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    Welcome to the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2014

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    The ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2014 will be held at the Fullerton Hotel, Singapore, on Thursday May 29, 2014 to recognise the excellence and outstanding achievements of SE Asia's leading law firms, in-house legal teams and the top deals and dealmakers of 2013. 
     
    The event attracts more than 300 of SE Asia's most influential solicitors, in-house counsel, investment bankers, CEOs and members of the judiciary, who assemble to celebrate with the winners as they accept their awards on stage. The event is the culmination of months of intensive research that precede this important event.

    Winner information remains confidential until the awards ceremony itself, where winners will be revealed over a black-tie gala dinner. 
     
    The ALB SE Asia Law Awards is one of the most important events on the legal industry calendar in 2014.

    For information about the event, please email Tracy at tracy.li@thomsonreuters.com, or call +852 2847 2046


     

    EMCEE

     

    Tara Joseph

    Editor-in-Charge, Reuters TV, Asia

     

    A journalist with more than 20 years financial reporting experience, Tara Joseph currently leads the financial multimedia unit, Reuters TV in Asia. She serves on Reuters Asia news leadership team.

     

    Tara has more than 10 years experience reporting and presenting for TV in Asia, including daily shows for BBC World and China’s CCTV. She has moderated numerous webcasts and panel events including shows hosted at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She was previously the editor and main presenter of Reuters Financial Television based in London. Tara started in journalism as an emerging markets correspondent covering stories in Russia, South Africa and Turkey. She now oversees video production of video packages, and interviews with staff across Asia. 

     

    Tara is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, and Smith College in the United States. She is President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong .

     

     

    Award Categories

    8 Deal Award Categories

    • Asset & Corporate Finance Deal of the Year
    • Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
    • Project Finance Deal of the Year
    • Debt Market Deal of the Year
    • Equity Market Deal of the Year
    • SE Asia M&A Deal of the Year
    • IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd Award Singapore M&A Deal of the Year
    • SE Asia Deal of the Year

     5 In-House Award Categories

    • Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
    • Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year
    • Innovative In-House Team of the Year
    • SE Asia In-House Lawyer of the Year
    • The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association Award Singapore In-House Team of the Year

     21 Law Firm Categories

    • Corporate Social Responsibility Law Firm of the Year
    • Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
    • Construction Law Firm of the Year
    • Energy & Resources Law Firm of the Year
    • Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
    • Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
    • Offshore Law Firm of the Year
    • Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
    • Shipping Law Firm of the Year
    • Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year
    • India Deal Firm of the Year
    • Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year
    • Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year
    • Philippines Deal Firm of the Year
    • Thailand Deal Firm of the Year
    • Vietnam Deal Firm of the Year
    • Emerging Markets Law Firm of the Year
    • International Deal Firm of the Year
    • Singapore Deal Firm of the Year
    • SE Asia Managing Partner of the Year
    • SE Asia Law Firm of the Year

    Nominate

    NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

    In celebration of its decade-long celeration of the achievements of SE Asia’s law firms and corporate legal departments, ALB invites you to nominate your own law firm or in-house team or the law firm or in-house team you have worked with, across any of the 37 categories falling under three main award categories:

    • Deals Awards;                            
    • In-house Awards; and                       
    • Firm Awards.

    Please contact Mary at mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com or +632 9825 938, if you would like more information with regard to nominations.

    Nominations for ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2014 close on Thursday, April 17, 2014.

    Methodology

    GENERAL GUIDELINES

    1. All nominations must be written in the ALB nomination form. The same must be submitted on or before 17 April 2014.
    2. Work includes any transactions/deals/projects completed, cases handled, disputes settled and other legal services provided within the organisation or otherwise.
    3. Entries to any category must have been completed or provided in 2013.
    4. Documents supplementary to the information provided in the nomination form may be submitted within the nomination period. No supplementary information will be accepted after the nomination deadline. 
    5. Clients or contact persons provided in the nomination form will be contacted by ALB, as may be necessary, without prior notice to the nominating organization. It is advisable that only the names of clients whose consent for this purpose has been obtained are listed in the nomination form.

    COMPOSITION OF JUDGING PANEL

    The judging panel consists of the general panel and the special expertise panel. It is composed of approximately 40 reputable members from the legal academe, in-house teams, law firms, legal associations or business leagues, whose identities are kept confidential prior to the awarding ceremony.

    JUDGING PROCESS

    The panel of judges is given one week to evaluate the accomplishments of nominees based on a research summary provided by ALB. The judges select the top three finalists for every category. A score allocated by a judge to a finalist with which or with whom he has an apparent conflict of interest is considered void.

    The scores given by judges to finalists are aggregated. The finalist in every category who obtains the highest score wins.

    CATEGORIES

    Deal Categories

    1. Asset and Corporate Finance Deal of the Year
    2. Debt Market Deal of the Year
    3. Equity Market Deal of the Year
    4. Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
    5. Project Finance Deal of the Year
    6. SE Asia M&A Deal of the Year 
    7. IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd Awards Singapore M&A Deal of the Year
    8. SE Asia Deal of the Year

    Specific Guidelines

    1. To qualify for deal categories 1-6, a deal must have significant SE Asian element. "SE Asian element" would mean any of the following:
        • The law firm must be based in SE Asia.
        • Any of the parties involved in the deal must be based in SE Asia.
        • The contract/deal was executed/signed in SE Asia.
        • The contract/deal must be related to SE Asia.
    2. To qualify for deal category 7, a deal must have significant Singaporean element. "Singaporean element" would mean any of the following:
        • The law firm must be based in Singapore.
        • Any of the parties involved in the deal must be based in Singapore.
        • The contract/deal was executed/signed in Singapore.
        • The contract/deal must be related to Singapore.
    3. Every deal must have a financial value of at least US$300 million.
    4. A nominating organisation may submit up to two deals in every category.
    5. The winner of any deal categories automatically becomes a finalist for the SE Asia Deal of the Year, and the finalist obtaining the highest score wins.

    Criteria

    1. Deal size – the volume of the deal in USD
    2. Complexity - the degree to which the work requires intricate legal principles or advanced techniques and structures
    3. Innovation/improvement - the degree to which the work involved original or improved techniques and structures or innovative legal rules or regulations
    4. Breadth - the degree to which the work spanned different jurisdictions, practice areas, parties and industries
    5. Impact/significance - the degree by which the stakeholders/bench and bar/community at large is affected 
    6. Third-party award(s)/recognition

    Firm Categories

    1. Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
    2. Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year 
    3. Construction Law Firm of the Year
    4. Corporate Social Responsibility Law Firm of the Year
    5. Emerging Markets Law Firm of the Year
    6. Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year
    7. Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
    8. Offshore Law Firm of the Year
    9. Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
    10. Shipping Law Firm of the Year
    11. Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year
    12. India Deal Firm of the Year
    13. Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year
    14. Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year
    15. Philippines Deal Firm of the Year
    16. Singapore Deal Firm of the Year
    17. Thailand Deal Firm of the Year
    18. Vietnam Deal Firm of the Year
    19. International Deal Firm of the Year
    20. SE Asia Managing Partner of the Year
    21. SE Asia Law Firm of the Year

    Specific Guidelines

    1. All law firms based in SE Asia are qualified for any firm categories, unless otherwise specified below:

        a) Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year;
        b) Malaysia Law Firm of the Year;
        c) Philippines Law Firm of the Year;
        d) Singapore Deal Firm of the Year;
        e) Thailand Deal Firm of the Year;
        f) Vietnam Deal Firm of the Year; and
        g) International Deal Firm of the Year.

    2. International Deal Firm of the Year is open only to international law firms with physical office in Singapore, which firms employ at least 20 lawyers and have completed at least 10 cross-border transactions, each with a minimum deal size of USD200 million.
    3. Law firms located in India are qualified only for India Law Firm of the Year.
    4. A law firm can nominate only one of its managing partners for Managing Partner of the Year. A third-party nomination is considered only when the third-party nominee's firm has not nominated for the category.
    5. The winner of any firm categories automatically becomes a finalist for the SE Asia Law Firm of the Year, and the finalist obtaining the highest score wins.

    Criteria

    1. Key hires/departures
    2. Complexity - the degree to which the work requires intricate legal principles or advanced techniques and structures
    3. Innovation/improvement - the degree to which the work involved original or improved techniques and structures or innovative legal rules or regulations
    4. Breadth - the degree to which the work spanned different jurisdictions, practice areas, parties and industries
    5. Impact/significance - the degree by which the stakeholders/bench and bar/community at large is affected 
    6. Third-party award(s)/recognition
    7. No. of transactions completed (applicable only to firm categories 16 and 19)
    8. Volume of completed transactions in USD (applicable only to firm categories 16 and 19)

    In-House Categories

    1. Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
    2. Innovative In-House Team of the Year
    3. Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year
    4. SE Asia In-House Lawyer of the Year
    5. The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association Award Singapore In-House Team of the Year

    Specific Guidelines

    1. All in-house teams based in SE Asia are qualified for in-house categories 1-7
    2. An in-house team can nominate only one of its lawyers for SE Asia In-House Lawyer of the Year. A third-party nomination is considered only when the third-party nominee's team has not nominated for the category.

