FinanceAsia is pleased to announce the winners of our country awards. Congratulations to the companies and their advisers.
In the coming days we will announce the regional house awards. The written explanations for each award will be published in our December magazine and we will host a dinner to present the awards in Hong Kong on February 4th.
BEST CHINA DEAL
Lenovo's $2.3 billion acquisition of IBM's x86 server business
Acquirer Adviser: Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs
Target adviser: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BEST HONG KONG DEAL
Acquirer adviser: China International Capital Corp (CICC), Evercore Partners, HSBC, Morgan Stanley
Target adviser: Barclays
BEST INDIA DEAL
Bharti Airtel’s $2 billion dual-tranche, multi-currency bond
Bookrunners: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, HSBC, JPMorgan, Standard Chartered Bank
BEST INDONESIA DEAL
Telkom’s $904 million share swap agreement with Tower Bersama
Adviser to Telkom: Barclays
BEST KOREA DEAL
KKR and Affinity Equity Partners' $5.8 billion sale of Oriental Brewery to Anheuser-Busch InBev
Acquirer Adviser: Deutsche Bank, Lazard
Target adviser: Citi, Morgan Stanley
BEST MALAYSIA DEAL
CIMB $1.1 billion primary placement
Bookrunners: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, CIMB, Credit Suisse
BEST PHILIPPINES DEAL
Ayala Corp.’s $300 million bond exchangeable into Ayala Land shares
Sole bookrunner: Goldman Sachs
BEST SINGAPORE DEAL
Frasers Centrepoint's $2.4 billion acquisition of Australand Property Group
Acquirer adviser: Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank
Target adviser: Macquarie Group, Fort Street Advisers, KPMG Corporate Finance
BEST TAIWAN DEAL
China Construction Bank Asia’s Rmb3.3 billion ($539 million) four-tranche formosa bond
Bookrunners: China Construction Bank (CCB) International, HSBC, KGI Securities
BEST THAILAND DEAL
Krung Thai Bank’s $700 million 10.5-year bond
Bookrunners: Goldman Sachs, HSBC
BEST VIETNAM DEAL
Vinamilk $87 million placement
Sole arranger and placement agent: CLSA
