FinanceAsia is pleased to announce the winners of our regional deal 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.
DEAL OF THE YEAR
Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi
BEST EQUITY DEAL
Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi
BEST IPO
Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi
BEST SECONDARY OFFERING
China Oilfield Services’ $759 million private placement
Bookrunners: CICC, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley
BEST EQUITY-LINKED DEAL
Qihoo 360 Technology’s $1.035 billion CB
Bookrunners: Citi and Credit Suisse
BEST M&A DEAL
OCBC’s $5 billion acquisition of Wing Hang Bank
Target adviser: Goldman Sachs, KPMG Corporate Finance, Nomura, Citi, Somerley, UBS
Acquirer adviser: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan
BEST INVESTMENT GRADE BOND
PTT Exploration & Production’s (PTTEP) $1 billion perpetual bond
Bookrunners: JPMorgan, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BEST HIGH YIELD BOND
Greenko Group’s $550 million 8% senior notes due 2019
Bookrunners: Standard Chartered Bank, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Investec Bank
BEST LOCAL CURRENCY BOND
Olam International's SGD400 million bond
Bookrunners: HSBC, RBS, DBS
BEST RENMINBI (OFFSHORE) OFFERING
Cagamas Global's RMB1.5 billion 3.7% bond due 2017
Bookrunners: Bank of China, HSBC, Maybank
BEST SOVEREIGN BOND
Republic of Korea $2 billion dual trache multi-currency bond
Bookrunners: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, KDB, Samsung Securities, Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
MOST INNOVATIVE DEAL (ADVISORY & FINANCING PACKAGE)
Hony Capital’s $1.54 billion acquisition of PizzaExpress
Acquirer adviser: JP Morgan
Target adviser: Goldman Sachs
Financing: JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs
BEST ISLAMIC FINANCING
Hong Kong government’s $1 billion five-year sukuk
Joint global coordinators and bookrunners: HSBC & Standard Chartered.
Bookrunners: CIMB and National Bank of Abu Dhabi
BEST PROJECT FINANCING
Banten Power Plant $730 million debt financing, Indonesia
Mandated lead arrangers: Citi, Maybank, Malaysia Ex-Im, CIMB, RHB
Coordinating bank: Citi
BEST LEVERAGED FINANCING
Goodpack's $720 million leveraged loan
Lead arrangers: Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, DBS, Goldman Sachs, KKR Capital, Macquarie, Mizuho, Natixis
BEST LOAN DEAL
Tata Steel’s $5.4 billion jumbo refinancing
Mandated lead arrangers: ANZ, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BNP Paribas, Citi, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Rabobank, RBS, Standard Chartered, State Bank of India
BEST FIG DEAL
Guangzhou Yue Xiu Holdings’ acquisition of Chong Hing Bank
Acquirer adviser: Nomura
Target adviser: UBS, Somerley
BEST PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL
Blackstone's $634 million acquisition of Pactera Technology
Acquirer adviser: Citi
Target adviser: JP Morgan
High yield bond financing: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, HSBC