    Criteria

    1. Complexity - the degree to which the work requires intricate legal principles or advance techniques and structures
    2. Innovation/improvement - the degree to which the work involved original or improved techniques and structures or innovative legal rules or regulations
    3. Breadth - the degree to which the work spanned different jurisdictions, practice areas, parties and industries
    4. Impact/significance - the degree by which the stakeholders/bench and bar/community at large is affected

    SEALA 2014 IMPORTANT DATES

    Early March  Opening of nominations
    17 Aprildeadline for nominations – pls submit to Mary Aquino at mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com
    Late AprilAnnouncement of finalists in finalists section above.
    29 May  ALB SE Asia Awards 2014 ceremony at Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
    July EditionRelease of ALB publication featuring the ALB SE Asia Law Awards winners

     

     

     

    2014 Finalists

    Finalists for the awards are as below:

    LAW FIRM CATEGORIES

     

    Arbitration Law firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Allen & Overy

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Colin Ng & Partners

    Drew & Napier

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Holman Fenwick Willan Singapore

    LNT & Partners

    Oon & Bazul

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

    Shook Lin & Bok

    Stamford Law Corp

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

    Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

    WongPartnership

     

    Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    AZB & Partners

    Baker & McKenzie

    Drew & Napier

    LNT & Partners

    Oon & Bazul

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Shook Lin & Bok

    Stamford Law Corp

    Vision & Associates

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

    WongPartnership

    Zul Rafique & Partners

     

    Construction Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Drew & Napier

    Pinsent Masons MPillay

    Rajah & Tann

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Stamford Law Corp

    Vietnam International Law Firm

    Vision & Associates

    WongPartnership

     

    Corporate Social Responsibility Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Drew & Napier

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

     

    Emerging Markets Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & Mckenzie Yangon

    DFDL

     

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Khaitan & Co

    Myanmar Legal Services

    Rajah & Tann

     

    Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Allen & Overy

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Baker & McKenzie

    DFDL

    Drew & Napier

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Latham & Watkins

    Linklaters          

    LNT & Partners

    LVN & Associates

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Vietnam International Law Firm

    Vision & Associates

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

    WongPartnership

     

    India Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    AZB & Partners

    Khaitan & Co

    Luthra & Luthra

     

    Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Assegaf Hamzah & Partners

    Ginting & Reksodiputro

    Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners

    Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Makes & Partners

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Tumbuan & Partners

     

    International Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Latham & Watkins

    Linklaters

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

     

    Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    ATMD Bird & Bird

    Baker & McKenzie

    Drew & Napier

    Khaitan & Co

    LNT & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Tilleke & Gibbins

    WongPartnership

    Vision & Associates

     

    Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Adnan Sundra & Low

    Albar & Partners

    Kadir Andri & Partners

    Rahmat Lim & Partners

    Wong & Partners

     

    Offshore Law Firm of the Year

     

    Appleby

    Bedell Cristin

    Conyers Dill & Pearman

    Maples and Calder

    Walkers

     

    Philippines Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio

    Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos

    Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles

    Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

     

    Real Estate Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie

    Drew & Napier

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Khaitan & Co

    LNT & Partners

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Rodyk & Davidson

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Vision & Associates

    WongPartnership

     

    Shipping Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Colin Ng & Partners

    Holman Fenwick Willan

    Ince & Co

    Oon & Bazul                  

    Rajah & Tann

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Stamford Law Corp

    Vision & Associates

    Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

    Wikborg Rein

     

    Singapore Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

    Shook Lin & Bok

    Stamford Law Corp

    WongPartnership

     

    Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

    Drew & Napier

    Khaitan & Co

    LNT & Partners

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Vision & Associates

    Withers Singapore

    WongPartnership

     

    Thailand Deal Firm of the Year

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie

    Chandler & Thong-ek

    DFDL

    Linklaters

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

     

    Vietnam Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie (Vietnam)

    DFDL

    Frasers Law Co

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    LNT & Partners

    LVN & Associates

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

    Vietnam International Law Firm

    Vision & Associates

    YKVN

     

    SE Asia Managing Partner of the Year

     

    Dato' Zulkifly Rafique – Zul Rafique & Partners

    Datuk Syed Zaid Albar – Albar & Partners

    Hoang Nguyen Ha Quyen – LNT & Partners

    Jennifer B. Tumbuan – Tumbuan & Partners

    Lee Eng Beng SC – Rajah & Tann

    Lim Teong Sit – Rahmat Lim & Partners

    Martin Desautels – DFDL

    Pham Nghiem Xuan Bac – Vision & Associates

    Rusmaini Lenggogeni - Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Sarjit Singh Gill SC – Shook Lin & Bok

    Shardul S. Shroff - Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Simon Makinson – Allen & Overy

    Stephen Revell - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Sushma Jobanputra - Jones Day Singapore

    Tan Chong Huat – RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Yozua Makes – Makes & Partners

     

    IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES

     

    Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

     

    Asian Development Bank

    Macquarie

    Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Innovative In-House Team of the Year

     

    Atos

    Asian Development Bank

    GE Capital Aviation Services

     

    Investment Banking In-House Team of the Year

     

    CIMB

    Goldman Sachs

    Morgan Stanley

    UBS

     

    SE Asia In-House Lawyer of the Year

     

    Choo Suit Mae – Sime Darby

    Chris Holland – Religare Capital Markets

    Deborah Ong – Macquarie Capital

    Kew Yong Koh – Nomura Singapore

    Mohammad Nasri Sallehuddin – Khazanah Nasional

    Sok-Theng Cheng - Morgan Stanley

     

     

    DEAL FIRM CATEGORIES

     

    ASSET AND CORPORATE FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Adaro Indonesia's Refinancing

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Hendra Soenardi; Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

     

    Aquamarine Star Trust Facility

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

     

    Baring Private Equity Asia's Acquisition of Stake in Hexaware Technologies

    Firms: Allen & Overy; AZB & Partners; Debevoise & Plimpton; Khaitan & Co; Linklaters; Madun Gujadhur Chambers; O'Melveny & Myers; TM&S Gujadhur Chambers

    Banks: Credit Agricole; Deutsche Bank; Investec; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    BP Holdings BV's Phu My Shareholding Transfer to SembCorp Utilities

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Banks: Asian Development Bank; Japan Bank for International Cooperation

     

    Facility for PT Apexindo Pratama Duta

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Ginting & Reksodiputro; K&L Gates; Morgan & Morgan-Attorneys at Law

    Banks: J.P. Morgan; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Financing for Acquisition of Shares in BMC Software

    Firms: Cahill Gordon & Reindel; Kirkland & Ellis; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; WongPartnership

     

    Financing for Posco Steel Vietnam

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Korean Export-Import Bank

     

    Financing for Yinson Holdings – PTSC FPSO Conversion

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; LNT & Partners; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: United Overseas Bank; Oversea-Chinese Bank Corp

     

    GLL IHT's Multi-currency MTN and Perpetual Securities Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rajah & Tann

     

    HPCL Mittal Energy's Financing for Refinery Debottlenecking

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    Financing for Nghi Son Petroleum Refinery

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allens; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; Export-Import Bank of Korea; Japan Bank for International Cooperation; Nippon Export and Investment Insurance

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    Financing for PT J Resources Nusantra

    Firms: Clifford Chance (Amsterdam); Clifford Chance (Singapore); De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; K&L Gates; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Tumbuan & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: Indonesia EximBank; PT Bank ICBC Indonesia, PT Bank Permata, PT QNB Kesawan; Qatar National Bank S.A.Q

    Accounting firm: KAP Mulyamin Sensi Suryanto & Lianny

                                                                                                                             

    Lucio Co Group's Share Swap with Cosco Capital

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos; Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles

    Banks: BDO Capital & Investment Corp; Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong branch; Evercore Partners; First Metro; J.P. Morgan Securities

     

    Facility Agreement for Vinacomin's Tan Rai Project

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Citibank Japan; Mizuho Corporate Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust

     

    Manta 2 Holdings' Bond Offering and Miclyn Express Offshore's Financing

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Avila & Co; HWL Ebsworth Lawyers; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Kadir Andri & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Tiendas Law Offices; TSMP Law Corp

    Bank: DBS Bank

     

    Multi-currency Islamic Trust Certificates Issuance Programme by Vallianz

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Christopher & Lee Ong; Slaughter and May; WongPartnership

    Bank: Maybank Kim Eng Securities

     

    NIBC Bank Singapore's Transfer of Shipping and Intermodal Portfolio to NIBC Bank NV

    Firms: Appleby; Watson Farley & Williams Asia Practice;J. Sagar AssociatesLee & Ko; Patton, Moreno & Asvat; Nakashima Law Firm; SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan; Walkers;Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

     

    Pertamina’s GMTN Programme and Initial Drawdown

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Hiswara, Bunjamin & Tandjung; Latham & Watkins

    Banks: Barclays; Citigroup; Royal Bank of Scotland

     

    PT Garuda Indonesia's Delivery of 35 New ATR 72-600 Aircraft

    Firms: HanafiahPonggawa & Partners; Mochtar Karuwin Komar

     

    Refinancing for Global A&T Electronics

    Firms: Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Shook Lin & Bok; WongPartnership

    Banks: Bank of America; Credit Suisse, Singapore branch; J.P. Morgan Chase, Singapore branch; UBS, Hong Kong branch

     

    Rui Tong's Financing Series

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; DNC Advocates At Work; Ingram Winter Green; Melli Darsa & Co; Minter Ellison; O'Melveny & Myers; Tumbuan & Partners; Walkers; White & Case; WongPartnership

     

    TLP's Quang Ninh Province 2X300MW Power Plant Project

    Firm: Vision & Associates

     

    Virgin Australia's Issuance of Enhanced Equipment Notes

    Firms: Buddle Findlay; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Morris James

    Banks: Credit Agricole; Goldman Sachs; Natixis

    Accounting firm: KPMG

     

    DEBT MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Bangkok Bank's Dual-Tranche Offering

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Davis Polk & Wardwell

    Bank: Morgan Stanley

    Accounting firm: Deloitte & Touche

     

    Blue Ocean Resources' Restructuring of Notes     

    Firms: Makes & Partners; O'Melveny & Myers

     

    Bond Issuance by Lotte Shopping Co

    Firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Paul Hastings; Shook Lin & Bok; Yulchon

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; Goldman Sachs International; HSBC, Merrill Lynch International; Nomura International; UBS

