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China and Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment's strategic investment in Universal Music Group

$33.6 billion

Tencent Holdings
Tencent Music Entertainment Group

Partners
Miranda So
Jacques Naquet-Radiguet
Nick Benham
John B. Reynolds III

Counsels
Yunpeng Fan
Aaron Ferner
Alon Gurfinkel
David Mollo-Christensen

Registered Foreign Lawyer
Shifeng Ni

Global Law Office

Jiangxi Copper's acquisition of First Quantum

$1.1 billion

Jiangxi Copper

 

McCarthy Tétrault

Jiangxi Copper's acquisition of First Quantum

$1.1 billion

First Quantum

 

McMillan

Jiangxi Copper's acquisition of First Quantum

$1.1 billion

Jiangxi Copper

 

Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Zijin Mining acquisition of Continental Gold

$1 billion

 

 

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Zijin Mining acquisition of Continental Gold

$1 billion

 

 

McCarthy Tétrault

Zijin Mining acquisition of Continental Gold

$1 billion

Zijin Mining

 

Clifford Chance

Bank of Guizhou's IPO

$699 million

Bank of Guizhou

 

JunHe Law Firm

Bank of Guizhou's IPO

$699 million

 

 

King & Wood Mallesons

Bank of Guizhou's IPO

$699 million

Bank of Guizhou

 

Latham & Watkins

Bank of Guizhou's IPO

$699 million

 

 

Clifford Chance

China Merchant Expressway's acquisition of stake in ICA

$688 million

China Merchants Expressway

 

Global Law Office

China Merchant Expressway's acquisition of stake in ICA

$688 million

China Merchants Expressway

 

Grandall Law Firm

China Merchant Expressway's acquisition of stake in ICA

$688 million

China Merchants Expressway

 

DeHeng Law Offices

Poly Property Development’s H-share IPO

$600.7 million

Poly Property Development

 

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Poly Property Development’s H-share IPO

$600.7 million

 

 

King & Wood Mallesons

Poly Property Development’s H-share IPO

$600.7 million

Poly Property Development

Partner
Anthony Wan
Senior Associates
Matthew Yim
Candy Tse

Registered Foreign Lawyer
Wallace Wong

Associate
Jason Choi

Norton Rose Fulbright

Poly Property Development’s H-share IPO

$600.7 million

 

 

Allen & Overy

Amipeace's MTN programme and issuance of guaranteed notes

$600 million

 

 

Linklaters

Amipeace's MTN programme and issuance of guaranteed notes

$600 million

Amipeace

 

Maples Group

Amipeace's MTN programme and issuance of guaranteed notes

$600 million

Amipeace

Associate
Karen Zhang Pallaras

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Universal Scientific Industrial's acquisition of Asteelflash

$450 million

Universal Scientific Industrial

Partner
James C. Lin

Counsel
Sam Kelso

Registered Foreign Lawyers
Mo Zhou
Shifeng Ni
Andrea Feuer

Paul Hastings

JS Global Lifestyle's IPO

$381 million

Credit Suisse
Morgan Stanley
ICBC International Capital

Partners
Raymond Li
Neil Torpey
Vincent Wang
Chaobo Fan

Associates
Erika Zhao
Eric Wong

Paul Hastings

ARA Asset Management and Straits Real Estate and ICBC International's acquisition of Sanlin InCity

$347 million

ARA Asset Management

Partners
David Wang
Paul Guan
Jia Yan

Associates
Elyn He
Xucheng Shi

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

OneConnect's IPO

$312 million

OneConnect

 

Clifford Chance

OneConnect's IPO

$312 million

OneConnect

 

Grandall Law Firm

OneConnect's IPO

$312 million

 

 

Haiwen & Partners

OneConnect's IPO

$312 million

OneConnect

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

OneConnect's IPO

$312 million

 

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Yichun Development Investment HaiTong's issuance of credit enhanced bonds

$300 million

Yichun Development Investment HaiTong

 

Latham & Watkins

Yichun Development Investment HaiTong Co.'s issuance of credit enhanced bonds

$300 million

 

 

