Whether a corporate, investor, financial institution or other stakeholder, Baker McKenzie advises clients on complex legal and commercial issues to maximize deal certainty and secure the intended value of transactions. Significant deals that Baker McKenzie lawyers have handled over the past several months include:
Aster – Advised mandated lead arrangers on Aster’s USD 1 billion sustainability-linked syndicated term loan facility. Learn more about the transaction here. Lead lawyer: Emmanuel Hadjidakis (Singapore).
Atlassian – Advised Atlassian on its USD 1 billion acquisition of DX. Read more about the deal here. Lead lawyer: Derek Liu (Palo Alto).
Bain Capital – Advised Bain Capital on its USD 3.3 billion carve-out acquisition of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation from Mitsubishi Chemical Group Co. Find out more about the deal here. Lead Lawyer: Derek Poon (Hong Kong).
Chery Automobile – Advised Chery Automobile on its USD 1.174 billion global offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Learn more about the transaction here. Lead lawyer: Wang Hang (Shanghai).
CIG Shanghai – Advised CIG Shanghai on its USD 594 million global offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Read more about the deal here. Lead lawyer: Christina Lee (Hong Kong).
Egyptian Government – Advised the Egyptian Government on its USD 29.7 billion strategic urban development partnership with Qatari Diar for Alam El Roum. Learn more about the transaction here. Lead lawyer: Ghada El Ehwany (Cairo).
Fibra Next – Advised the global coordinators, joint bookrunners and deal managers in Fibra Next’s ~USD 2.4 billion total combined debt and equity offerings. Read more about the transaction here. Lead lawyers: Mike Fitzgerald, Arturo Carrillo, Joy Gallup, Pedro Reyes, Steven Sandretto (New York).
Fintech-IT Group - Advised Fintech-IT Group in its investment round led by UMAEF, valuing the company at over USD 1 billion, making it the Ukraine's first fintech unicorn. Read more about the deal here. Lead lawyer: Viacheslav Yakymchuk (Kyiv).
InPost – Advised initial purchasers on InPost’s EUR 850 million high-yield bond issuance due 2031. Learn more about the transaction here. Lead lawyers: Marcin Iwaniszyn (Warsaw), Rob Mathews (London).
Knorr-Bremse – Advised Knorr-Bremse on its EUR 500 million acquisition of duagon Group. Read more about the deal here. Lead lawyer: Jakub Lorys (Munich).
Natura – Advised Natura on the sale of Avon International’s operations in Central America and the Dominican Republic to Grupo PDC. Learn more about the transaction here. Lead lawyers: Laura Estrada-Vasquez (New York), David Scott (London).
Sampoerna Group - Advised Twinwood Family Holdings Limited on the divestment of its stake in Sampoerna Agro to AGPA Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of POSCO International Corporation. Read more about the deal here. Lead lawyers: Theodore Heng and Bee Chun Boo (Singapore).
Takeda – Advised Takeda on its USD 1.2 billion global strategic collaboration with Innovent Biologics to bolster its oncology pipeline. Read more about the transaction here. Lead lawyer: Randy Sunberg (New York).
Thoma Bravo – Advised Thoma Bravo as international counsel on its USD 10.55 billion acquisition of Boeing’s Digital Aviation Solutions business. Learn more about the deal here. Lead lawyer: Duffy Lorenz (Chicago).
Türkiye Wealth Fund – Advised Türkiye Wealth Fund on its USD 1 billion Eurobond issuance in two tranches (5.5 and 10 years). Learn more about the transaction here. Lead lawyer: James Tanner (London).