     

    Bond Offering by Vedanta Resources

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Latham & Watkins; Shearman & Sterling

     

    BTPN's Offer Of Shelf Registry Bond II

    Firm: Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo

     

    Bumi Armada Capital Offshore's EMTN Programme

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Banks: HSBC; Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    CapitaLand's SGD Convertible Bonds Issue and Tender Offer

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Linklaters; WongPartnership

     

    Clifford Capital's Establishment of EMTN Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy

    Banks: DBS Bank; HSBC; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    CNPC's Establishment  of MTN Programme and Issuance of Senior Notes

    Firms: Appleby; Clifford Chance; JunHe Law Offices; Shearman & Sterling

     

    DanaInfra Nasional's Establishment of Islamic CP and MTN Programme

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Mohamed Ridza & Co

    Banks: AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank

     

    DBS Bank's GMTN Programme Update 2013

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Linklaters

    Banks: BNY Mellon; Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Goldman Sachs (Singapore)

     

    DBS Group Holdings' Tender Offer for Class N Preference Shares Issued by DBS Bank

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill

     

    Debt Financing for CT Corpora's Subsidiaries

    Firm: White & Case

    Banks: Bank of America; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; BNP Paribas; Credit-Suisse; DBS Bank; Goldman Sachs; ING Bank; Maybank; PT Bank ANZ Indonesia; Royal Bank of Scotland; Standard Chartered Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

     

    Debt Financing for SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Seadrill's Tender Rig Business

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Ahmad Isa & Partners (Brunei); Albar & Partners; Arias Fabrega & Fabrega; Conyers Dill & Pearman; MJM Law Office; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Wikborg Rein

    Banks: ABN AMRO Bank NV, Singapore branch; AmInvestment Bank; BNP Paribas; CIMB Bank; HSBC; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Bank; United Overseas Bank (Malaysia); Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Financing for Universal Group Holdings

    Firm: Rajah & Tann

    Banks:DBS Bank; Maybank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Fragrance Group's Establishment of Multi-currency Debt Issuance Programme

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; Rodyk & Davidson

     

    Guaranteed Serial Bonds Issuance by KMCOB Capital

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Conyers, Dill & Pearman (Bermuda and Cayman Islands); Norton Rose (Australia); Norton Rose (Russia); Shearn Delamore & Co; Stamford Law Corp (Singapore)

    Banks: Danajamin Nasional Berhad; Hong Leong Investment Bank; OCBC Bank (Malaysia); Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Manta 2 Holdings' Bond Offering and Miclyn Express Offshore's Financing

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Avila & Co; HWL Ebsworth Lawyers; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Kadir Andri & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Tiendas Law Offices; TSMP Law Corp

    Bank: DBS Bank

     

    Melbourne Airport's Establishment of EMTN Program and Inaugural Notes Issuance

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Herbert Smith Freehills; Norton Rose Fulbright (Australia)

    Banks: BNP Paribas; Citigroup; J.P. Morgan

    Accounting Firm: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

     

    Multi-currency Sukuk Issuance Programme by Sime Darby Global
    Firms: Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners
    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; HSBC Bank Malaysia; Maybank Investment Bank

     

    Notes Issuance by MCE Finance

    Firms: Latham & Watkins; Maples and Calder; Manuela Antonio Advogados e Notarios; White & Case

    Banks: ANZ; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank

     

    Notes Issuance by Ottawa Holdings

    Firms: Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; Makes & Partners; Norton Rose Fulbright; O'Melveny & Myers; White & Case; WongPartnership

     

    Notes Issuance by Republic of Indonesia

    Firm: Linklaters

    Banks: Deutsche Bank, Singapore; J.P. Morgan Securities; PT Bank Mandiri; PT Danareksa Sekuritas; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Notes Issuance by Winsway Coking Coal Holdings

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Gilbert + Tobin; Maples and Calder; Reed Smith Richards Butler

     

    Notes Issuance by Yanlord Land Co

    Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Shook Lin & Bok; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Yuan Tai Law Offices

     

    Olam International's Renounceable Rights Issue

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Latham & Watkins; WongPartnership

    Banks: Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; HSBC, Singapore branch; J.P. Morgan

     

    OUE's Multi-currency MTN Programme Update

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Drew & Napier

    Bank: Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Pertamina’s GMTN Program and Initial Drawdown

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Hiswara, Bunjamin & Tandjung; Latham & Watkins

    Banks: Barclays; Citigroup; Royal Bank of Scotland

     

    Corporate Reorganisation Exercise by Malakoff Corp

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Shearn Delamore & Co

    Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: KPMG

      

    Refinancing of Seneko Energy's Existing Indebtedness

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Rajah & Tann

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; DBS Bank; Mizuho Corporate Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

     

    Regal REIT's MTN Programme

    Firms: Appleby; Baker & McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Mayer Brown JSM

     

    Rui Tong's Financing Series

    Firms: Ali Budiarjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; DNC Advocates; Ingram Winter Green; Melli Darsa & Co; Minter Ellison (Hong Kong); O'Melveny & Myers (Singapore); Tumbuan & Partners; Walkers (Singapore); White & Case (Hong Kong); WongPartnership

     

    San Miguel Corp's Overseas Bond Offering

    Firm: Sidley Austin

    Banks: ANZ; DBS Bank; Deutsche Bank; Merrill Lynch; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Second Tranche of Inflation-Linked Bonds by Ministry of Finance of Thailand

    Firm: Baker & McKenzie

    Banks: Bangkok Bank; Deutsche Bank; HSBC; Krung Thai Bank

     

    Senior Notes Issuance by Tata Communications

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Herbert Smith Freehills; Khaitan & Co

    Banks: ANZ; DBS Deutsche Bank; RBS; Standard Chartered Bank

    Accounting firm: SB Billimoria

     

    Sukuk Issuance Programme by International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Bank: CIMB Investment Bank

     

    Sunway's Establishment of CP/MTN Programme

    Firm: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

     

    Tax-Free Bond Issuance by HUDCO

    Firm: Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    Tax-Free Bond Issuance by NTPC

    Firm: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

     

    United Overseas Bank's Issuance of Perpetual Capital Securities

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

    Banks: ANZ; HSBC; Nomura Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank; UBS AG, Singapore branch; United Overseas Bank

     

    Vinashin's Restructuring

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Audier & Partners; Mayer Brown JSM

     

    Vingroup's Syndicated International Loan and High-Yield Bonds Issuance

    Firms: Clifford Chance; King & Wood Mallesons; Shearman & Sterling; VILAF; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; ING Bank

      

    Warburg Pincus Asia's Equity Investment in Vingroup

    Firms: Allen & Overy;Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; AZB & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: Citigroup; Credit Suisse

     

    Westfield Retail Trust's Establishment of EMTN Programme

    Firms:  Allen & Overy; Ashurst; Drew & Napier; Greenwoods & Freehills; Russell McVeagh

    Banks: Citigroup Global; J.P. Morgan Securities; RBS

     

    Yuexiu REIT's MTN Programme

    Firms: Appleby; Baker & McKenzie; Linklaters

     

    EQUITY MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Acquisition of 49 Percent Share Capital of Bank Islam Malaysia by BIMB Holdings

    Firms: Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Bank Islam Malaysia

     

    Asian Pay Television Trusts' IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Latham & Watkins; Lee, Tsai & Partners; WongPartnership

    Banks: CIMB Securities (Singapore); DBS bank; J.P. Morgan; Macquarie Capital (Singapore)

    Accounting firm: Deloitte & Touche

     

    Block Trade of Shares in Global Logistic Properties

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy

     

    BTS Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund's IPO

    Firms: Linklaters; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case

    Banks: Morgan Stanley; Phatra Securities; UBS (Singapore)

     

    China Fund Formation

    Firms: Gibson Dunn; Herbert Smith Freehills; Hogan Lovells; Jones Day; Maples and Calder; O'Melveny & Myers; Ropes & Gray; WongPartnership

     

    Croseus Retail Trust's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allen & Gledhill; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

    Banks: Citigroup; DBS Bank

     

    Del Monte Pacific's Application for Listing with PSE

    Firm: Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles

      

    Establishment of KLCC REIT

    Firm: Adnan Sundra & Low

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; CIMB Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    Equity Financing for SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Seadrill's Tender Rig Business

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Ahmad Isa & Partners (Brunei); Albar & Partners; Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega; Conyers Dill & Pearman; MJM; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Wikborg Rein

    Banks: ABN AMRO Bank NV, Singapore branch; AmInvestment Bank; BNP Paribas; CIMB Bank; HSBC; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Bank; United Overseas Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

      

    Institutional Placement Programme of Equity Shares by DLF

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Linklaters; Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    LT Group's Re-IPO

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz; Picazo Buyco Fider & Santos; Sidley Austin

     

    Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Fangda Partners; Jin Mao Partners; Paul Hastings; Shook Lin & Bok; WongPartnership

    Banks: DBS Bank; Goldman Sachs (Singapore); HSBC - Singapore branch

     

    Matahari Department Store's Re-IPO

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners; Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung; Linklaters; Makes & Partners; Maples and Calder; White & Case

    Banks: CIMB Bank; Moelis & Co Asia; Morgan Stanley; UBS AG (Singapore)

      

    PetroVietnam's Sale of 49 Percent Equity Interest in Vung Ang 1

    Firm: Vietnam International Law Firm

     

    OUE Hospitality Trust's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rodyk & Davidson

     

    Power Grid Corp of India's Public Offering of Equity Shares

    Firm: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

     

    Renounceable Rights Issue by Malaysian Airline System

    Firm: Adnan Sundra & Low

    Bank: CIMB Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    Robinsons Retail Holdings' IPO

