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HomeUncategorizedAsian-mena Counsel's: Deals of the Year 2016

Asian-mena Counsel’s: Deals of the Year 2016

Confidential – We ask that this information not be publicised in any way until after publication of Volume 14 Issue 9 – Asian-mena Counsel’s Deals of the Year.

In no specific order:

Deal 1: Central Java Project

Shearman & Sterling: Foreign Counsel to Bhimasena Power Indonesia
Mochtar Karuwin Komar: Local Counsel to Bhimasena Power Indonesia
Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro: Local Counsel to JBIC and other lenders
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy: Foreign Counsel to JBIC and other lenders
Norton Rose Fulbright: Counsel to PLN

Deal 2: MUFJ TLAC Bond

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison: International counsel to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: International counsel to the underwriters
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu: Japanese counsel to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial

Deal 3: Kaisa restructuring

Kirkland & Ellis: Counsel to ad hoc steering committee of the bonds and convertible
Tanner De Witt: Lead Counsel to Kaisa Group Holdings
Mourant Ozannes: BVI counsel to the ad hoc steering committee of Kaisa Group Holdings
Ropes & Gray: Counsel to Kaisa Group Holdings on US and Securities law
Sidley & Austin: Counsel to Kaisa Group.
Harney Westwood & Riegels: Counsel to Kaisa Group Holdings on Cayman Law
Mayer Brown JSM: Counsel to bank creditors in Hong Kong
O’Melveny & Myers: Offshore Counsel to bankholder creditors
Clifford Chance: Counsel to trustees
Walkers: Cayman Counsel to bondholders
Latham & Watkins: Counsel to the onshore creditors

Deal 4: Postal Savings Bank of China IPO

Davis Polk & Wardwell: Issuer’s counsel
Clifford Chance: Counsel to the underwriters
Haiwen & Partners: Issuer’s PRC counsel
King & Wood Mallesons: PRC counsel to the underwriters

Deal 5: Hyundai Merchant Marine Restructuring

Kim & Chang: Korean counsel to certain shipowners
Yulchon: Korean Counsel to HMM
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton: International Counsel to HMM
Shin & Kim: Korean counsel to certain ship owners
Bae, Kim & Lee: Korean counsel to HMM
Ince & Co: International counsel to certain of the ship owners involved

Deal 6: ICICI Pru Life IPO

Davis Polk & Wardwell: International counsel to the lead managers
Khaitan & Co: Indian Counsel to Prudential Corporation Holdings
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas: Indian counsel to ICICI
S&R Associates: India counsel to the lead managers

Deal 7: Foxconn-Sharp acquisition

Baker McKenzie: Lead counsel to Foxconn
Nishimura & Asahi: Japanese counsel to Sharp
Tilleke & Gibbins: Thailand counsel to Sharp
Khaitan & Co: Indian legal counsel to Foxconn

Deal 8: LRT 1 Cavite Project

Shearman & Sterling: Counsel to Light Rail Manila Corporation
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan: Counsel to the Light Rail Manila Corporation and the sponsors
Abuda Asis & Associates: Counsel to the lender group
Nabarro: Counsel to EPC contractors (Bouyges Travaux Publics and Alstom Transport)
Pinsent Masons: Counsel to the government
C&G Law: Counsel to the government

Deal 9: Greenko High-yield Green Bond 

Shearman & Sterling: International Counsel to Greenko Energy Holdings and Greenko Investment Company
Ashurst: International Counsel to the underwriters
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas: Indian counsel to Greenko Energy Holdings and Greenko Investment Company
Talwar Thakore & Associates: Indian counsel to the underwriters
Mayer Brown JSM: Counsel to the trustee (The Bank of New York Mellon)
Bedell Cristin: Off-shore Counsel to Greenko

Deal 10: Oyu Tolgoi Project:

Shearman & Sterling: Counsel to Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi
Sullivan & Cromwell: Counsel to Rio Tinto
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy: Counsel to Lender’s group

Deal 11: TVB Dispute

Mayer Brown JSM: Counsel to TVB

Deal 12: Myanmar Telecoms Project

Mayer Brown JSM: International counsel for lenders
VDB Loi: Local counsel for lenders
Allen & Gledhill: Counsel to Overseas Investment Private Corporation