Maples Group

Yichun Development Investment HaiTong Co.'s issuance of credit enhanced bonds

$300 million

Yichun Development Investment HaiTong Co

Partner
Derrick Kan

Associate
Karen Zhang Pallaras

Davis Polk & Wardwell

China South City Holdings' high-yield notes offering

$150 million

 

Partners
Gerhard Radtke
Yang Chu

Counsels
Bingqing Pan
Alon Gurfinkel

Associates
Tonny Yu
Omer Harel

Registered Foreign Laywer
Mendtuvshin (Mendee) Enkhtaivan

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Tahoe Group's high-yield notes offering

$110.5 million

 

Partner
Gerhard Radtke

Counsel
Bingqing Pan

Registered Foreign Lawyer
Jennifer (Yujia) Jiang

Associates
Hei Tung Cheng
Jeffrey Chan
Lydia Leung

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Gaoxin International Investment's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$100 million

China Investment Securities Industrial Bank
Zhongtai International
CMBC

 

Jiangsu Tongkai Law Firm

Gaoxin International Investment's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$100 million

China Investment Securities Industrial Bank
Zhongtai International
CMBC

 

Jiangsu Yonglun Law Firm

Gaoxin International Investment's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$100 million

Gaoxin International Investment

 

Latham & Watkins

Gaoxin International Investment's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$100 million

Gaoxin International Investment

 

Maples Group

Gaoxin International Investment's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$100 million

Gaoxin International Investment

Counsel
Juno Huang

Associate
Monte Lee

Clifford Chance

Mitsui's investment in Belchim Crop Protection

Undisclosed

Mitsui & Co.

Partners
Xavier Remy
Natsuko Sugihara
Richard Blewett
Pieter de Bock
Masafumi Shikakura
Wim Aerts
Shunsuke Nagae
Nathan Tulkens
Pauline Riga
Phillippe Baert
Sophie Deschuyter

 

India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

AZB & Partners

Brookefield Infrasructure's investment in the units issued by Tower Infrastructure Trust

$3.5 billion

Brookfield Asset Management

Partners
Madhurima Mukherjee
Gautam Saha
Sachin Mehta
Ambarish Mohanty
Swati Chauhan
Samir R Gandhi
Hemangini Dadwal 

Senior Associates
Niruphama Ramakrishnan
Nikhil Bahl
Punita Gupta
Harshit Chandra
Nikita Agarwal

Associates
Harish Choudhary
Sagar Batra
Rajat Chadha
Kirtikar Srivastava
Utsav Agarwal 

AZB & Partners

Resurgent Power Ventures' acquisition of share in Prayagraj Power Generation Company from the security trustee

$843 million

Resurgent Power Ventures

Partners
Darshika Kothari
Nilanjana Singh
Qais Jamal

Senior Associate
Pankhuri Govil

AZB & Partners

Qatar Holding's acquisition of stake in Adanai Transmission

$450 million

Qatar Investment Authority

Partner
Aditi Gopalakrishnan

Senior Associate
Gaurav Bansal

J. Sagar Associates

Indiabulls' divestment of remaining assets to Blackstone Group

$408.3 million

Indiabulls Real Estate

Partner
Lalit Kumar

Associate
Amandeep Singh Virk

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Indiabulls' divestment of remaining assets to Blackstone Group

$408.3 million

Blackstone Group

 

Khaitan & Co

Shree Cement's QIP

$341 million

Shree Cement

Executive Director
Sudhir Bassi

Partner
Gautham Srinivas

Senior Associates
Devi Prasad Patel
Sathvik Ponnappa

Associate
Sai Saket Rachakonda

Khaitan & Co

RBL Bank's QIP

$283 million

RBL Bank

Executive Director
Sudhir Bassi

Partner
Madhur Kohli

Principal Associate
Oishik Bagchi

Associates
Raghav Bhatia
Drishti Barar
Shalina Abhale
Devarshi Mukhopadhyay

AZB & Partners

Millenial Business Park's acquisition of TSI Business Parks (Hyderabad)

$250 million

Reco Rock

Partners
Sai Krishna Bharathan
Vivek Bajaj

Senior Associate
Vydyanathan L

AZB & Partners

FIH Mauritius Investments' sale of shares in Anchorage to 2726247 Ontario

$134 million

FIH Mauritius Investments

Partners
Darshika Kothari
Rinki Ganguli

AZB & Partners

Moribus acquisition of share of TRIL Amritsar Projects and TRIF Real Estate and Development from Tata Realty and Infrastructure