    Firms: K&L Gates; Reyes-Beltran Gomez Flores Ballicud and Associates; Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles; Sidley Austin

    Banks: Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong branch; J.P. Morgan Securities; Maybank ATR Kim Eng Capital Partners; UBS, Hong Kong branch

    Accounting firm: SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co

     

    Qualified Institutions Placement by Axis Bank

    Firm: Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    SPH REIT's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Shook Lin & Bok; Sidley Austin; WongPartnership

    Banks: Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp

      

    True Telecommunications Growth Infrastructure Fund's IPO

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie (Thailand); Davis Polk & Wardwell; Linklaters

    Banks: Kasikornbank Public Co Ltd; Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Ltd; Siam Commercial Bank Public Co Ltd; True Corporation Public Co Ltd

     

    UMW Oil & Gas Corp's IPO       

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Azmi & Associates; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Zul Rafique & partners

    Banks: CIMB Investments Bank; Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; Maybank Investment Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Westports Holdings' IPO   

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Clifford Chance; Kadir Andri & Partners 

     

    Soilbuild Business Space REIT's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allen & Gledhill;Shook Lin & Bok

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets Singapore; DBS Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp

     

    ISLAMIC FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Acquisition of 49% Share Capital of Bank Islam Malaysia by BIMB Holdings

    Firms: Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Bank Islam Malaysia

     

    BGSM Management's Islamic MTN

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: CIMB

     

    Boustead Holdings Perpetual Junior Islamic MTN Programme

    Firm: Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Affin Investment Bank

     

    Clifford Capital's Establishment of EMTN Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy

    Banks: DBS Bank; HSBC; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Covered Sukuk Commodity Murabahah Programme by Malaysia Building Society

    Firm: Kadir Andri & Partners

    Bank: RHB Investment Bank

     

    DanaInfra Nasional's Establishment of Islamic CP and MTN Programme

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Mohamed Ridza & Co

    Banks: AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank

     

    EPF Islamic Financing for Public Housing Programme

    Firms: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Radzlan Low and Partners

     

    Khazanah Nasional's Exchangeable Trust Certificates

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: CIMB Bank; Deutsche Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    LTH Property Commodity Murabaha Term Financing

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Trowers & Hamlin; Walkers; Wong & Partners

                                        

    Multi-currency Sukuk Issuance Programme by Sime Darby Global

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & partners

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; HSBC Bank Malaysia; Maybank Investment Bank

     

    Republic of Indonesia's  Sukuk Offering

    Firms: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners; AZP Legal Consultants; Norton Rose Fulbright; White & Case

    Banks: Citibank Global Markets; Deutsche Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Sukuk Issuance by Indah Capital

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Linklaters (Singapore); Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Deutsch Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Sukuk Issuance Programme by International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Bank: CIMB Investment Bank

     

    Sukuk Wakalah Programme by ABHC Sukuk

    Firms: Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers; Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Law Office of Salman Al Sudairi in association with Latham & Watkins 

    Banks: Al Hilal Bank; Hong Leong Islamic Bank Malaysia; HSBC Amanah Bank Malaysia; Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad

     

    Swiber Holdings' Establishment and Issuance of Islamic Trust Certificates

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Norton Rose Fulbright; WongPartnership

    Bank: Maybank Kim Eng Securities

     

    United Overseas Bank's Issuance of Perpetual Capital Securities

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

    Banks: ANZ; HSBC; Nomura Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank; UBS AG, Singapore branch; United Overseas Bank

     

    PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    300MW Sarulla Geothermal Plant

    Firms: Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; MKK Law Firm; Nah'r Murdono Law Office

     

    410MW Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Hydroelectric Power Plant

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Chandler & Thong-Ek Law Offices; DFDL Legal & Tax Services; Latham & Watkins; Shim & Kim

    Banks: Bank of Ayudhya Public Co Ltd; Export-Import Bank of Thailand; Krung Thai Bank Public Co Ltd; Thanachart Bank Public Co Ltd

     

    Acquisition of 39 Percent of Two Projects SPVs

    Firm: AZB & Partners

     

    Battersea Power Station

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Norton Rose Fulbright; Walkers; Wong & Partners

     

    BP Holdings BV's Phu My Shareholding Transfer to SembCorp Utilities

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Banks: Asian Development Bank; Japan Bank for International Cooperation

     

    FPSO Berantai

    Firms: Azmi & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Zul Rafique & Partners

     

    GVK Ratle Hydro-electric Project

    Firm: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

     

    Khanom Gas-Fired CCPP

    Firms: Ashurst; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices; Drew & Napier

     

    LG Electronics' Investment in Hai Phong

    Firm: Vietnam International Law Firm

     

    Loan Facility for Senoko Energy

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Rajah & Tann

    Banks: Bank of Tokya-Mitsubishi UFJ; DBS Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

     

    Nghi Son Petroleum Refinery

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allens; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; Export-Import Bank of Korea; Japan Bank for International Cooperation; Nippon Export and Investment Insurance

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    OPaL Petrochemical Complex Dahej SEZ

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Luthra & Luthra Law Offices; Reed Smith

    Banks: Bank of Baroda, London branch; SBI Capital Markets; State Bank of India

     

    OM Sarawak's Ferro Alloy Smelting Project

    Firm: White & Case

    Banks: Export-Import Bank of Malaysia; Malayan Banking; Malayan Investment Bank; RHB Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Pengerang LNG Terminal Project

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Loyens & Loeff; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: AmBank (M); DBS Bank, Labuan branch; Malayan Banking Berhad

      

    Tata Steel's 6.0 MTPA Greenfield Steel Plant

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; AZB & Partners; Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe;

    Bank: State Bank of India

     

    Therma South's 300MW CFPP

    Firms: Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio; Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos

    Banks: Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO Capital and Investment Corp, BDO Unibank, China Banking Corp; Development Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co

     

    Tuaspring Desalination Plant

    Firms: Stamford Law Corp; WongPartnership

    Banks: Maybank, Singapore branch; Maybank Kim Eng Securities

                           

    Financing for Universal Group Holdings

    Firm: Rajah & Tann

    Banks:DBS Bank; Maybank Banking; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Vinh Tan 1 Power Project

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; LVN & Associates; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

     

    Yinson Holdings – PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp FPSO Conversion

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; LNT & Partners; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: United Overseas Bank; Oversea-Chinese Bank Corp

     

    SE ASIA M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Advent International Corp's Acquisition of Cytec Group's Coating Business

    Firms: Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices; Weil, Gotshal & Manges

     

    Acquisition of 40 Percent of PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional

    Firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Linklaters; Pradjoto & Associates; Widyawan & Partners

    Bank: Goldman Sachs (Singapore)

     

    Acquisition of 49 Percent Share Capital of Bank Islam Malaysia by BIMB Holdings

    Firms: Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Bank Islam Malaysia

     

    Acquisition of Hwang-DBS's Equity Interest by Affin Holdigs

    Firms: Rahmat Lim & Partners

     

    Acquisition of KFC and QSR by Massive Equity

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Kadir Andri & Partners; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; OSK Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    Acquisition of Shares in PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Bank: PT Bahana Securities

     

    Acquisition of Shares of United Spirits by Diageo

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Herbert Smith Freehills; Kanga & Co; Platinum Partners; Slaughter and May

     

    Baring Private Equity Asia's Acquisition of Stake in Hexaware Technologies

    Firms: Allen & Overy; AZB & Partners; Debevoise & Plimpton; Khaitan & Co; Linklaters; Madun Gujadhur Chambers; O'Melveny & Myers; TM&S Gujadhur Chambers

    Banks: Credit Agricole; Deutsche Bank; Investec; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    BlueScope Steel – Nippon Steel Corp Joint Venture

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; King & Wood Mallesons; Soewito Suhardiman Edddymurthy Kardono

     

    BTMU's Voluntary Tender Offer for Bank of Ayudhya

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie; King & Wood Mallesons; Nishimura & Asahi; Thanathip & Partners

    Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Deutsche Bank; Morgan Stanley; Phatra Securities

     

    Buy-out of Sea-Plane Operating Cos in Maldives

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters; Premier Chambers; Shah, Hussain & Co; Walkers

    Banks: CIMB Bank; Morgan Stanley; UBS

     

    CVC Capital Partners' Acquisition of SPi Global Holdings

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Maples and Calder

     

    DBS Bank's Divestment of Remaining Stake in BPI

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

    Banks: Bank of the Philippine Islands; DBS Bank

     

    Etihad Airways PJSC's Acquisition of Stake in Jet Airways

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; DLA Piper UK; Economic Laws Practice; Gagrats

    Bank:  HSBC

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    GK Goh Holdings' Acquisition of 42.62 Percent in Domain Principal Group

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clayton Utz; Minter Ellison

     

    KKR’s Acquisition of Controlling Stake in Alliance Tire Group

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; AZB & Partners; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

     

    LG Electronics' Investment in Hai Phong

    Firm: Vietnam International Law Firm

     

    Mylan's Acquisition of Agila Specialties

    Firm: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

     

    New Oceana's Voluntary Conditional Offer for People's Food Holdings

    Firms: Rajah & Tann; Stamford Law Corp

    Banks: Provenance Capital; SAC Capital

     

    Nippon Asahan Aluminium's sale of Inalum to the Indonesian Government

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Bank: PT Bahana Securities

     

    ONGC Videsh and Oil India's Acquisition in Videocon Mozambique Rovuma 1

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Simmons & Simmons

     

    Privatisation of Samling Global, Glenealy Plantations Malaya and Lingui Developments

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Herbert Smith & Freehills; Kadir Andri & Partners; Wong & Partners

    Banks: Alliance Investment Bank; Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance; Hwang DBS Investment; Maybank Investment; Quam Capital

     

    PT Indofood Sukses Makmur's Acquisition of China Minzhong Food Corp

    Firm: WongPartnership

     

