Two deals on which Sidley advised have been selected by the India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) as “Deals of the Year.” Each year, IBLJ scrutinizes landmark India-related transactions, looking for the most innovative, interesting, and significant legal matters to be crowned Deals of the Year. This is the seventh consecutive year in which IBLJ recognized Sidley for its work, demonstrating that Sidley is at the forefront of India deal-making.
The Sidley matters highlighted by IBLJ as “Deals of the Year”:
- AU Small Finance Bank’s Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)
Sidley advised ICICI Securities, BofA Securities India, Morgan Stanley India, and Avendus Capital, the book-running lead managers, in connection with the QIP of equity shares of AU Small Finance Bank Limited, India’s largest small finance bank, amidst a turbulent market and despite stringent regulatory requirements. The QIP raised approximately US$250 million.
The Sidley team was led by Manoj Bhargava and comprised Shashwat Tewary, Jayant Bhardwaj, and legal assistant Caulyn Bong of the Singapore office and Robert Kreitman, Nicholas Brown, Carla Teodoro, Christian Barraza, and Alvin Wang of the New York office.
- Macrotech Developers QIP
Sidley acted as international counsel to Kotak Mahindra and Jefferies on the approximately US$430 million QIP of equity shares of Macrotech Developers Limited. This was a groundbreaking and first-of-its-kind transaction, being the first-ever purely secondary QIP of equity shares in the history of Indian capital markets.
The Sidley team was led by Manoj Bhargava and comprised Shashwat Tewary and Daniel Ang of the Singapore office and Prabhat Mehta, Robert Kreitman, Nicholas Brown, Carla Teodoro, Tyler Combest, and Alvin Wang of the New York office.
Sidley’s significant transactional experience in India dates to 1984 and focuses on providing legal advice on a global scale in connection with capital markets, private equity, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, banking, project finance, international trade, and related corporate matters.
