Capital Markets: Equity
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 1
Chambers Review
Skadden has a strong reputation for its broad capital markets practice, with notable prowess in cross-border equity offerings. It has extended its practice across South-East Asia from its Singapore office, while maintaining its strong presence in Hong Kong. Its established team in Japan is well regarded for advice on US law and international IPOs. It also ably handles high-yield bond issuances, where it has been busy advising on complex offerings in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. The firm ably handles regional investment-grade offerings spanning South-East Asia, China and Japan and represents an impressive roster of international banks, industrial corporations and sovereign wealth funds.
Asia-Pacific head of capital markets Adrian Deitz is a key contact in Sydney. Other key contacts include Jonathan Stone in Hong Kong and Rajeev Duggal in Singapore.
Work Highlights
- Skadden advised Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse as underwriters on the approximately USD510 million IPO and IDX listing by Global Digital Niaga of BliBli, its e-commerce business.
- Skadden advised Li Auto on a USD2 billion at-the-market offering of American depositary shares.
- Skadden advised PT Medco Energi Internasional on its tender offers relating to USD650 million 7.375% senior notes due 2026 and USD650 million 6.375% senior notes due 2027.
- Skadden acted for NTT Finance on its approximately USD1.5 billion senior notes offering.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Skadden are reliable, very trustworthy and very flexible. They can address our needs and create tailor-made advice."
"Skadden show the depth and breadth of their team and we can always get quick responses. The insights they provided showed strong commercial awareness."
"The Skadden team is among a small group of firms in Singapore that has the ability to tackle and resolve the most complex US securities matters that arise."
"Skadden are reliable, very trustworthy and very flexible. They can address our needs and create tailor-made advice."
"Skadden show the depth and breadth of their team and we can always get quick responses. The insights they provided showed strong commercial awareness."
"The Skadden team is among a small group of firms in Singapore that has the ability to tackle and resolve the most complex US securities matters that arise."