Deal 13: Pacific Andes Restructuring

Mayer Brown JSM: International Counsel for Maybank
WongPartnership: Singapore Counsel for lenders
Linklaters: Counsel to HSBC
Clifford Chance: Counsel for liquidators of China Fishery
DLA Piper: Counsel for certain of bank creditors and  Counsel for Rabobank and SCB
White & Case: Lender counsel to the Taipei Fubon Bank syndicate
Jingtian & Gongcheng: PRC counsel for Maybank
Drew & Napier: Counsel for Pacific Andes Resources
Rajah & Tann: Singapore counsel for Maybank
Tan Rajah & Cheah: Counsel for Sahara Investment Group
Advocatus Law: Counsel for the Informal Steering Committee of bondholders
Cavenagh Law: Counsel for bondholders
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein: Counsel for the Companies (US)
Kelley Drye & Warren: Counsel for the Companies (US)
Harney Westwood & Riegels: Counsel for Rabobank and SCB (British Virgin Islands)
Sidley Austin: Counsel for Bank of America (US)
Luskin, Stern & Eisler: Counsel for Rabobank (US)
Lowenstein Sandler: Counsel for NS Hong Investments (BVI) (US)
Forbes Hare: Counsel for Sahara Investment Group (British Virgin Islands)
Appleby: Counsel for Maybank, Hong Kong Branch (Bermuda)
TSMP Law Corporation: Counsel for Bank of America
Walkers: Cayman counsel to HSBC

Deal 14: BHP Billiton Forests Bond

Baker McKenzie: Counsel to BHP Billiton

Deal 15: Go-Jek Fund-raising

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: International Counsel to KKR
Allen & Overy: International Counsel to Go-Jek
Latham & Watkins: International Counsel to Warburg Pincus
Linklaters: Counsel to Farallon Capital
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners: Indonesian Counsel to KKR
Ashurst in association with Oentoeng Suria & Partners: Counsel to Capital International
Ginting & Reksodiputro: Indonesian Counsel to Go-Jek
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners: Indonesian Counsel to Warburg Pincus
K&L Gates: Joint counsel to existing investors Sequioa and DST Global
Clifford Chance: Joint international counsel to existing investors Northstar and NSI
Goodwin Procter: Counsel to existing investor Formation Group
Linda Widyati and Partners: Joint Indonesian counsel to existing investors Northstar and NSI

Deal 16: Indonesia Sovereign Sukuk

Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners: Indonesian counsel to the Joint Lead Managers
Allen & Overy: US and English law counsel to the Joint Lead Managers
Clifford Chance: US and English law counsel to the Government of Indonesia
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners: Indonesian counsel to the Government of Indonesia

Deal 17: Big C Sale

Baker McKenzie: Tax Counsel to Casino Group
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor: Counsel to Berli Jucker
YKVN: Local counsel to Central Retail
Allen & Overy: International counsel to Central Retail
Linklaters: International counsel to Casino Group
Audier & Partners: Local counsel to Casino Group
Clifford Chance: Counsel to the banking syndicate on the €3.2 billion financing

Deal 18: Didi Chuxing-Uber China Acquisition

Fangda Partners: PRC counsel to Xiaoju Kuaizhi (Didi Chuxing)
Han Kun Law Offices: PRC counsel to Uber China
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: International counsel to Didi Chuxing
Davis Polk & Wardwell: International counsel to Uber
Walkers: Cayman Counsel to Uber China

Deal 19: Cinda-Nanyang Commercial Bank Acquisition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Counsel to China Cinda Asset Management
Zhong Lun Law Firm: PRC counsel to Cinda
King & Wood Mallesons: Counsel to China Cinda on US regulatory matters

Deal 20: Rosneft-Pertamina JV

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: International counsel to Rosneft
Soemadipradja & Taher: Indonesian counsel for Rosneft
Dentons: International counsel for Pertamina
Anya & Associates: Indonesian counsel for Pertamina

Deal 21: Abu Dhabi National Insurance Co Convertible Bond

Hadef & Partners: Counsel to ADNIC

Deal 22: Vijhinjam Seaport Project

HSA Advocates: Counsel to Vijhinjam International Seaport
Khaitan & Co: Counsel to the lenders

Deal 23: Alibaba-Lazada Acquisition

YKVN: Vietnam Counsel to Alibaba
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor: Thailand counsel to Alibaba Group
SSEK: Indonesia counsel to Alibaba Group
Dechert: International Counsel to Lazada Group
Sullivan & Cromwell: International Counsel to Alibaba Group
Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong: Malaysian counsel to Alibaba Group
Picazo, Buyco, Tan, Fider & Santos: Philippine counsel to Alibaba Group
Morgan Lewis Stamford: Singapore counsel to Alibaba Group
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Counsel to Temasek
Noerr: Counsel to Rocket and certain other sellers
Tilleke & Gibbins: Vietnam competition and regulatory counsel to Rocket Internet

