Yeng,

Daren Shiau

(Partners)

Drew & Napier

Starburst Holdings’ IPO and listing on

Catalist, the sponsor-supervised listing platform of the SGX

S$15.5 million

($12.5 million)

Sponsor

Sin Boon Ann,

Grace Lai

(Partners)

 

Rachel Poon (Senior associate)

 

Chan Mei Sum (Associate)

Sidley Austin

PACC Offshore Services

Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX

S$388.3 million

($313.5 million - excluding the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

 

S$441.3 million

($356.2 million - including the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

Joint issue

managers, bookrunners and underwriters

 

TSMP Law Corp

TT International’s

placement of shares

S$26 million

(~$21 million)

Placement agent:

CIMB Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Stephanie Yuen Thio

(Joint managing director)

 

Chua Shi Ying (Senior associate)

WongPartnership

Hup Soon Global’s sale

of its automotive aftermarket and industrial supplies distribution business in Malaysia and Thailand

$34.5 million

Hup Soon Global Pte Ltd

Mark Choy,

Milton Toon

(Partners)

WongPartnership

PACC Offshore Services

Holdings’ listing and offering of 252,020,000 shares on the SGX

S$388.3 million

($313.5 million - excluding the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

 

S$441.3 million

($356.2 million - including the

exercise of the overallotment

option)

1.DBS Bank Ltd

2.Merrill Lynch (Singapore)

Pte Ltd

3.Oversea-Chinese

Banking Corp

Ltd

Rachel Eng

(Joint

managing partner)

 

Pong Chen Yih

(Partner)

WongPartnership

Scoot’s joint venture with Nok Mangkang

THB2 billion

($60 million)

Scoot Pte Ltd

Annabelle Yip,

Lam Chung Nian,

Ameera Ashraf

(Partners)

WongPartnership

Starburst Holdings’ IPO and listing on

Catalist, the sponsor-supervised listing platform of the SGX

S$15.5 million

($12.5 million)

Starburst Holdings Ltd

Gail Ong,

James Choo

(Partners)

WongPartnership

TPG Capital-led consortium’s acquisition of DTZ

AU$1.22 billion

($1.15 billion)

TPG Capital-led

consortium

including:

PAG Asia Capital,

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Ng Wai King

(Joint

managing partner)

 

Andrew Ang,

Milton Toon,

Christy Lim

(Partners)

WongPartnership

TT International’s

placement of shares

S$26 million

(~$21 million)

TT International Ltd

Karen Yeoh,

James Choo

(Partners)

 

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Jurisdiction – Thailand

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Charin & Associates

Scoot’s joint venture with Nok Mangkang

THB2 billion

($60 million)

 

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Charin Satchayan (Partner)

 

Worapan Wuttisarn,

Sivalee Chairojkanjana (Associates)

The Capital Law Office

Scoot’s joint venture with Nok Mangkang

THB2 billion

($60 million)

 

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Chatri Trakulmanenate (Partner)

 

Voraluck Worachuttharn (Associate)

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