IFLR India Awards 2012

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The shortlists for the third annual IFLR/Asialaw India Awards has now been published. The firm awards will recognise the most innovative deals and teams in India. There will also be a number of in-house awards for the best teams, along with an outstanding achievement award.

The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 5th July, at the Trident, Nariman Point in Mumbai. To reserve your place, please email Simon King at simon.king@euromoneyasia.com.

DEALS OF THE YEAR

Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year

Advanti India CB offering
Allen & Gledhill
J Sagar Associates
Linklaters
Talwar Thakore & Associates

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise QIP

Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & Watkins
Luthra & Luthra

Ballarpur hybrid offering
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Luthra & Luthra
Shearn Delamore & Co

Canara Bank QIP
Amarchand Mangaldas
Jones Day
Luthra & Luthra

Essar Energy CB offering
Carey Olsen
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters

ICICI bond offering
Amarchand Mangaldas
Davis Polk & Warwell
Latham & Watkins
Slaughter and May

Tata Power hybrid offering
Allen & Overy
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
C&A Law

Vedanta Resources bond offering
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Henry Davis York
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling

Equity Deal of the Year

Central Bank of India rights issue
Jones Day
Khaitan & Co

EIH rights issue

Amarchand Mangaldas
Linklaters
Khaitan & Co

Future Venture India IPO
Amarchand Mangaldas
Dorsey & Whitney

L&T Finance Holdings IPO
AZB & Partners
Clifford Chance
S&R Associates

MakeMyTrip follow-on offering
Amarchand Mangaldas
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Latham & Watkins
S&R Associates
Shearman & Sterling

Power Finance Corporation further public offering
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
DLA Piper
O'Melveny & Myers
 
Tata Steel follow-on offering
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy

Capital Markets Teams of the Year

Indian
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
J Sagar Associates
Khaitan & Co
Luthra & Luthra
S&R Associates
Talwar Thakore & Associates

International
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
DLA Piper
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling

M&A Deal of the Year

BP – Reliance Industries
Allen & Overy
AZB & Partners
Linklaters
Talwar Thakore & Associates
Vinson & Elkins

FedEx Corp – AFL/ Unifreight India

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners

iGATE Corporation – Patni Computer Systems
AZB & Partners
Hogan Lovells
J Sagar Associates
Khaitan & Co
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss
S&R Associates
Shearman & Sterling
Wadia Ghandy & Co

International Paper – Andhra Paper Mills
Khaitan & Co
Trilegal

Mundra Port – Abott Point terminal
Allen & Overy
Allens Arthur Robinson
Blake Dawson/ Ashurst
Economic Laws Practice
Trilegal

Tata Global Beverages – Starbucks Group
Amarchand Mangaldas
Luthra & Luthra

Vedanta Resources - Cairn India
Allen & Overy
Appleby
AZB & Partners
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Luthra & Luthra
S&R Associates
Shepherd & Wedderburn
Talwar Thakore & Associates

Vodafone Group – Vodafone Essar
AZB & Partners
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Herbert Smith
S&R Associates
Slaughter and May

M&A Teams of the Year

Indian
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Khaitan & Co
Luthra & Luthra
S&R Associates
Talwar Thakore & Associates
Trilegal

International
Allen & Overy
Herbert Smith
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Slaughter and May

Private Equity Deal of the Year

Apax Partners PIPE investment in iGATE Corp
Khaitan & Co
Kirkland & Ellis

Apollo Global Management – Welspun Group
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Amarchand Mangaldas
Covington & Burling
Khaitan & Co

PEP – UFO Moviez India
AZB & Partners
Nishith Desai Associates
Wadia Ghandy & Co
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Sequoia – Fashion & You
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
IndusLaw
Luthra & Luthra

Serco – Intelenet
Linklaters
Nishith Desai Associates
Simmons & Simmons
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Talwar Thakore & Associates
Wadia Ghandy & Co

Sithe Global Power – SKS Ispat and Power
Khaitan & Co
Trilegal

TPG, Shriram – Vishal Retail
AZB & Partners
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 
Kochhar & Co
Trilegal
Zeus Law Associates

Zend Mauritius VC Investments / IFC – Magma Fincorp
AZB & Partners
Amarchand Mangaldas
Wadia Ghandy & Co

Private Equity Teams of the Year Indian

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
IndusLaw
Khaitan & Co
Luthra & Luthra
Nishith Desai Associates
Trilegal
Wadia Ghandy & Co

International
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Covington & Burling
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Restructuring of the Year

