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Maxis Berhad IPO

- US$3,300.00 m

  • Entry date - Monday, 4 January 2010
  • Jurisdiction - Malaysia
  • Practice - Equity Market
  • Largest Malaysia IPO and Asia in 2009, biggest Telco public offering in Asia-Pacific since 2000.


  • Firm - Adnan, Sundra & Low
  • Client - Underwriters
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role - Malaysian counsel
  • Firm - Clifford Chance
  • Client - Maxis Berhad
  • Lead Lawyers - Crawford Brickley
  • Role - Int. Counsel
  • Firm - Kadir Andri & Partners
  • Client - Maxis Berhad
  • Lead Lawyers - E. Sreesanthan, Samuel Hong
  • Role - Malaysian counsel
  • Firm - Linklaters
  • Client - Underwriters
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role - Int. Counsel

Deal summary

  • Malaysia’s biggest mobile phone company, Maxis Berhad’s in US$3.3bn IPO on the Bursa Malaysia.

  • Largest Malaysia IPO and Asia in 2009, biggest Telco public offering in Asia-Pacific since 2000.

  • Clifford Chance advised Maxis on its first IPO in 2002 and its sale of 25% equity interest to Saudi Telecom in 2007.

  • Latest deal for Asian Telco industry - follows China Unicom’s US$1.3bn share buyback from Korea’s SK Telecom and its US$1bn alliance with Spain’s Telefónica.

  • “Strong regional companies, such as Maxis, are taking advantage of stable home markets and recovering liquidity to further their regional and international strategies,” Crawford Brickley, Clifford Chance.


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