FinanceAsia is pleased to announce the winners of its deal awards, the second of a three-part series revealing our Achievement Awards for 2017.
We will announce the best organisations in a variety of categories tomorrow. But for now — the following deals were the most impressive among all those we considered across various categories.
Financial advisers:
Target: JP Morgan; Evercore Partners; Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Acquirer: CICC; Citi; DBS; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley; UBS
Leveraged loan underwriters: Citi; Goldman Sachs
Legal advisers:
Target: Allen & Gledhill; Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Morrison & Foerster; Rajah & Tann
Acquirers: Clifford Chance; Davis Polk & Wardwell; JunHe LLP; Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; WongPartnership LLP
Public relations:
Target: Teneo Strategy, Newgate Communications
Buyer: Brunswick
BEST BELT AND ROAD DEAL (new category)
Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority $350 million term loan
Sole mandated lead arranger and original lender: Credit Suisse
BEST FINANCING (early stage to pre-IPO)
L Catteron’s $226 million re-pricing and recapitalisation facility for Ningbo Zhongzhe Mushang Holding
Financial Adviser and underwriter: Citigroup
BEST PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL
Warburg Pincus-backed Vincom Retail's $740 million IPO
Financial advisers:
Joint global co-ordinators: Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank
Domestic lead manager: Saigon Securities
Legal advisers:
Vincom Retail and Warburg Pincus: Latham & Watkins
BEST EQUITY DEAL
Shanghai Port's $1 billion exchangeable bond into Postal Savings Bank of China
Sole bookrunner: Deutsche Bank
BEST IPO
China Literature's $1.1 billion Hong Kong IPO
Joint sponsors: Morgan Stanley; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Credit Suisse
Joint global coordinators: JPMorgan; CICC
Joint bookrunners: China Securities International; China Renaissance; China Merchant Securities; CMB International; BOC International; HSBC
Legal advisers:
Issuer: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Tencent: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Public relations: Porda Havas
BEST M&A DEAL
ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta for $43 billion
Financial advisers:
Target: Goldman Sachs; JP Morgan; UBS
Acquirer: Bank of China; China Citic Bank; China Construction Bank; CICC; Credit Suisse; HSBC; Morgan Stanley
Legal advisers:
Target: Baer & Karrer; Blake Cassels & Graydon; Davis Polk & Wardwell
Acquirer: Clifford Chance; Fangda Partners; Homburger; King & Wood Mallesons; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Public relations: Brunswick
BEST INVESTMENT-GRADE BOND
PT Paiton Energy $2 billion 13-year and 20-year amortising notes
Joint global co-ordinators: Barclays; HSBC
Joint bookrunners: Citi; DBS; Deutsche Bank
Joint lead manager: SMBC Nikko
Co-managers: Mizuho Securities; Morgan Stanley
Issuer counsel: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
BEST HIGH-YIELD BOND
Vedanta’s any-and-all tender offering and $1 billion July 2022 bond
Joint bookrunners: Barclays; Citi, JP Morgan; Standard Chartered
Issuer’s counsel: for Indian Law, Khaitan & Co; for English and US Federal Law, Latham & Watkins
BEST LOCAL CURRENCY BOND
Agricultural Development Bank of China’s Rmb16 billion ($2.42 billion) three-tranche bond sale
Joint underwriters: Bank of China; China Construction Bank; Agricultural Bank of China; Bank of Communications; ICBC; Standard Chartered Bank China; HSBC Bank China
BEST ESG DEAL
ICBC Luxembourg $2.15 billion equivalent dual-currency, triple tranche green bond
Joint Global Co-ordinators: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Credit Agricole CIB; HSBC; ICBC (Asia)
Joint bookrunners: BNP Paribas; Citi; ICBC International; ICBC Standard Bank; SEB; SG CIB; UBS
Second opinion provider: CICERO
External review opinion provider: Zhongcai Green Financing
Legal advisers: Junhe; Linklaters; King & Wood Mallesons; Allen & Overy