    PTT Utility - Independent Power (Thailand) Co Amalgamation

    Firm: Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices

     

    Ramsay Health Care - Sime Darby Joint Venture

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie (Australia); Christopher & Lee Ong; Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; Herbert Smith Freehills; Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung; Wong & Partners

    Bank: Citibank

     

    Reignwood Group's Acquisition of Sardinia Properties

    Firm: Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

     

    Sale of 70 Percent Stake of GMR Energy to FPM Power Holdings

    Firm: White & Case

    Banks: Macquarie Capital India; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Sale of CIMB Aviva Life and CIMB Aviva Takaful

    Firms: Ashurst; Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Skrine; Wong & Partners

     

    Sale of Hess Corp's Interests

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Norton Rose

    Bank: Goldman Sachs

     

    Sale of SHV Holdings' Shareholding in Siam Makro

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Clifford Chance

     

    Singtel's Acquisition of MacRitchie Shares in Bharti Telecom

    Firms:  Allen & Gledhill; AZB & Partners

     

    Sinopec Kantons Acquisition of 95 percent of PT West Point Terminal

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Mochtar Karuwin Komar; Vinson & Elkins

     

    United SM Holdings' Acquisition of Guthrie GTS

    Firms: Rajah & Tann; WongPartnership

    Bank: CIMB Bank (Singapore)

     

    Takeover of Fraser & Neave

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Drew & Napier; Duane Morris & Selvam; Howse Williams Bowers; Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Rajah & Tann; Shearn Delamore & Co; Shook Lin & Bok; Stamford Law Corp; TSMP Law Corp; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case; WongPartnership; Wong & Partners

    Banks: CIMB Bank, Singapore branch; Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; J.P. Morgan (SEA); Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Morgan Stanley (Singapore); United Overseas Bank

     

    Takeover of PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional by Gallant Venture

    Firms: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners; Clifford Chance; Rajah & Tann

    Bank: CIMB Bank

    Accounting firm: Foo Kon Tan & Grant Thornton

     

    Vietinbank's Sale to Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Jones Day; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley

     

    Warburg Pincus Asia's Equity Investment in Vingroup

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co ; AZB & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: Citigroup; Credit Suisse

     

    Western Commercial Bank - Petro Vietnam Financial Co Merger

    Firms: LNT & Partners; YKVN Lawyers

     

    IPP ADVISORS PTE LTD AWARD SINGAPORE M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Alpha Investment Partners' Acquisition of Sparkle Bright Holdings

    Firms: Maples and Calder; Mayer Brown JSM; Paul Hastings

     

    Acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage

    Firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Baker & McKenzie; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Paul Hastings; Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

     

    Banks: Goldman Sachs; ICBC International Capital; Morgan Stanley; Nomura International

     

    Establishment of Ascendas India Growth Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

     

    Integration of Tender Rig Businesses of SapuraKencana and Seadrill

    Firms: Abdullah Chan & Co; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Wiersholm (Norway)

    Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Goldman Sachs; Maybank Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    Mandatory Cash Offer for STX OSV Holdings by Fincantieri Oil and Gas

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Mayer Brown JSM; WongPartnership

     

    New Oceana's Voluntary Conditional Offer for People's Food Holdings

    Firms: Rajah & Tann; Stamford Law Corp

    Banks: Provenance Capital; SAC Capital

     

    Sale of Hess Corp's Interests

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Norton Rose

    Bank: Goldman Sachs

      

    State Grid Corp's Investment in Singapore Power International

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Herbert Smith Freehills; Linklaters

      

    Takeover Bid for WBL Corp

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rajah & Tann; Sidley Austin; WongPartnership

     

    For information about the event, please email Tracy at tracy.li@thomsonreuters.com, or call +852 2847 2046

    2014 Winners (winners in red)

    LAW FIRM CATEGORIES

     

    Arbitration Law firm of the Year

     

    Rajah & Tann

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Allen & Overy

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Colin Ng & Partners

    Drew & Napier

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Holman Fenwick Willan Singapore

    LNT & Partners

    Oon & Bazul

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

    Shook Lin & Bok

    Stamford Law Corp

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

    Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

    WongPartnership

     

    Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year

     

    Drew & Napier

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    AZB & Partners

    Baker & McKenzie

    LNT & Partners

    Oon & Bazul

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Shook Lin & Bok

    Stamford Law Corp

    Vision & Associates

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

    WongPartnership

    Zul Rafique & Partners

     

    Construction Law Firm of the Year

     

    Pinsent Masons MPillay

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Drew & Napier

    Rajah & Tann

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Stamford Law Corp

    Vietnam International Law Firm

    Vision & Associates

    WongPartnership

     

    Corporate Social Responsibility Law Firm of the Year

     

    Herbert Smith Freehills

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Drew & Napier

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

     

    Emerging Markets Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Overy

     

    Baker & Mckenzie Yangon

    DFDL

    Drew & Napier

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Khaitan & Co

    Myanmar Legal Services

    Rajah & Tann

     

    Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Overy

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Baker & McKenzie

    DFDL

    Drew & Napier

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Latham & Watkins

    Linklaters          

    LNT & Partners

    LVN & Associates

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Vietnam International Law Firm

    Vision & Associates

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

    WongPartnership

     

    India Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

     

    AZB & Partners

    Khaitan & Co

    Luthra & Luthra

     

    Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners

     

    Assegaf Hamzah & Partners

    Ginting & Reksodiputro

    Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Makes & Partners

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Tumbuan & Partners

     

    International Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Latham & Watkins

     

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Linklaters

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

     

    Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year

     

    Baker & McKenzie

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    ATMD Bird & Bird

    Drew & Napier

    Khaitan & Co

    LNT & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Tilleke & Gibbins

    WongPartnership

    Vision & Associates

     

    Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Adnan Sundra & Low

     

    Albar & Partners

    Kadir Andri & Partners

    Rahmat Lim & Partners

    Wong & Partners

     

    Offshore Law Firm of the Year

     

    Conyers Dill & Pearman

     

    Appleby

    Bedell Cristin

    Maples and Calder

    Walkers

     

    Philippines Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles

     

    Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio

    Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos

    Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

     

    Real Estate Law Firm of the Year

     

    Allen & Gledhill

     

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie

    Drew & Napier

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    Khaitan & Co

    LNT & Partners

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Rodyk & Davidson

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Vision & Associates

    WongPartnership

     

    Shipping Law Firm of the Year

     

    Holman Fenwick Willan

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Colin Ng & Partners

    Ince & Co

    Oon & Bazul                  

    Rajah & Tann

    Shearn Delamore & Co

    Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Stamford Law Corp

    Vision & Associates

    Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

    Wikborg Rein

     

    Singapore Deal Firm of the Year

     

    WongPartnership

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

    Shook Lin & Bok

    Stamford Law Corp

     

    Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year

     

    Shearn Delamore & Co

     

    Allen & Gledhill

    Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

    Drew & Napier

    Khaitan & Co

    LNT & Partners

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann

    Vision & Associates

    Withers Singapore

    WongPartnership

     

    Thailand Deal Firm of the Year

     

    Baker & McKenzie

     

    Allen & Overy

    Chandler & Thong-ek

    DFDL

    Linklaters

    Watson, Farley & Williams (Thailand)

     

    Vietnam Deal Firm of the Year

     

    LNT & Partners

     

    Allen & Overy

    Baker & McKenzie (Vietnam)

    DFDL

    Frasers Law Co

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    LVN & Associates

    Phuoc & Partners

    Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

    Vietnam International Law Firm

    Vision & Associates

    YKVN

     

    SE Asia Managing Partner of the Year

     

    Stephen Revell - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

     

    Dato' Zulkifly Rafique – Zul Rafique & Partners

    Datuk Syed Zaid Albar – Albar & Partners

    Hoang Nguyen Ha Quyen – LNT & Partners

    Jennifer B. Tumbuan – Tumbuan & Partners

    Lee Eng Beng SC – Rajah & Tann

    Lim Teong Sit – Rahmat Lim & Partners

    Martin Desautels – DFDL

    Pham Nghiem Xuan Bac – Vision & Associates

    Rusmaini Lenggogeni - Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono

    Sarjit Singh Gill SC – Shook Lin & Bok

    Shardul S. Shroff - Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

    Simon Makinson – Allen & Overy

    Tan Chong Huat – RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

    Yozua Makes – Makes & Partners

     

    SE ASIAN LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

     

    Allen & Overy

     

    IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES

     

    Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

     

    Asian Development Bank

     

    Macquarie

    Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Innovative In-House Team of the Year

     

    Asian Development Bank

     

    Atos

    GE Capital Aviation Services

     

    Investment Banking In-House Team of the Year

     

    Morgan Stanley

     

    CIMB

    Goldman Sachs

    UBS

     

    SE Asia In-House Lawyer of the Year

     

    Choo Suit Mae – Sime Darby

     

    Chris Holland – Religare Capital Markets

    Deborah Ong – Macquarie Capital

    Kew Yong Koh – Nomura Singapore

    Mohammad Nasri Sallehuddin – Khazanah Nasional

    Sok-Theng Cheng - Morgan Stanley

     

    SCCA Award Singapore In House Team of the Year

     

    Morgan Stanley 

     

    DEAL FIRM CATEGORIES

     

    ASSET AND CORPORATE FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Financing for Nghi Son Petroleum Refinery

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allens; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; Export-Import Bank of Korea; Japan Bank for International Cooperation; Nippon Export and Investment Insurance

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    Adaro Indonesia's Refinancing

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Hendra Soenardi; Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

     

    Aquamarine Star Trust Facility

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

     

    Baring Private Equity Asia's Acquisition of Stake in Hexaware Technologies

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Khaitan & Co; Linklaters; Madun Gujadhur Chambers; TM&S Gujadhur Chambers

