My recent representative matters include advising:The mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners on the debt financing for the Adani Group’s US$10.5 billion acquisition of Ambuja Cements Limited (NSE: AMBUJACEM) and ACC Limited (NSE: ACC) in India. This is India’s largest ever M&A transaction in the infrastructure and materials space, and has been recognised by numerous publications, including as Deal of the Year, India in the India Business Law Journal, and Loan Deal of the Year by… Show more My recent representative matters include advising:The mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners on the debt financing for the Adani Group’s US$10.5 billion acquisition of Ambuja Cements Limited (NSE: AMBUJACEM) and ACC Limited (NSE: ACC) in India. This is India’s largest ever M&A transaction in the infrastructure and materials space, and has been recognised by numerous publications, including as Deal of the Year, India in the India Business Law Journal, and Loan Deal of the Year by IFLR.The mandated lead arrangers in relation to financing the acquisition by PT Asianet Media Teknologi (a portfolio company of I Squared Capital) of a fibre optic network in Indonesia from PT MNC Kabel Mediacom.The mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in relation to the debt financing for Blackstone’s US$570 million acquisition of International Gemological Institute in India, a global leader in the independent certification of diamonds.A global financial institution in relation to the debt financing for Frontier Tower Associates’ (a portfolio company of KKR) acquisition of 3,539 telecom towers from Globe Telecom in the Philippines. This was a landmark transaction for private equity backed infrastructure acquisitions in the Philippines, and was recognised as Debt Market Deal of the Year by ALB Philippines, 2023.The mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in relation to the debt financing for KKR’s US$460 million acquisition of a controlling stake in J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (NSE: JBCHEPHARM) in India. This transaction was one of the largest control deals in Asia at the time, and was awarded Private Equity Deal of the Year by IFLR, 2021.The mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners in relation to the debt financing for Baring Private Equity Asia’s (now EQT) US$1.2 billion acquisition of Hinduja Global Solutions Limited’s healthcare services business (now Sagility), covering business process management operations in India, the Philippines, the US and Jamaica. Show less

Secondment supporting the Leveraged and Structured Solutions team.The role involved working closely with legal, product and industry teams, supervising and executing a range of transactions in South East Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe, across products including leveraged financing, structured financing, real estate financing (both development and acquisition) and subscription financing.

Law Clerk in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team.Key work highlights included working in the team that acted for the liquidators of Lehman Brothers Australia in a class action brought by investors in synthetic CDOs that were promoted by Lehman Brothers Australia (when it was known as Grange Securities).