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