$100 million

Tata Realty and Infrastructure

Partners
Sai Krishna Bharathan
Ananya Sharma

Counsel
Vinay Butani

AZB & Partners

Keppel Land's acquisition of stake in Kapstone Constructions

$98 million

Keppel Land

Partners
Sai Krishna Bharathan
Shivani Kabra
Monika Bhonsale

Counsel
Alpesh Parekh

Associates
Pradhuman Kheechi
Ruchit Parikh
Kedar Kivade

AZB & Partners

True North's acquisition of Max India's share in Max Bupa

$76 million

Max India
Max Bupa Health Insurance

Partners
Niladri Maulik
Anisha Shridhar

Associates
Rohit Dutta
Priyanka Hazarika

AZB & Partners

Prince Pipes and Fittings' IPO

$71 million

JM Financial
Edelweiss Financial

Partners
Varoon Chandra
Lionel D’Almeida
Richa Choudhary

Senior Associates
Ronak Chawla
Sweta Ananthanarayanan

AZB & Partners

PolyOne's acquisition of Clariant Chemicals' masterbatch business

$60 million

PolyOne Corporation

Partners
Sai Krishna Bharathan
Vivek Bajaj
Aditya Singh Chandel
Akansha Aggarwal

Senior Associate
Vydyanathan L

Khaitan & Co

Quadria Capital's investment in Asian Institute of Gastroenterology

$52 million

Quadria Capital Investment Advisors

Partner
Mayank Singh
Prinicipal Associate
Nidhi Killawala

Senior Associate
Shaima Khan

Associates
Bhavna Pattanaik
Akarshita Dhawan
Kairavi Shah

AZB & Partners

Foundation Holdings' acquisition of stake in ASG Hospital

$44 million

ASG Hospital
Arun Singhvi
Shashank Gang

Partner
Kunal Kumbhat

J. Sagar Associates

OfBusiness Series D funding

$36 million

OFB Tech

Partners
Lalit Kumar
Bharati Joshi

Associate
Rishabhdev Jain

Junior Associate
Aakanksha Mehta

Rajaram Legal

OfBusiness Series D funding

$36 million

Matrix Partners

 

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

OfBusiness Series D funding

$36 million

Norwest Venture Partners

 

Khaitan & Co

India Business Excellence Fund's acquisition of stake in VVDN Technologies

$35 million

VVDN Technologies

Partners
Pashupati Nath
Gautham Srinivas

Senior Associates
Aditya Singha
Devi Prasad Patel
Sathvik Ponnappa

Associates
Amrit Mahal
Yashodhara Chauhan
Sai Saket Rachakonda

AZB & Partners

Axis New Opportunities' acquisition of shares in Fabindiafrom PI Opportunities

$17.5 million

Axis New Opportunities AIF

Partners
Ashwath Rau
Prerak Ved

Senior Associate
Abhipsita Kundu

AZB & Partners

Goldman Sachs' acquisition of stake in Camden Town Technologies

$15 million

Camden Town Technologies

Partner
Anu Tiwari

Senior Associate
Aditya Alok

AZB & Partners

National Collateral Management Services' issuance of compulsorily convertible debenture on a rights issue basis

$14 million

FIH Mauritius Investments

Partners
Darshika Kothar
Rinki Ganguli

Associate
Sahaj Badaya

AZB & Partners

International Finance Corporation's acquisition of stake in Mahansaria Tyres

$7.61 million

International Finance Corporation

Partners
Gautam Saha
Amrita Patnaik

Senior Associate
Shivranjini Ralawata

TT&A Advocates and Solicitors

Elantas Beck India's acquisition of Hubergroup India's wire enamel business

$6.8 million

Elantas Beck India

Parner
Feroz Dubash

Managing Associate
Pratika Shankar

Associates
Nida Bagadia
Aditya Singhania

AZB & Partners

M/S Shirdi Sai Electricals' acquisition of GE T&D India’s plant at Naini, Allahabad

