Jurisdiction – China
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Ashurst |
Hengyi Industries’ construction and operation of Brunei's second petrochemical refinery |
Undisclosed |
Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd |
Matthew Bubb (Partner) Giles Ashman (Of Counsel) Anna Hermelin, Samantha Loh (Senior associates) Nicholas Dimitriou (Associate) |
Clifford Chance |
$2 billion |
COFCO Corp |
Terence Foo, David Griston (Partners) Yan Yuan, Joel Erwteman, Richard Blewett, Yong Bai (Senior associates) Menghan Wang, Pieter Leefers (Associates) Angie Ng (Registered foreign lawyer) |
|
Zhong Lun Law Firm |
Kraton Performance Polymer’s combination with LCY Chemical Corp |
$700 million |
Kraton Performance Polymer Inc |
|
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy |
Sun Hung Kai Properties’ issue of guaranteed notes due 2024 |
$400 million |
HSBC (Sole manager) |
|
Ashurst |
Navis Capital Partners’ acquisition of a majority stake in Amazon Papyrus Chemicals Group |
Undisclosed |
Amazon Papyrus Chemicals Group’s founders, shareholders |
Robert Ogilvy Watson, Richard Palmer (Partners) Audrius Skeivys (Senior associate) Justin Seto, Philippa Michie (Associates) |
Cheung & Lee in association with Locke Lord |
Huisheng International Holdings’ IPO on the HKex |
HK$246 million ($31.7 million) |
Huisheng International Holdings Ltd |
Michael Fung (Partner) Jeffrey Kung (Counsel) |
Clifford Chance |
Jingneng Investment Group’s issue of 2.75 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2017 |
$300 million |
Jingneng Investment Group Co Ltd |
|
Clifford Chance |
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Tyco International’s South Korean security business, ADT Korea |
$1.93 billion |
Carlyle Group |
Simon Cooke, Hyun Kim, Anthony Wang, Matthew Truman (Partners) Satbir Walia, Bong-Sang Cho (Senior associates) Yemi Tépé, Andrew Kelly (Counsel) Chris Psathas, Elizabeth Schultz (Associates) |
Deacons |
Huisheng International Holdings’ IPO on the HKex |
HK$246 million ($31.7 million) |
1.Cinda International Capital Ltd (Sponsor) 2.Cinda International Securities Ltd (global coordinator bookrunner and lead manager) 3.Underwriters |
Sabrina Fung (Partner) |
Linklaters |
Jingneng Investment Group’s issue of 2.75 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2017 |
$300 million |
Joint lead managers and bookrunners: 1.Deutsche Bank 2.Citigroup 3.ABC International 4.China Merchants Securities (HK) 5.Essence International 6.CITIC Securities International Trustee: DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd |
|
Linklaters |
Sun Hung Kai Properties’ issue of guaranteed notes due 2024 |
$400 million |
Sun Hung Kai Properties (Capital Market) Ltd |
|
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) |
Jingneng Investment Group’s issue of 2.75 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2017 |
$300 million |
Jingneng Investment Group Co Ltd |
Jenny Nip (Partner) Juno Huang (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) |
Sun Hung Kai Properties’ issue of guaranteed notes due 2024 |
$400 million |
Sun Hung Kai Properties (Capital Market) Ltd |
Stacey Overholt (Partner) |
Paul Hastings |
Fast Retailing’s secondary listing of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the HKex |
Undisclosed |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Catherine Tsang, Scott Saks (Partners) Keith Pisani (Counsel) Samson Suen (Associate) |
Paul Hastings |
Gemdale (Asia) Investment’s issue of guaranteed bonds due 2017 |
RMB1,050 million ($171 million) |
Gemdale (Asia) Investment Ltd |
Vivian Lam (Partner) Celia Chau (Associate) |
Slaughter and May |
Arcadis’ acquisition of the inProjects and the Genesis groups |
Undisclosed |
Arcadis N.V. |
David Watkins (Partner) Alana Lam (Associate) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Tyco International’s South Korean security business, ADT Korea |
$1.93 billion |
Tyco International |
Alan Klein, Lori Lesser, Rob Holo, Jin Park, Sinead O’Shea (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
China Metal Resources Utilization’s offer and listing of shares on the HKEx |
HK$698.8 million ($90.2 million) |
BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd (Sole sponsor and global coordinator) |
Alec Tracy, Christopher Betts (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
Fast Retailing’s secondary listing of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the HKex |
Undisclosed |
Fast Retailing Co Ltd |
Christopher Betts, Nobuhisa Ishizuka, Edward Lam (Partners) Ivy Wong (Counsel) Hiroshi Miura (Associate) |
Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Kim & Chang |
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Tyco International’s South Korean security business, ADT Korea |
$1.93 billion |
Tyco International |
|
Lee & Ko |
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Tyco International’s South Korean security business, ADT Korea |
$1.93 billion |
Carlyle Group |
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Jurisdiction – Taiwan
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker Botts |
Kraton Performance Polymer’s combination with LCY Chemical Corp |
$700 million |
Kraton Performance Polymer Inc |
Jeff Layman, Stephen Massad, Paul Perea, Adam Haubenreich, Thomas Fina, Don Lonczak, Mark Bodron, Chris Wilson, Aileen Hooks, Paul Luther, Ama Adams, Derek Jones (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
Kraton Performance Polymer’s combination with LCY Chemical Corp |
$700 million |
LCY Chemical Corp |
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