    Banks: Credit Agricole; Deutsche Bank; Investec; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    BP Holdings BV's Phu My Shareholding Transfer to SembCorp Utilities

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Banks: Asian Development Bank; Japan Bank for International Cooperation

     

    Facility for PT Apexindo Pratama Duta

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Ginting & Reksodiputro; K&L Gates; Morgan & Morgan-Attorneys at Law

    Banks: J.P. Morgan; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Financing for Acquisition of Shares in BMC Software

    Firms: Cahill Gordon & Reindel; Kirkland & Ellis; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; WongPartnership

     

    Financing for Posco Steel Vietnam

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Korean Export-Import Bank

     

    Financing for Yinson Holdings – PTSC FPSO Conversion

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; LNT & Partners; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: United Overseas Bank; Oversea-Chinese Bank Corp

     

    GLL IHT's Multicurrency MTN and Perpetual Securities Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rajah & Tann

     

    HPCL Mittal Energy's Financing for Refinery Debottlenecking

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    Financing for PT J Resources Nusantra

    Firms: Clifford Chance (Amsterdam); Clifford Chance (Singapore); De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; K&L Gates; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Tumbuan & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: Indonesia EximBank; PT Bank ICBC Indonesia, PT Bank Permata, PT QNB Kesawan; Qatar National Bank S.A.Q

    Accounting firm: KAP Mulyamin Sensi Suryanto & Lianny

                                                                                                                             

    Lucio Co Group's Share Swap with Cosco Capital

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos; Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles

    Banks: BDO Capital & Investment Corp; Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong branch; Evercore Partners; First Metro; J.P. Morgan Securities

     

    Facility Agreement for Vinacomin's Tan Rai Project

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Vietnam International Law Firm

    BanksBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Citibank Japan; Mizuho Corporate Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust

     

    Manta 2 Holdings' Bond Offering and Miclyn Express Offshore's Financing

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Avila & Co; HWL Ebsworth Lawyers; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Kadir Andri & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Tiendas Law Offices; TSMP Law Corp

    Bank: DBS Bank

     

    Multicurrency Islamic Trust Certificates Issuance Programme by Vallianz

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Christopher & Lee Ong; Slaughter and May; WongPartnership

    Bank: Maybank Kim Eng Securities

     

    NIBC Bank Singapore's Transfer of Shipping and Intermodal Portfolio to NIBC Bank NV

    Firms: Appleby; Watson Farley & Williams Asia Practice;J. Sagar Associates; Lee & Ko; Patton, Moreno & Asvat; Nakashima Law Firm; SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan; Walkers;Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

     

    Pertamina’s GMTN Programme and Initial Drawdown

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Davis Polk & Wardwell; HiswaraBunjamin & Tandjung; Latham & Watkins

    Banks: Barclays; Citigroup; Royal Bank of Scotland

     

    PT Garuda Indonesia's Delivery of 35 New ATR 72-600 Aircraft

    Firms: HanafiahPonggawa & Partners; Mochtar Karuwin Komar

     

    Refinancing for Global A&T Electronics

    Firms: Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Shook Lin & Bok; WongPartnership

    Banks: Bank of America; Credit Suisse, Singapore branch; J.P. Morgan Chase, Singapore branch; UBS, Hong Kong branch

     

    Rui Tong's Financing Series

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; DNC Advocates At Work; Ingram Winter Green; Melli Darsa & Co; Minter Ellison; O'Melveny & Myers; Tumbuan & Partners; Walkers; White & Case; WongPartnership

     

    TLP's Quang Ninh Province 2X300MW Power Plant Project

    Firm: Vision & Associates

     

    Virgin Australia's Issuance of Enhanced Equipment Notes

    Firms: Buddle Findlay; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Morris James

    Banks: Credit Agricole; Goldman Sachs; Natixis

    Accounting firm: KPMG

     

    DEBT MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    DBS Bank's GMTN Programme Update 2013

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Linklaters

    Banks: BNY Mellon; Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Goldman Sachs (Singapore)

     

    Bangkok Bank's Dual-Tranche Offering

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Davis Polk & Wardwell

    Bank: Morgan Stanley

    Accounting firm: Deloitte & Touche

     

    Blue Ocean Resources' Restructuring of Notes     

    Firms: Makes & Partners; O'Melveny & Myers

     

    Bond Issuance by Lotte Shopping Co

    Firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Paul Hastings; Shook Lin & Bok; Yulchon

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; Goldman Sachs International; HSBC, Merrill Lynch International; Nomura International; UBS

     

    Bond Offering by Vedanta Resources

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Latham & Watkins; Shearman & Sterling

     

    BTPN's Offer Of Shelf Registry Bond II

    Firm: Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo

     

    Bumi Armada Capital Offshore's EMTN Programme

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Banks: HSBC; Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    CapitaLand's SGD Convertible Bonds Issue and Tender Offer

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Linklaters; WongPartnership

     

    Clifford Capital's Establishment of EMTN Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy

    Banks: DBS Bank; HSBC; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    CNPC's Establishment of MTN Programme and Issuance of Senior Notes

    Firms: Appleby; Clifford Chance; JunHe Law Offices; Shearman & Sterling

     

    DanaInfra Nasional's Establishment of Islamic CP and MTN Programme

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Mohamed Ridza & Co

    Banks: AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank

     

    DBS Group Holdings' Tender Offer for Class N Preference Shares Issued by DBS Bank

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill

     

    Debt Financing for CT Corpora's Subsidiaries

    Firm: White & Case

    Banks: Bank of America; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; BNP Paribas; Credit-Suisse; DBS Bank; Goldman Sachs; ING Bank; Maybank; PT Bank ANZ Indonesia; Royal Bank of Scotland; Standard Chartered Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

     

    Debt Financing for SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Seadrill's Tender Rig Business

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Ahmad Isa & Partners (Brunei); Albar & Partners; Arias Fabrega & Fabrega; Conyers Dill & Pearman; MJM Law Office; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Wikborg Rein

    Banks: ABN AMRO Bank NV, Singapore branch; AmInvestment Bank; BNP Paribas; CIMB Bank; HSBC; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Bank; United Overseas Bank (Malaysia); Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Financing for Universal Group Holdings

    Firm: Rajah & Tann

    Banks:DBS Bank; Maybank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Fragrance Group's Establishment of Multicurrency Debt Issuance Programme

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; Rodyk & Davidson

     

    Guaranteed Serial Bonds Issuance by KMCOB Capital

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Conyers, Dill & Pearman (Bermuda and Cayman Islands); Norton Rose (Australia); Norton Rose (Russia); Shearn Delamore & Co; Stamford Law Corp (Singapore)

    Banks: Danajamin Nasional Berhad; Hong Leong Investment Bank; OCBC Bank (Malaysia); Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Manta 2 Holdings' Bond Offering and Miclyn Express Offshore's Financing

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Avila & Co; HWL Ebsworth Lawyers; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Kadir Andri & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Tiendas Law Offices; TSMP Law Corp

    Bank: DBS Bank

     

    Melbourne Airport's Establishment of EMTN Program and Inaugural Notes Issuance

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Herbert Smith Freehills; Norton Rose Fulbright (Australia)

    Banks: BNP Paribas; Citigroup; J.P. Morgan

    Accounting Firm: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

     

    Multi-currency Sukuk Issuance Programme by Sime Darby Global
    Firms: Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners
    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; HSBC Bank Malaysia; Maybank Investment Bank

     

    Notes Issuance by MCE Finance

    Firms: Latham & Watkins; Maples and Calder; Manuela Antonio Advogados e Notarios; White & Case

    Banks: ANZ; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank

     

    Notes Issuance by Ottawa Holdings

    Firms: Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; Makes & Partners; Norton Rose Fulbright; O'Melveny & Myers; White & Case; WongPartnership

     

    Notes Issuance by Republic of Indonesia

    Firm: Linklaters

    Banks: Deutsche Bank, Singapore; J.P. Morgan Securities; PT Bank Mandiri; PT Danareksa Sekuritas; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Notes Issuance by Winsway Coking Coal Holdings

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Gilbert + Tobin; Maples and Calder; Reed Smith Richards Butler

     

    Notes Issuance by Yanlord Land Co

    Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Shook Lin & Bok; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Yuan Tai Law Offices

     

    Olam International's Renounceable Rights Issue

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Latham & Watkins; WongPartnership

    Banks: Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; HSBC, Singapore branch; J.P. Morgan

     

    OUE's Multicurrency MTN Programme Update

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Drew & Napier

    Bank: Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Pertamina’s GMTN Program and Initial Drawdown

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Hiswara, Bunjamin & Tandjung; Latham & Watkins

    Banks: Barclays; Citigroup; Royal Bank of Scotland

     

    Corporate Reorganisation Exercise by Malakoff Corp

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Shearn Delamore & Co

    Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: KPMG

      

    Refinancing of Seneko Energy's Existing Indebtedness

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Rajah & Tann

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; DBS Bank; Mizuho Corporate Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

     

    Regal REIT's MTN Programme

    Firms: Appleby; Baker & McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Mayer Brown JSM

     

    Rui Tong's Financing Series

    Firms: Ali Budiarjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; DNC Advocates; Ingram Winter Green; Melli Darsa & Co; Minter Ellison (Hong Kong); O'Melveny & Myers (Singapore); Tumbuan & Partners; Walkers (Singapore); White & Case (Hong Kong); WongPartnership

     

    San Miguel Corp's Overseas Bond Offering

    Firm: Sidley Austin

    Banks: ANZ; DBS Bank; Deutsche Bank; Merrill Lynch; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Second Tranche of Inflation-Linked Bonds by Ministry of Finance of Thailand

    Firm: Baker & McKenzie

    Banks: Bangkok Bank; Deutsche Bank; HSBC; Krung Thai Bank

     