$3.51 million

GE T&D India

Partner
Vaidhyanadhan Iyer

Senior Associate
Sneha Nagvekar

AZB & Partners

UFO Moviez India's acquisition of Cinestaan Digital's share by way of subscription

$2.8 million

UFO Moviez India

Partners
Vaidhyanadhan Iyer

Senior Associate
Vasudha Asher

AZB & Partners

Easy Trip Planners' IPO

Undisclosed

Easy Trip Planners

Partners
Madhurima Mukherjee
Agnik Bhattacharyya

Associates
Shivali Singh
Aratrika Choudhuri
Kirtikar Srivastava

AZB & Partners

Thomas H. Lee Partners' acquisition of Fiserv

Undisclosed

Thomas H. Lee Partners

Partners
Ashwath Rau
Anu Tiwari

Senior Associates
John Adwet Raghav
Apeksha Mattoo
Sohni Kherada

J. Sagar Associates

Air Water Japan and Air Water India's acquisition of business undertaking from Linde India

Undisclosed

Air Water Japan
Air Water India

Partners
Sidharrth Shankar
Shantanu Jindel
Farhad Sorabjee
Vaibhav Choukse

Principal Associate
Unnati Agrawal

Senior Associates
Hema Priyadarshini Patnaik
Shweta Gupta

Associate
Srishti Moitra.

J. Sagar Associates

Rossari Biotech's IPO

Undisclosed

Axis Capital
ICICI Securities

Partners
Vikram Raghani
Arka Mookerjee

Principal Associate
Siddhartha Desai

Associates
Krupa Brahmbhatt
Ananth Balaji
Kairav Parikh
Kinjal Shah

 

Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

freee K.K.'s IPO

$322 million

freee K.K.

Partner
Kenji Taneda

Counsel
Ken Kiyota

Associates
Akira Tago
Kyle Huh

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Financing of Z Holdings Corporation's take-over bid for ZOZO

Undisclosed

Mizuho Bank

Partner
Shinichiro Kitamura

Senior Associates
Emiko Horikawa
Satoshi Abe

Associates
Tomohiro Horiguchi
Yuki Todaka

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Northland Power's joint venture with Shizen Energy for offshore wind project development in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Undisclosed

Northland Power

Partner
Ean MacPherson

Counsel
Masahiro Tanabe

Associates
Niraj Visani
Stephen McCann
Lisa Nagao
Shin Maruyama
Risako Hijikata

 

Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

HHP Law Firm (Baker McKenzie)

Press Metal Aluminum Holdings' proposed cross-border investment into Bintan Alumina Indonesia

$80.23 million

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings

Partner
Daniel Pardede

Wong & Partners

Press Metal Aluminum Holdings' proposed cross-border investment into Bintan Alumina Indonesia

$80.23 million

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings

Partner
Ee Von Teo

 

Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

WongPartnership

Proposed merger of Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust and Frasers Commercial Trust

$1.1 billion

Frasers Commercial Asset Management

Managing Partner
Ng Wai King

Partners
Hui Choon Yuen
Andrew Ang
Christy Lim
Trevor Chuan
Audrey Chng
Felix Lee

Allen & Gledhill

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust's acquisition of 28 business park properties in the U.S.

$937.6 million

Ascendas Fund Management

Deputy Managing Partner
Jerry Koh

Partners
Foong Yuen Ping
Teh Hoe Yue
Jonathan Lee

Allen & Gledhill

Medium term loan facilities to Ophir-Rochor Commercial

$701.7 million

DBS Bank
Standard Chartered
UOB

Partner
Kok Chee Wai

WongPartnership

Closing of  MASCOT Private Trust

$450.6 million

Mapletree Investments

Partners
Low Kah Keong
Felicia Marie Ng

Norton Rose Fulbright

Financing of Kacific1 satellite

$160 million

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group

Partners
Nick Merritt
Yu-En Ong
Nicola Davies
Craig Loveless
Peter Haslam
Martyn Taylor

Counsels
Janelene Chen
Selene Tan

Senior Associates
Shahin Foroughian
Dietrich Marquardt

Associates
Hazel Lim
William Holmden
Faiza Damji