GTL Group debt restructuring
Luthra & Luthra
Wadia Ghandy & Co

HPCL – Mittal Energy refinancing
Amarchand Mangaldas
Luthra & Luthra

HPCL – Mittal Pipelines refinancing
Amarchand Mangaldas
Luthra & Luthra

Share / Asmitha debt restructuring
Trilegal

Soma-Isolux NH One Tollway
S&R Associates

Uttam Galva Steels debt consolidation and refinancing
Luthra & Luthra

Wockhardt restructuring
DSK Legal
Juris Corp
Majmudar & Partners

Restructuring Teams of the Year

Amarchand Mangaldas
Luthra & Luthra
Majmuder & Partners
S&R Associates
Trilegal
Wadia Ghandy

Project Finance Deal of the Year

Alstom-Bharat Forge JV Mundra SEZ project financing
Bharucha & Partners
Luthra & Luthra
Norton Rose

Hindalco Industries – Mahan Aluminium Project
Amarchand Mangaldas
Dhir and Dhir Associates

ICICI / Bank of India – GMR Infrastructure Singapore
Allen & Overy
Norton Rose
Trilegal
White & Case

Jhajjar Power project financing
Amarchand Mangaldas
Clifford Chance
Linklaters

Jayaswal Neco Industries financing
Khaitan & Co

OPIC SunEdison Gujarat project financing
AZB & Partners
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Trilegal White & Case

Reliance/WRSS power transmission lines – Gujarat
Allen & Overy
Trilegal

Shapoorji Pallonji toll road project
AZB & Partners
Clifford Chance
Jones Day
Phoenix Legal

Project Finance Teams of the Year

Indian
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Bharucha & Partners
Luthra & Luthra
Trilegal

International
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Norton Rose
White & Case

Infrastructure & Real Estate Deal of the Year 

HDFC – Marvel Group
J Sagar Associates
Nishith Desai

ICICI Bank – Banihal Bypass
Amarchand Mangaldas
Link Legal

KPHPL road financing
DLA Piper
Luthra & Luthra

Lanco Infratech – Griffin Coal
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Leighton – Welspun
Khaitan & Co

MSI – Isolux Corsán Concesiones JV
Allen & Overy
Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Davis Polk & Wadwell
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Garrigues
Uría Menéndez

Mytrah Energy – Suzlon Energy
Link Legal
Trilegal

Omkar – IndiaReit
Kanga & Co
Nishith Desai
Wadia Ghandy & Co

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR

Capital Markets

Canara Bank
Essar Energy
ICICI Bank
MakeMyTrip
Power Finance Corporation
Tata Power
Vedanta Resources

M&A

British Petroleum
Essar Group
FedEx Corp
iGATE
Petronas
Reliance Industries
Vedanta Resources

Private Equity

Apax Partners
Bain Group
Blackstone Group
Carlyle Group
General Atlantic
Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts
Norwest Venture Partners
TPG Capital

Restructuring GTL

HPCL
ICICI Bank
SIDBI
State Bank of India
Wockhardt Limited

Project Finance

ICICI Bank
Industrial Development Bank of India
Infrastructure Development Finance Company
Power Finance Corporation
State Bank of India

Indian Investment Bank

Edelweiss Capital
Enam Securities
ICICI Securities Ltd
IDFC Capital
JM Financial
Kotak Investment Banking
SBI Capital
Yes Bank

International Investment Bank

Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Standard Chartered Bank
UBS

Indian Company

To be announced on the evening

International Company

To be announced on the evening

FIRMS OF THE YEAR

Dispute Resolution

Amarchand Mangaldas
J Sagar Associates
Kanga & Co
Karanjawala & Co
Luthra & Luthra
Mulla & Mulla Craigie Blunt & Caroe
Wadia Ghandy & Co

Infrastructure

Amarchand Mangaldas
J Sagar Associates
Luthra & Luthra
Trilegal

Real Estate

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Luthra & Luthra
Wadia Ghandy & Co

Intellectual Property

Anand and Anand
K&S Partners
Lall & Sethi
Lall Lahiri & Salhotra
Remfry & Sagar
SS Rana & Co
Singh & Singh

Labour & Employment

AZB & Partners
Fox Mandal
India Juris
Kochhar & Co
Majmudar & Partners
Trilegal

TMT

AZB & Partners
J Sagar Associates
Naik Naik & Company
Nishith Desai Associates
Trilegal

Bangalore

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Dua Associates
Fox Mandal
J Sagar Associates
Trilegal

Calcutta

Amarchand Mangaldas
Udwadia Udeshi & Argus Partners
Fox Mandal
Khaitan & Co

Chennai

Fox Mandal
Kochhar & Co
Surana & Surana International Attorneys

Hyderabad

IndusLaw
J Sagar Associates
Trilegal

Mumbai

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Desai & Diwanji
Khaitan & Co
Luthra & Luthra

New Delhi

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
J Sagar Associates
Khaitan & Co
Luthra & Luthra
Trilegal

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD


To be announced on the evening

INDIAN & INTERNATIONAL FIRMS OF THE YEAR

Indian Firm of the Year

Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
J Sagar Associates
Khaitan & Co
Luthra & Luthra
Trilegal

International Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling