U.S law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Wong & Partners, Baker McKenzie’s Malaysia member firm, have guided investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and a consortium led by Khazanah Nasional Bhd, respectively, on a $2.6 billion take-private offer for Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAH).
Majority shareholder Khazanah, along with the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), GIP, and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), are jointly offering to buy all of the remaining shares (58.78 percent) in MAH not already owned by them.
Upon completion of the deal, Khazanah will increase its ownership of MAHB to 40 percent from 33.2 percent, with the EPF raising it to 30 percent from 7.9 percent. ADIA and GIP will hold the remaining 30 percent stake.
The deal would be Malaysia’s largest acquisition in nearly three years, according to Dealogic.
The Weil team that represented GIP on the deal was led by partners Murray Cox and Brendan Moylan, supported by David McKendrick, Mark Spiller, Alex Long, and Melanie Yu.
The Wong & Partners team representing the consortium in Malaysia was led by partner Munir Abdul Aziz.
