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Allens Arthur Robinson

With an emphasis on quality, innovation and timeliness, we deliver highly successful outcomes in mergers and acquisitions for leading companies across the Asia region. We also have significant private equity expertise.

We specialise in cross-border M&A deals, and can deploy resources quickly and effectively within the region. Significant examples include:

Talanx Group, Germany
Advised Germany's third-largest insurance provider, Talanx Group, on its strategic Vietnamese partnership with Hanoi Stock Exchange-listed insurer PVI Holdings.

CSR Building Products Limited, Asia
Advised CSR on its recent agreement to sell 100 per cent of its Asian insulation, panels and trading businesses to Rockwool Group for A$128 million.

International Finance Corporation, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea
Acted for World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation and IFC Capitalization Fund in their US$140 million investment in Bank South Pacific Limited, Papua New Guinea's biggest retail and commercial bank.

Sapporo Holdings, Vietnam
Acted for Sapporo Holdings on its acquisition of a 65 per cent interest in Kronenbourg Vietnam Limited, a brewery joint venture between the Vietnam Tobacco Corporation (Vinataba) and Carlsberg Brewery A/S, by way of buying out Carlsberg and acquiring a part of Vinataba's interest.

BHP Billiton, Indonesia
Advised BHP Billiton on the establishment of a joint alliance with PT Antam Tbk (the part Indonesian State-owned, publicly listed mining company) to explore the joint development of extensive nickel laterite resources on the eastern Indonesian islands of Halmahera and Gag Island and potential ore bodies elsewhere.

TPG Star L.P.
Acted for TPG on its investment in Masan Group. TPG subscribed to convertible bonds at a subscription price of VND630 billion (approximately US$35 million) issued by Masan Group. This is one of the first convertible bonds denominated in VND that have been issued to a foreign investor.

Prudential plc
Advising Prudential plc on the Indonesian aspects of its proposed acquisition of AIA Group Limited, a Hong Kong subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.

Qantas Airways Limited, Singapore
Advised the Qantas Group on the recently completed reorganisation of the Jetstar Asia and Valuair budget airlines. This transaction involved the acquisition and sale of the Singapore stakeholders' interest in the business.

Rio Tinto, Asia
Acting for Rio Tinto on all aspects of the US$19.5 billion investment by Aluminium Investment Corporation of China (Chinalco) in assets held by the Rio Tinto group.

Star TV
Continue to advise Star TV, a division of News Corporation on a number of matters including the restructuring of its national terrestrial television broadcaster in Indonesia, namely PT Cakrawala Andalas Televisi (ANTV) in order to expand its media business in Indonesia.

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