Deals List

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• Aabar Investments PJS, an Abu Dhabi based investment company, on its MYR5.9 billion (USD1.89 billion) acquisition from Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC of a 24.9% stake in RHB Capital Berhad.
• Affinity Equity Partners on the restructuring of the bank and trade debts amounting to over SGD1 billion of Jaya Holdings Limited, a company which Affinity Equity Partners holds a 54.7% shareholding. The Jaya Group is engaged in the business of building, selling and chartering out marine support vessels for the offshore oil industry.
• CCMP Capital Asia on a LBO by CCMP Capital and Management of Waco International Limited. The transaction is the largest private equity deal undertaken in the Southern hemisphere at the time and involved multiple jurisdictions (including South Africa and Mauritius).
• China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s sovereign wealth fund, on its investment of USD300 million together with Oriental Patron Group, in Nobel Holdings Investments Limited, a Russian oil group, involving oil and gas exploration and production rights and operations in Russia’s Komi Republic. The investment is the first active investment and a direct foreign investment in Russia made by CIC.
• Controlling shareholder of Natural Beauty Bio-Technology Limited on (i) the proposed privatization by CVC Asia Pacific Limited by way of a general offer and (ii) the disposal of a 50% interest by the controlling shareholder to Carlyle and subsequent general offer and proposed privatization.
• CP2 on the restructuring of its global infrastructure fund. The CP2 Global Infrastructure Fund, based in the United States, caters for large institutional investors looking to make global investments and manages approximately USD3 billion in investments in infrastructure on behalf of pension and endowment funds.
• CVC Capital Partners on the disposal of 100% of the shares of Lodestone Patient Care Limited, a subsidiary of the Australian group I-Med.
• Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments in relation to Panasonic’s YEN840 billion tender offer to acquire the majority of outstanding shares of Sanyo Electric.
• Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments on its YEN1.8 billion sale of all its shares of HMV Japan KK to Lawson, Inc. Baker & McKenzie also acted for the client on the original buyout of HMV Japan KK.
• EQT Greater China II in its acquisition of a co-controlling stake in leading discount house-ware retail chain in Hong Kong, Japan Home Centre.
• EQT Greater China II in its acquisition of a leading Taiwanese TV channel operator Gala TV.
• EQT Greater China II in its acquisition of Classic Fine Foods Group from UK-based Vestey Group Limited.
• Gaw Capital Partners on the structuring and formation of Gateway Real Estate Funds I, II and III, which collectively raised USD1.4 billion in capital commitments globally for private equity real estate investments in Greater China and the Asia Pacific region.
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts on its AUD2.7 billion public bid for Healthscope, a private hospital and pathology operator listed on ASX. KKR was the underbidder on Healthscope.
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts on the sale of its stake in Seven Media Group to West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited for AUD4.085 billion. Baker & McKenzie also advised KKR Capital, as the co-lead manager, on a AUD1.15 billion capital raising to part-fund the transaction.
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board Long Term Equities Division in regard to its failed acquisition for NSW Lotteries.
• Passport Capital, which holds a AUD600 million stake in Riversdale Mining Limited, on entering into a pre-bid stake agreement with Rio Tinto in relation to its AUD3.9 billion bid for Riversdale Mining Limited.
• Primus on the USD2.15 billion proposed acquisition of approximately 97.57% of the issued share capital of Nan Shan, the Taiwan life insurance unit of AIG, as part of the consortium with China Strategic.
• Shareholders of Study Group Pty Limited, a leading global private education provider, on the sale of 100% of their equity in Study Group to Providence Equity Partners for AUD660 million.
• Shanghai Lujiazui Finance Development Company Limited as international counsel on its RMB1 billion investment, as lead/anchor investor, in Shanghai Blackstone Equity Investment Partnership, an RMB-denominated private equity fund structured in the form of a PRC limited partnership enterprise.
• Standard Chartered Bank in the establishment of Standard Chartered IL&FS Asian Infrastructure Fund, a USD800 million co-sponsored fund focused on making infrastructure investments in Asia.
• TPG Special Opportunities Fund and related fund affiliates, the lead participants in the senior secured debt syndicate to Alinta group of companies, in connection with a "debt work-out", restructuring and privatization of a substantial portion of the Alinta group.
