Below you will find our selection of the most significant legal deals from across the Asia-Pacific region during June 2019.
- In Australia we have seen a busy month for capital markets issues and notable projects in the energy and transport sectors.
- In China and Hong Kong the HKSE is still proving to be a good source of mandates for firms with several IPOs and bond issues being undertaken.
- In India several deals in the technology and energy sectors show that there is still plenty of interest in these key growth areas in the country.
TOP LEGAL MATTERS - JUNE 2019
Kiamal 200MW solar plant
Australia
KEY FIRMS: Herbert Smith Freehills
Mirvac Group A$750 million capital raising
Australia
KEY FIRMS: Allens
Prospa ASX IPO
Australia
KEY FIRMS: Baker McKenzie
Salter Brothers A$150 million acquisition of NEXT Hotel
Australia
KEY FIRMS: MinterEllison
StockCo A$150 million warehouse facility securitisation
Australia
KEY FIRMS: Ashurst
Sydney Metro Northwest line
Australia
KEY FIRMS: Clayton Utz
YTL Corporation A$200 million acquisition of Westin Perth Hotel
Australia
KEY FIRMS: Baker McKenzie
Republic of Portugal Rmb2 billion panda bond issue
China
KEY FIRMS: King & Wood Mallesons
Agricultural Development Bank of China Rmb2 billion retail bond issue
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Clifford Chance
Haitong International Capital HKSE IPO
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Norton Rose Fulbright
Haitong UniTrust International Leasing HKSE IPO
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group HKSE IPO
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
HKSAR $1 billion green bond issue
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Allen & Overy
Pujiang International Group HKSE IPO
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Maples and Calder
Xinyi Energy HKSE IPO
Hong Kong
KEY FIRMS: Milbank
Bharti Airtel Rs249.4 billion rights issue
India
KEY FIRMS: AZB & Partners
Brookfield Asset Management Rs5 billion acquisition of Axis Energy Ventures' wind farms
India
KEY FIRMS: AZB & Partners
Conneqt Business Solutions Re2.71 billion acquisition of a 61.35% stake in Allsec Technologies
India
KEY FIRMS: AZB & Partners
Hexaware Technologies $182 million acquisition of Mobiquity
India
KEY FIRMS: J Sagar Associates, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Houthoff
Housing Development Finance Corporation Rs13.47 billion acquisition of a 51.2% stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance
India
KEY FIRMS: AZB & Partners
Music Broadcast Rs2.02 billion acquisition of Reliance Broadcast Network
India
KEY FIRMS: Khaitan & Co
Tata Steel BSL Rs8.05 billion acquisition of Bhushan Energy
India
KEY FIRMS: AZB & Partners
Visa Rs5.4 billion acquisition of a minority stake in BillDesk
India
KEY FIRMS: AZB & Partners
Vodafone Idea Re250 billion equity capital raising
India
KEY FIRMS: Slaughter and May
Adani Green Energy $500 million 6.25% green bond issue
India, Singapore
KEY FIRMS: Latham & Watkins
Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust $250 million 7.25% notes issue
Indonesia, Singapore
KEY FIRMS: Allen & Gledhill
MUFG Bank acquisition of shares in Indonesian banks PT Bank Danamon Indonesia and PT Bank Nusantara Parahyangan
Japan
KEY FIRMS: Nishimura & Asahi
Broadview $840 million acqusition of Formica Group
New Zealand
KEY FIRMS: Bell Gully, Sullivan & Cromwell
Blackstone $18.7 billion acquisition of GLP's US logisitcs business
Singapore
KEY FIRMS: Kirkland & Ellis, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
BW LPG $458 million refinancing
Singapore
KEY FIRMS: Norton Rose Fulbright
Land Transport Authority of Singapore S$1.4 billion 3.30% notes issue
Singapore
KEY FIRMS: Allen & Gledhill
Navis Capital Partners acquisition of Thanh Thanh Cong Education
Singapore, Vietnam
KEY FIRMS: Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee
Coffee Concepts Thailand $650 million acquisition of Starbucks Thailand
Thailand
KEY FIRMS: Weerawong Chinnavat & Partners
PTTEP HK Holding $622 million acquisition of Partex Holding
Thailand
KEY FIRMS: Linklaters, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
PT Trans Asia Resources acquisition of the Fergana oil refinery
Uzbekistan
KEY FIRMS: Dentons