    Senior Notes Issuance by Tata Communications

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Herbert Smith Freehills; Khaitan & Co

    Banks: ANZ; DBS Deutsche Bank; RBS; Standard Chartered Bank

    Accounting firm: SB Billimoria

     

    Sukuk Issuance Programme by International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Bank: CIMB Investment Bank

     

    Sunway's Establishment of CP/MTN Programme

    Firm: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

     

    Tax-Free Bond Issuance by HUDCO

    Firm: Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    Tax-Free Bond Issuance by NTPC

    Firm: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

     

    United Overseas Bank's Issuance of Perpetual Capital Securities

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

    Banks: ANZ; HSBC; Nomura Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank; UBS AG, Singapore branch; United Overseas Bank

     

    Vinashin's Restructuring

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Audier & Partners; Mayer Brown JSM

     

    Vingroup's Syndicated International Loan and High-Yield Bonds Issuance

    Firms: Clifford Chance; King & Wood Mallesons; Shearman & Sterling; VILAF; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; ING Bank

      

    Warburg Pincus Asia's Equity Investment in Vingroup

    Firms: Allen & Overy;Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; AZB & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: Citigroup; Credit Suisse

     

    Westfield Retail Trust's Establishment of EMTN Programme

    Firms:  Allen & Overy; Ashurst; Drew & Napier; Greenwoods & Freehills; Russell McVeagh

    Banks: Citigroup Global; J.P. Morgan Securities; RBS

     

    Yuexiu REIT's MTN Programme

    Firms: Appleby; Baker & McKenzie; Linklaters

     

    EQUITY MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    BTS Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund's IPO

    Firms: Linklaters; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case

    Banks: Morgan Stanley; Phatra Securities; UBS (Singapore)

     

    Acquisition of 49 Percent Share Capital of Bank Islam Malaysia by BIMB Holdings

    Firms: Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Bank Islam Malaysia

     

    Asian Pay Television Trusts' IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Latham & Watkins; Lee, Tsai & Partners; WongPartnership

    Banks: CIMB Securities (Singapore); DBS bank; J.P. Morgan; Macquarie Capital (Singapore)

    Accounting firm: Deloitte & Touche

     

    Block Trade of Shares in Global Logistic Properties

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy

      

    China Fund Formation

    Firms: Gibson Dunn; Herbert Smith Freehills; Hogan Lovells; Jones Day; Maples and Calder; O'Melveny & Myers; Ropes & Gray; WongPartnership

     

    Croseus Retail Trust's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allen & Gledhill; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

    Banks: Citigroup; DBS Bank

     

    Del Monte Pacific's Application for Listing with PSE

    Firm: Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles

      

    Establishment of KLCC REIT

    Firm: Adnan Sundra & Low

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; CIMB Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    Equity Financing for SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Seadrill's Tender Rig Business

    Firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Ahmad Isa & Partners (Brunei); Albar & Partners; Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega; Conyers Dill & Pearman; MJM; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Wikborg Rein

    Banks: ABN AMRO Bank NV, Singapore branch; AmInvestment Bank; BNP Paribas; CIMB Bank; HSBC; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Bank; United Overseas Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

      

    Institutional Placement Programme of Equity Shares by DLF

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Linklaters; Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    LT Group's Re-IPO

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz; Picazo Buyco Fider & Santos; Sidley Austin

     

    Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Fangda Partners; Jin Mao Partners; Paul Hastings; Shook Lin & Bok; WongPartnership

    Banks: DBS Bank; Goldman Sachs (Singapore); HSBC - Singapore branch

     

    Matahari Department Store's Re-IPO

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners; Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung; Linklaters; Makes & Partners; Maples and Calder; White & Case

    Banks: CIMB Bank; Moelis & Co Asia; Morgan Stanley; UBS AG (Singapore)

      

    PetroVietnam's Sale of 49 Percent Equity Interest in Vung Ang 1

    Firm: Vietnam International Law Firm

     

    OUE Hospitality Trust's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rodyk & Davidson

     

    Power Grid Corp of India's Public Offering of Equity Shares

    Firm: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

     

    Renounceable Rights Issue by Malaysian Airline System

    Firm: Adnan Sundra & Low

    Bank: CIMB Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    Robinsons Retail Holdings' IPO

    Firms: K&L Gates; Reyes-Beltran Gomez Flores Ballicud and Associates; Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles; Sidley Austin

    Banks: Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong branch; J.P. Morgan Securities; Maybank ATR Kim Eng Capital Partners; UBS, Hong Kong branch

    Accounting firm: SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co

     

    Qualified Institutions Placement by Axis Bank

    Firm: Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

     

    SPH REIT's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Shook Lin & Bok; Sidley Austin; WongPartnership

    Banks: Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp

      

    True Telecommunications Growth Infrastructure Fund's IPO

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie (Thailand); Davis Polk & Wardwell; Linklaters

    Banks: Kasikornbank Public Co Ltd; Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Ltd; Siam Commercial Bank Public Co Ltd; True Corporation Public Co Ltd

     

    UMW Oil & Gas Corp's IPO       

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Azmi & Associates; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Zul Rafique & partners

    Banks: CIMB Investments Bank; Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; Maybank Investment Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Westports Holdings' IPO   

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Clifford Chance; Kadir Andri & Partners 

     

    Soilbuild Business Space REIT's IPO

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allen & Gledhill;Shook Lin & Bok

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets Singapore; DBS Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp

     

    ISLAMIC FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

      

    DanaInfra Nasional's Establishment of Islamic CP and MTN Programme

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Mohamed Ridza & Co

    Banks: AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank

     

    Acquisition of 49% Share Capital of Bank Islam Malaysia by BIMB Holdings

    Firms: Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Bank Islam Malaysia

     

    BGSM Management's Islamic MTN

    Firms: Albar & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: CIMB

     

    Boustead Holdings Perpetual Junior Islamic MTN Programme

    Firm: Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Affin Investment Bank

     

    Clifford Capital's Establishment of EMTN Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy

    Banks: DBS Bank; HSBC; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Covered Sukuk Commodity Murabahah Programme by Malaysia Building Society

    Firm: Kadir Andri & Partners

    Bank: RHB Investment Bank

     

    EPF Islamic Financing for Public Housing Programme

    Firms: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Radzlan Low and Partners

     

    Khazanah Nasional's Exchangeable Trust Certificates

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: CIMB Bank; Deutsche Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    LTH Property Commodity Murabaha Term Financing

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Trowers & Hamlin; Walkers; Wong & Partners

                                        

    Multicurrency Sukuk Issuance Programme by Sime Darby Global

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & partners

    Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; HSBC Bank Malaysia; Maybank Investment Bank

     

    Republic of Indonesia's Sukuk Offering

    Firms: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners; AZP Legal Consultants; Norton Rose Fulbright; White & Case

    Banks: Citibank Global Markets; Deutsche Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Sukuk Issuance by Indah Capital

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Linklaters (Singapore); Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Deutsch Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Sukuk Issuance Programme by International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp

    Firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Bank: CIMB Investment Bank

     

    Sukuk Wakalah Programme by ABHC Sukuk

    Firms: Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers; Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Law Office of Salman Al Sudairi in association with Latham & Watkins 

    Banks: Al Hilal Bank; Hong Leong Islamic Bank Malaysia; HSBC Amanah Bank Malaysia; Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad

     

    Swiber Holdings' Establishment and Issuance of Islamic Trust Certificates

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Norton Rose Fulbright; WongPartnership

    Bank: Maybank Kim Eng Securities

     

    United Overseas Bank's Issuance of Perpetual Capital Securities

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

    Banks: ANZ; HSBC; Nomura Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank; UBS AG, Singapore branch; United Overseas Bank

     

    PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Nghi Son Petroleum Refinery

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Allens; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    Banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG; Export-Import Bank of Korea; Japan Bank for International Cooperation; Nippon Export and Investment Insurance

    Accounting firm: Ernst & Young

     

    300MW Sarulla Geothermal Plant

    Firms: Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; Latham & Watkins; Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; MKK Law Firm; Nah'r Murdono Law Office

     

    410MW Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Hydroelectric Power Plant

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Chandler & Thong-Ek Law Offices; DFDL Legal & Tax Services; Latham & Watkins; Shim & Kim

    Banks: Bank of Ayudhya Public Co Ltd; Export-Import Bank of Thailand; Krung Thai Bank Public Co Ltd; Thanachart Bank Public Co Ltd

     

    Acquisition of 39 Percent of Two Projects SPVs

    Firm: AZB & Partners

     

    Battersea Power Station

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Norton Rose Fulbright; Walkers; Wong & Partners

     

    BP Holdings BV's Phu My Shareholding Transfer to SembCorp Utilities

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters

    Banks: Asian Development Bank; Japan Bank for International Cooperation

     

    FPSO Berantai

    Firms: Azmi & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Zul Rafique & Partners

     

    GVK Ratle Hydro-electric Project

    Firm: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co

     

    Khanom Gas-Fired CCPP

    Firms: Ashurst; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices; Drew & Napier

     

    LG Electronics' Investment in Hai Phong

    Firm: Vietnam International Law Firm

     

    Loan Facility for Senoko Energy

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Rajah & Tann

    Banks: Bank of Tokya-Mitsubishi UFJ; DBS Bank; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

     

    OPaL Petrochemical Complex Dahej SEZ

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Luthra & Luthra Law Offices; Reed Smith

    Banks: Bank of Baroda, London branch; SBI Capital Markets; State Bank of India

     

    OM Sarawak's Ferro Alloy Smelting Project

    Firm: White & Case

    Banks: Export-Import Bank of Malaysia; Malayan Banking; Malayan Investment Bank; RHB Bank; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Pengerang LNG Terminal Project