• Vietcombank Fund Management, a joint venture between Vietcombank and VCH, a Singaporean fund management company, in the establishment of the Vietcombank Partners Fund 2, an investment fund targeting mainly pre-IPO Vietnamese companies.

• ACM Projektentwicklung on the sale of a participation in Leica Camera AG to Blackstone.
• ADM setting up their EUR225 million Kazakhstan Capital Restructuring Fund (KCRF) as a new private equity type fund investing in special situations investment opportunities in Kazakhstan. The KCRF fund is structured as a Dutch limited partnership.
• ADM Capital on the establishment of the ADM CEECAT Recovery Fund, a EUR300 million fund focused on investing in special situations investments opportunities in the Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkish region.
• Allianz Capital Partners as Mezzanine Agent in the financial restructuring of a major Swiss manufacturing group, including a debt-to-equity swap.
• AXA Private Equity in its:
  - USD440 million acquisition of a private equity portfolio from Mizuho Financial Group.
  - EUR620 million acquisition of 47 limited partnerships in European private equity buyout funds from HSH Nordbank.
  - USD1.7 billion leveraged buyout assets from Citigroup Inc. involving a portfolio of over 200 limited partnership interests in private equity buyout funds and direct stakes in companies.
  - USD740 million acquisition of 22 limited partnership interests in private equity buyout funds, as well as a number of stakes in co-investment vehicles from Barclays.
  - USD1.9 billion acquisition of a portfolio of investments in private equity funds from Bank of America.
  - EUR534 million acquisition of a major stake in the French bank Natixis' private equity holdings 
• Citadel Capital on the fundraising for its Transport Opportunities Fund II. The fundraise sees German development bank DEG and the European Investment Bank both commit capital into Citadel's USD109 million fund, focusing on transportation and logistics infrastructure in Egypt.
• Earth Capital Partners on the establishment of its investment advisory business with a specialist focus on environmental investment in projects, companies and financial instruments that address sustainable development challenges such as climate change, water scarcity and energy security.
• East Accession B.V. on its establishment of the Emerging Europe Accession Fund, a EUR175 million private equity fund for investments in Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey and Ukraine.
• EQT on the:
  - financing of its acquisition of Atos Medical from Scandinavian rival Nordic Capital Fund V.
  - financing of EQT VI fund's acquisition of data and telecom provider Ventelo Holding AS, from BKK, Troms Kraft, Agder Energi, NTE, Eidsiva Bredbånd and Altibox.
  - financing of EQT V fund's acquisition of dark fiber network operator Hafslund Fibernett AS (subsequently renamed InFiber AS), from Hafslund Telekom AS.
  - EUR255.6 million financing of its acquisition of XXL Sport & Villmark, the Nordic region's fastest growing sports retail chain.
  - restructuring of EUR969 million in debt of Sanitec, one of the world’s largest bathroom suppliers.
  - bid to acquire a controlling interest in Stockholm-listed AcadeMedia, Sweden's largest private education group, in a public to private deal that values the company at EUR260 million.
• European Investment Fund in relation to its EUR25 million investment into Holland Private Equity (HPE Pro Institutional Fund B.V.).
• Joint Stock Company Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna (Samruk-Kazyna), the Kazakhstan sovereign wealth fund, on a co-sponsored fund with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The fund, known as the Kazakhstan Growth Fund, will invest in companies operating outside the oil and gas, mining and other extractive sectors, with a focus on Kazakhstan.
• LaSalle Investment Management on its acquisition of JER Partners' European Real Estate Funds platform. The transaction, which is subject to JER investor approval, is set to enhance LaSalle's European team and capabilities in new asset classes and geographies.
• Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund on the acquisition of a stake in Copenhagen and Brussels airports from Macquarie Airports.
• NextEnergy Capital on legal and tax aspects on the structuring a setting up of a fund that will invest in development-stage photovoltaic solar projects in South Europe.
• One Equity Partners in relation to the sale of the Vacuumschmelze Group for circa. USD1 billion to the OM Group - the largest private equity deal in Germany in 2011.
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board Long Term Equities Division on its successful bid for Camelot, operator of the UK National Lottery valued at GBP389 million.