Deal 24: AP Renewables Climate Bond

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan: Philippines Counsel to Aboitiz
Picazo, Buyco, Tan, Fider & Santos: Philippines Counsel to the lender group
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: International Counsel to the lender group
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher: International Counsel to Aboitiz

Deal 25: Ponaflex IP Dispute

Vision & Associates: Counsel to PONAFLEX Corp

Deal 26: China Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation

Sidley Austin: Counsel to China’s Ministry of Commerce
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Counsel to Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. and affiliated company  North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp)
Boies Schiller Flexner: Counsel to US plaintiff Animal Science Products

Deal 27: Line IPO

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Counsel to the underwriters
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton: US Counsel to Line
Nishimura & Asahi: Japanese counsel to Line
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune: Japanese counsel to the underwriters

Deal 28: Unisplendour-H3C Acquisition

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: International Counsel to Unisplendour
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: Counsel to Hewlett-Packard for CFIUS related issues
Zhong Lun Law Firm: PRC Counsel to Unisplendour
Jingtian & Gongcheng: Counsel to lenders bank consortium
Allen & Overy: International Counsel to Hewlett-Packard
Chong Guang Law Office: Counsel to Unispeldour
Davis Polk & Wardwell: Counsel to Hewlett-Packard
Fangda Partners:  PRC Counsel to Hewlett-Packard

Deal 30: MTR High-speed Rail Further Funding

Slaughter and May: Counsel to MTR Corporation

Deal 31: Alibaba-SCMP Acquisition:

Slaughter and May: Counsel to Alibaba Group
Norton Rose Fulbright HK: Counsel to SCMP
Conyers Dill and Pearman: Counsel to SCMP

Deal 32: Astrea III Private Equity Bonds

Sidley Austin: US counsel to Temasek Holdings
Allen & Gledhill: Singapore counsel to Temasek Holdings
Linklaters: Counsel to Credit Suisse and DBS

Deal 33: Yum Brands spinoff

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Counsel to Primavera Capital Group and Ant Financial Services Group
Fangda Partners: PRC legal counsel to Primavera and Ant Financial
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: Counsel to Yum China

Deal 34: Palestine Investment Fund

Ashurst: Counsel to Palestine Investment Fund

Deal 35: CGNPC Investment in Hinkley Point Nuclear Project

Ashurst: Counsel to CGNPC
Clifford Chance: Counsel to EDF
Herbert Smith Freehills: Counsel to EDF Energy and NNB
Conyers Dill and Pearman: BVI counsel to CGNPC

Deal 36: Maybank Basel III Bond

Ashurst: Counsel to Maybank
Allen & Gledhill: Singapore Listing Counsel
Adnan Sundra & Low: Singapore counsel to Maybank

Deal 37: Samsung BioLogics IPO

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton: US counsel to Samsung BioLogics
Kim Chang & Lee: Korean counsel to Samsung BioLogics
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: US counsel to the underwriters
Bae, Kim & Lee: Korean counsel to the underwriters
Lee & Ko: Korean counsel to the Samsung Electronics

Deal 38: NTPC Green Masala Bond

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas: Indian Counsel to NTPC
Allen & Overy: Counsel to the lead managers

Deal 39: First Myanmar Investment IPO

Duane Morris & Selvam: Counsel to First Myanmar Investment

Deal 40: Qihoo 360 LBO

Kirkland & Ellis: Represented consortium of China investors
Latham & Watkins:  Represented Qihoo360
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: US legal counsel to Qihoo 360
White & Case: Counsel to China Merchants Banks
Fangda Partners: PRC legal counsel to the consortium
DeHeng Law Offices: Advised Citic Guoan
JunHe: Advised the special committee on PRC law
Haiwen & Partners: Advisers to the consortium
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Advisers to acquirer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Counsel to the financial adviser to the special committee
King & Wood Mallesons: PRC legal adviser to acquirers and HK counsel to New China Capital
Appleby: Acted as Cayman Islands counsel to China Merchants Bank
Conyers Dill & Pearman: Advised Qihoo 306 on Cayman Islands law
Maples and Calder: Advised the special committee on Cayman law

 

We have included the names of firms that, to the best of our knowledge, played a role on each transaction. If your firm has been overlooked, please contact us by Friday February 24 at the latest with information regarding your firm’s role in the selected transaction. If you have not made a submission directly but your firm is listed in connection with a deal below, please contact us to confirm the nature of your involvement in the relevant transaction. At this stage we would like to ensure that all firms that have had a hand in a winning deal are credited.

 

Nick Ferguson
Managing Editor