by Legal Desire

26 July 2022

Latham & Watkins advices on Thai Life Insurance’s US$1 Billion IPO

Capital Markets & IPO Financial Services Completed Thailand

Advising firms

Latham & Watkins LLP

Underwriters acting for CIMB Investment Bank Berhad, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore) Pte. Limited, Merrill Lynch (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., and Nomura Singapore Limited as joint international bookrunners; Capital Nomura Securities Public Company Limited, CGS-CIMB Securities (Thailand) Company Limited, Finansa Securities Limited, Kiatnakin Phatra Securities Public Company Limited, and Krungsri Securities Public Company Limited as joint domestic bookrunners; and AIRA Securities Public Company Limited, Asia Plus Securities Company Limited, Bualuang Securities Public Company Limited, KGI Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited, SCB Securities Company Limited, Thanachart Securities Public Company Limited, TISCO Securities Company Limited, and Yuanta Securities (Thailand) Company Limited as domestic co-underwriters

Deal team

5 lawyers named

Lawyer	Firm	Seniority	Practice	Office
Posit Laohaphan Lead	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	Not stated	Hong Kong
Sirada Chayabunjonglerd	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	Not stated	Singapore
Cher Lin Chin	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	Not stated	Singapore
Eric Volkman	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	regulatory matters	Washington, D.C.
Matthew Gregory	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	regulatory matters	Not stated

Stated terms

Stated value: USD 1bn (US$1 billion)
What the figure measures: Issue size
Client: Not stated
Counterparties: Thai Life Insurance (Issuer)