• Palamon Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Engrande, S.L., a leading European on-line booking business focused on the budget accommodation sector.
• Penta Investments on the EUR380 million sale of 100 percent of its shares in Zabka Polska S.A., the Poland-based operator of convenience stores, to MidEuropa Partners, the European private equity firm.
• Permira Funds on its acquisition of Zurich-based Hirschmann/Jet Aviation Group, one of the world’s leading aviation service companies that operates an aircraft management and charter fleet of more than 160 aircraft.
• Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar’s sovereign fund, on its acquisition of the Cegelec group, a global technology solutions and services integrator, from LBO France and the company’s management team.
• SAR Group, a leading Spanish provider of care to the elderly, backed by European Private Equity firms Palamon Capital Partners and G Square, on the acquisition of Mapfre Quavitae, S.A., the third largest operator in the Spanish residential care market from Mapfre Group, making it the largest operator in Spain.
• Triton in connection with the EUR125 million financing of their acquisition of RMG Regel + Messtechnik GmbH.
• WestLB and BayernLB in relation to a EUR500 million acquisition financing line of credit for United Internet.

• Brookfield Asset Management on the establishment of the Brookfield Colombia Infrastructure Fund, a USD400 million fund to invest in Colombian infrastructure.
• BRZ Investimentos in the acquisition of share interest in the corporate capital of Regina Indústria e Comércio S.A., the leading Brazilian company in the party supplement business.
• Carbon Fund in the acquisition of equity interest in Brascarbon Consultoria, Projetos e Representação S.A. The deal involves the formalization of a minority investment by a foreign private equity fund turned to investments in specific environmental protection projects.
• Gávea Investimentos and Pragma Patrimônio in the acquisition of share interest in the corporate capital of Droga Raia S.A.
• One Equity Partners and Mauser-Werke GmbH in the acquisition of the industrial packaging business of Metalúrgica Barra do Piraí S.A. (MBP).
• Passport Capital and several foreign funds on the USD200 million acquisition of common shares and warranties of HRT Participações in a private placement.
• Private Equity Fund (FIP) on structuring hold investments in the real estate area in the amount of USD250 million.
• Public Sector Pension Investment Board in its acquisition of a significant participation in the BanColombia Real Estate Private Equity Fund.
• Public Sector Pension Investment Board in the formation of a joint venture with Amarilo, one of Colombia’s most important construction companies, and Spectrum, a leading regional real estate developer and manager, for the development of commercial real estate properties in Colombia.
• Riverside Europe in its acquisition of the argentine pharma company UV-VIS Metrolab S.A.
• Ryder Truck Rental in the sale of the assets comprising the transportation and logistics business of Ryder Logística Ltda. in Brazil to Veloce Empreendimentos Logísticos Ltda., funded by a private equity fund Pátria Investimentos. The transaction involved arrangements with several creditors and third parties as part of the operation for the sale of Ryder's assets in Brazil.
• Stratus Gestão de Carteiras Ltda. in the investment with the consequent subscription of new shares of Mar & Terra Indústria e Comércio de Pescados S.A., representing an investment of 41.24% of the referred company.

• AXA Private Equity on USD30.8 million purchase of Credit Suisse's private equity assets.
• Hamilton Robinson on the acquisition of the MEGTEC group of companies from Sequa Corporation.
• Invesco in relation to a sovereign wealth fund's USD125 million investment in Invesco Core Real Estate - USA, LLC, an open-ended real estate fund.
• Invesco in relation to a joint venture between its fund Invesco Core Real Estate - USA, LLC and a national pension  fund to purchase real estate in New York for the amount of USD428 million in equity.
• One Equity Partners and one of its portfolio companies as counsel in relation to the restructuring of the Senior Debt and the restructuring of part of the Bond Debt of the relevant portfolio company, including sponsor support in the form of complex hybrid debt/equity instruments.
• Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) on its purchase of CIBC Mellon Trust Company’s Issuer Services business (stock transfer and employee share purchase plan) through PEP’s portfolio company, Canadian Stock Transfer Company Inc.
• Townsend in its capacity as an advisor to a national pension fund to purchase real estate in  for the amount of USD46.8 million.