Soumya
Bhagavatula

Leveraged and acquisition financing

Advising PT Halmahera Persada Lygend in relation to its up to US$620 million financing for Indonesia’s first high pressure acid leach smelter

Advising Greenko Ventures Limited in relation to a US$980 million strategic sale of warrants and shares in Greenko Energy to Orix Corporation

Advising the lenders in relation to financing an acquisition of a stake in India’s largest landfill mining company

Advising the Star Energy, Ayala and EGCO consortium in relation to the US$1.25 billion financing for the acquisition of Chevron’s Indonesian geothermal assets – named Project Finance International Deal of the Year / Renewable Deal

Advising the lead arrangers in relation to the financing for the acquisition of Global Logistics Properties – named FinanceAsia Deal of the Year / Best Leveraged Finance Deal

Advising the lenders in relation to the financing for the acquisition by Lam Champion of shares in Thanh Thanh Cong Education Joint Stock Company in Vietnam

Advising the lenders in relation to the financing for the take-private of OSIM and subsequent refinancing

Advising the senior lenders in relation to the US$192,500,000 senior conventional loan facility, RM430,000,000 Master Murabaha Facility and US$135,000,000 junior conventional loan facility in connection with a subscription for shares in Asia Asia Berhad

Structured lending

Advising lenders in relation to a US$100 million facility for one of Philippine’s largest multinational food and beverage companies

Advising a credit fund on a mezzanine financing for the promoters of one of India’s largest independent renewable power producers

Advising an investment bank in relation to a structured financing to fund the international investments of a Pakistan-based company, including related credit support and funding arrangements

Advised the lenders in relation to share-backed financings to borrowers, secured against publicly listed shares on the Indonesian and Singapore stock exchanges

Trade Finance

Advising a lender in relation to an innovative working capital financing for a Malaysian refinery

Advising a bank in relation to a prepayment transaction with Reliance and related sub-participation arrangements

Fund financing

Advising the lenders in relation to a $100m capital call facility for OCP Asia Fund III (SF 1) Pte Limited

Advising the lenders in relation to a US$50 million capital call facility for Orchard Landmark

Advising the lenders in relation to a US$40 million portfolio financing facility for Koi Structured Pte Ltd

Advising the lenders in relation to a US$150 million portfolio financing facility for OL Master Limited

Advising the lenders in relation to a US$85 million capital call facility to Everstone Capital Partners III LP

Advising the lenders in relation to a capital call facility for IndoSpace Logistics Parks II LP

Restructuring and Insolvency

Advising Clifford Capital in relation to a US$100 million super senior revolving credit facility in connection with the restructuring of Floatel International

Advising MMI in relation to its US$358 million debt restructuring

Advising the lenders to CEFC China Energy in relation to their outstanding facilities to the CEFC group

Advising the lenders to Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd in relation to the restructuring of Goodhope's indebtedness

Advising the lender to British Chemicals Pte Ltd in connection with exposures under an advance payment facility

Advising HNA Group in connection with the restructuring of its acquisition debt

Advising lenders to the Al Futtaim Group in connection with restructuring and refinancing of the working capital debt of its various subsidiaries in the Middle East and South-East Asia

Corporate and Energy M&A

Advising Catalina Holdings (a portfolio company of funds managed by Apollo Global Management LLC) in connection with its acquisition of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte. Ltd.

Advising Keppel Corporation on its US$700 million project finance facility in relation to the construction and operation of a floating LNG facility located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border – named MarineMoney Deal of the Year / Offshore Project Finance Deal

Advising Mitsui and Co., Ltd. and PT Paiton Energy in relation to their ongoing obligations in connection with the Paiton III power project in Indonesia – named IFLR original financing awarded Deal of the Year / Project Finance Deal

Advising MODEC, Inc. and Mitsui & Co. and other Japanese sponsors on their restructuring and consent solicitation processes in connection with the shareholdings and project financings of its floating production and storage vessels