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Loyens & Loeff; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: AmBank (M); DBS Bank, Labuan branch; Malayan Banking Berhad

      

    Tata Steel's 6.0 MTPA Greenfield Steel Plant

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; AZB & Partners; Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe;

    Bank: State Bank of India

     

    Therma South's 300MW CFPP

    Firms: Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio; Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos

    Banks: Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO Capital and Investment Corp, BDO Unibank, China Banking Corp; Development Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co

     

    Tuaspring Desalination Plant

    Firms: Stamford Law Corp; WongPartnership

    Banks: Maybank, Singapore branch; Maybank Kim Eng Securities

                           

    Financing for Universal Group Holdings

    Firm: Rajah & Tann

    Banks:DBS Bank; Maybank Banking; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Vinh Tan 1 Power Project

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; LVN & Associates; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

     

    Yinson Holdings – PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp FPSO Conversion

    Firm: Allen & Gledhill; LNT & Partners; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Vietnam International Law Firm

    Banks: United Overseas Bank; Oversea-Chinese Bank Corp

     

    SE ASIA M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Takeover of Fraser & Neave

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Drew & Napier; Duane Morris & Selvam; Howse Williams Bowers; Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Rajah & Tann; Shearn Delamore & Co; Shook Lin & Bok; Stamford Law Corp; TSMP Law Corp; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case; WongPartnership; Wong & Partners

    Banks: CIMB Bank, Singapore branch; Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; J.P. Morgan (SEA); Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Morgan Stanley (Singapore); United Overseas Bank

     

    Advent International Corp's Acquisition of Cytec Group's Coating Business

    Firms: Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices; Weil, Gotshal & Manges

     

    Acquisition of 40 Percent of PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional

    Firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Linklaters; Pradjoto & Associates; Widyawan & Partners

    Bank: Goldman Sachs (Singapore)

     

    Acquisition of 49 Percent Share Capital of Bank Islam Malaysia by BIMB Holdings

    Firms: Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners

    Bank: Bank Islam Malaysia

     

    Acquisition of Hwang-DBS's Equity Interest by Affin Holdigs

    Firms: Rahmat Lim & Partners

     

    Acquisition of KFC and QSR by Massive Equity

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Kadir Andri & Partners; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co

    Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; OSK Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    Acquisition of Shares in PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Bank: PT Bahana Securities

     

    Acquisition of Shares of United Spirits by Diageo

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Herbert Smith Freehills; Kanga & Co; Platinum Partners; Slaughter and May

     

    Baring Private Equity Asia's Acquisition of Stake in Hexaware Technologies

    Firms: Allen & Overy; AZB & Partners; Debevoise; Khaitan & Co; Linklaters; Madun Gujadhur Chambers; O’Melveny & Myers; TM&S Gujadhur Chambers

    Banks: Credit Agricole; Deutsche Bank; Investec; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    BlueScope Steel – Nippon Steel Corp Joint Venture

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; King & Wood Mallesons; Soewito Suhardiman Edddymurthy Kardono

     

    BTMU's Voluntary Tender Offer for Bank of Ayudhya

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie; King & Wood Mallesons; Nishimura & Asahi; Thanathip & Partners

    Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Deutsche Bank; Morgan Stanley; Phatra Securities

     

    Buy-out of Sea-Plane Operating Cos in Maldives

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters; Premier Chambers; Shah, Hussain & Co; Walkers

    Banks: CIMB Bank; Morgan Stanley; UBS

     

    CVC Capital Partners' Acquisition of SPi Global Holdings

    Firms: Clifford Chance; Maples and Calder

     

    DBS Bank's Divestment of Remaining Stake in BPI

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

    Banks: Bank of the Philippine Islands; DBS Bank

     

    Etihad Airways PJSC's Acquisition of Stake in Jet Airways

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; DLA Piper UK; Economic Laws Practice; Gagrats

    Bank:  HSBC

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    GK Goh Holdings' Acquisition of 42.62 Percent in Domain Principal Group

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clayton Utz; Minter Ellison

     

    KKR’s Acquisition of Controlling Stake in Alliance Tire Group

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; AZB & Partners; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

     

    LG Electronics' Investment in Hai Phong

    Firm: Vietnam International Law Firm

     

    Mylan's Acquisition of Agila Specialties

    Firm: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

     

    New Oceana's Voluntary Conditional Offer for People's Food Holdings

    Firms: Rajah & Tann; Stamford Law Corp

    Banks: Provenance Capital; SAC Capital

     

    Nippon Asahan Aluminium's sale of Inalum to the Indonesian Government

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

    Bank: PT Bahana Securities

     

    ONGC Videsh and Oil India's Acquisition in Videocon Mozambique Rovuma 1

    Firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Simmons & Simmons

     

    Privatisation of Samling Global, Glenealy Plantations Malaya and Lingui Developments

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Herbert Smith & Freehills; Kadir Andri & Partners; Wong & Partners

    Banks: Alliance Investment Bank; Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance; Hwang DBS Investment; Maybank Investment; Quam Capital

     

    PT Indofood Sukses Makmur's Acquisition of China Minzhong Food Corp

    Firm: WongPartnership

     

    PTT Utility - Independent Power (Thailand) Co Amalgamation

    Firm: Chandler & Thong-ek Law Offices

     

    Ramsay Health Care - Sime Darby Joint Venture

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie (Australia); Christopher & Lee Ong; Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; Herbert Smith Freehills; Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung; Wong & Partners

    Bank: Citibank

     

    Reignwood Group's Acquisition of Sardinia Properties

    Firm: Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice

     

    Sale of 70 Percent Stake of GMR Energy to FPM Power Holdings

    Firm: White & Case

    Banks: Macquarie Capital India; Standard Chartered Bank

     

    Sale of CIMB Aviva Life and CIMB Aviva Takaful

    Firms: Ashurst; Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Skrine; Wong & Partners

     

    Sale of Hess Corp's Interests

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Norton Rose

    Bank: Goldman Sachs

     

    Sale of SHV Holdings' Shareholding in Siam Makro

    Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Clifford Chance

     

    Singtel's Acquisition of MacRitchie Shares in Bharti Telecom

    Firms:  Allen & Gledhill; AZB & Partners

     

    Sinopec Kantons Acquisition of 95 percent of PT West Point Terminal

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Mochtar Karuwin Komar; Vinson & Elkins

     

    United SM Holdings' Acquisition of Guthrie GTS

    Firms: Rajah & Tann; WongPartnership

    Bank: CIMB Bank (Singapore)

     

     

    Takeover of PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional by Gallant Venture

    Firms: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners; Clifford Chance; Rajah & Tann

    Bank: CIMB Bank

    Accounting firm: Foo Kon Tan & Grant Thornton

     

    Vietinbank's Sale to Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Jones Day; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley

     

    Warburg Pincus Asia's Equity Investment in Vingroup

    Firms: Allen & Overy; Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co ; AZB & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; YKVN Lawyers

    Banks: Citigroup; Credit Suisse

     

    Western Commercial Bank - Petro Vietnam Financial CoMerger

    Firms: LNT & Partners; YKVN Lawyers

     

    IPP ADVISORS PTE LTD AWARD SINGAPORE M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Takeover of Fraser & Neave

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Drew & Napier; Duane Morris & Selvam; Howse Williams Bowers; Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy; Rajah & Tann; Shearn Delamore & Co; Shook Lin & Bok; Stamford Law Corp; TSMP Law Corp; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case; WongPartnership; Wong & Partners

    Banks: CIMB Bank, Singapore branch; Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; J.P. Morgan (SEA); Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Morgan Stanley (Singapore); United Overseas Bank

     

    Alpha Investment Partners' Acquisition of Sparkle Bright Holdings

    Firms: Maples and Calder; Mayer Brown JSM; Paul Hastings

     

    Acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage

    Firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Baker & McKenzie; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Paul Hastings; Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

     

    Banks: Goldman Sachs; ICBC International Capital; Morgan Stanley; Nomura International

     

    Establishment of Ascendas India Growth Programme

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; WongPartnership

     

    Integration of Tender Rig Businesses of SapuraKencana and Seadrill

    Firms: Abdullah Chan & Co; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Wiersholm (Norway)

    Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Goldman Sachs; Maybank Investment Bank

    Accounting firm: PwC

     

    Mandatory Cash Offer for STX OSV Holdings by Fincantieri Oil and Gas

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Mayer Brown JSM; WongPartnership

     

    New Oceana's Voluntary Conditional Offer for People's Food Holdings

    Firms: Rajah & Tann; Stamford Law Corp

    Banks: Provenance Capital; SAC Capital

     

    Sale of Hess Corp's Interests

    Firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Norton Rose

    Bank: Goldman Sachs

      

    State Grid Corp's Investment in Singapore Power International

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Herbert Smith Freehills; Linklaters

      

    Takeover Bid for WBL Corp

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rajah & Tann; Sidley Austin; WongPartnership

    Banks: J.P. Morgan; KPMG Corporate Finance

      

    Takeover of PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional by Gallant Venture

    Firms: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners; Clifford Chance; Rajah & Tann

    Bank: CIMB Bank

    Accounting firm: Foo Kon Tan & Grant Thornton

     

    SE ASIA DEAL OF THE YEAR

     

    Takeover of Fraser & Neave

    Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Drew & Napier; Duane Morris & Selvam; Howse Williams Bowers; Latham & Watkins; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Rajah & Tann; Shearn Delamore & Co; Shook Lin & Bok; Stamford Law Corp; TSMP Law Corp; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case; WongPartnership; Wong & Partners

     

    Banks: CIMB Bank, Singapore branch; Credit Suisse (Singapore); DBS Bank; J.P. Morgan (SEA); Merrill Lynch (Singapore); Morgan Stanley (Singapore); United Overseas Bank

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