Baker & McKenzie Shines in 2012 Asia Pacific Deal Awards
Awards
26 June 2012
Asia Pacific, 26 June 2012 – Baker & McKenzie has acted on twelve award-winning deals in the Asia Pacific as recognised in award celebrations this calendar year. The most recent were selected by
Asian Legal Business at the
ALB Japan Law Awards held in Tokyo on 7 June 2012. These deals reflect the market-leading expertise of the Firm's lawyers across the 14 offices in the Asia Pacific region.
Jeremy Pitts, Baker & McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Regional Chairman commented on the success of the Firm's transactional practices. “These awards recognise our strength in serving our clients on highly complex deals and in many different industries. I congratulate all of the teams who have worked on these award-winning deals. Baker & McKenzie celebrates its 50th year in the Asia Pacific next year. We will continue to harness our global strength and coordinated regional service offering to provide our clients with the best legal solutions.”
Baker & McKenzie has won Deal of the Year for the following transactions:
Capital Markets (Debt and Equity)
- Bain Capital’s debt financing for its acquisition of Skylark − Debt Market Deal of the Year, ALB Japan Law Awards 2012
- CITIC Securities Global Offering/ Hong Kong IPO − Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2011 (Greater China)
- Origin Energy's USD2.3 billion capital raising − Equity Market Deal of the Year, ALB Australasian Law Awards 2012
Islamic Financing
- PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler Murabaha Facilities − Islamic Finance Deal of the Year, ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards 2012; Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2011; Trade Finance Deal of the Year 2011 (Indonesia)
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Chinese Consortium’s acquisition of a 15 percent stake in Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) − Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2011 (Greater China)
- Disney JV for development of Shanghai Disneyland − TMT Deal of the Year, ALB China Law Awards 2012
- Invesco Real Estate’s takeover of AIG Global Real Estate’s Asia business − Asia Deal of the Year, Global PERE Awards 2011
- Thainox major shareholding sale to POSCO − Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2011 (Thailand)
- Tokyo Gas LNG Purchase and Equity Interest in the Queensland Curtis LNG Project − Energy & Resource Deal of the Year, ALB Japan Law Awards 2012
Project Finance
- Nong Saeng IPP − Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2011 (Thailand)
- Duyen Hai 1 Thermal Power Project − Trade Finance Deal of the Year 2011 (Vietnam)
Restructuring & Insolvency
- Centro Properties restructuring − Restructuring & Insolvency Deal of the Year, ALB Australasian Law Awards 2012