SSEK Wins Deal of Year for Alibaba Acquisition of Lazada

SSEK has been recognized in Asian-MENA Counsel's Deals of the Year 2016 for our involvement in Alibaba's US$1 billion purchase of a controlling stake in Southeast Asian online retailer Lazada Group.

SSEK acted as Indonesian counsel to Alibaba as part of the acquisition. The SSEK team was led by founding partner Ira A. Eddymurthy.

Sullivan & Cromwell was international counsel for Alibaba Group.

Asian-MENA Counsel is the publication of In-House Community, a community of more than 21,000 individual in-house lawyers and those with a responsibility for legal and compliance issues within an organization in Asia and the Middle East. Asian-MENA Counsel is published by Pacific Business Press.