Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy CPIIM's world-scale alumina project in the Republic of Guinea $6 billion CPI International Minerals Co Ltd (CPIIM) Matthias Voss, Alexandre Ancel, Meredith Campion (Partners) Marie-Adélaide de Fleurieu, Wang Xue, Frédérique Dugué, Kristin Northway (Associates) Baker & McKenzie Beijing Enterprises Water Group’s acquisition of nine raw water, water treatment, water supply and sewage treatment projects from Salcon Berhad and Salcon Water (Asia) RMB 955 million ($156 million) Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd Rossana Chu (Partner) Damon Law (Senior associate) Clyde & Co FibroGen’s product development collaboration with AstraZeneca $350 million FibroGen Michael Cripps (Partner) Jia Yuan Law Offices Lisi’s entry into the department store and supermarket retail business HK$893 million ($115 million) Lisi Group (Holdings) Ltd King & Spalding CPIIM's world-scale alumina project in the Republic of Guinea $6 billion Government of Guinea Morrison & Foerster China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings’ 4.5 percent credit enhanced bond offering due 2018 $335 million China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings Ltd Melody He-Chen, Ven Tan (Partners) Sylla & Partners CPIIM's world-scale alumina project in the Republic of Guinea $6 billion Government of Guinea Mohamed Sidiki Sylla (Attorney-at-law)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Appleby (Bermuda counsel) |
Hero Valour’s mandatory cash offer to acquire Tsit Wing International’s entire share capital |
S$65.48 million ($51.5 million) |
Tsit Wing International |
John Melia (Partner) Vincent Chan (Associate) |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Dual-tranche syndicated financing for the Yuzhou Group |
$32 million and $35 million |
HSBC Ltd (Arranger) |
Alexander Aitken (Partner) Etelka Bogardi (Consultant) Victor Ding, Sherry Lai (Senior associates) |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Wing Tai Properties’ deal for new offshore real estate financings |
> $780 million |
Wing Tai Properties Ltd |
Alexander Aitken (Partner) Etelka Bogardi (Consultant) Victor Ding, Sherry Lai (Senior associates) |
|
Li & Partners |
Lisi’s entry into the department store and supermarket retail business |
HK$893 million ($115 million) |
Lisi Group (Holdings) Ltd |
Kelvin Chan (Partner) Jason Leung (Solicitor) Linda Lau |
|
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) |
Citi Investment Trust’s launch of Templeton Global Bond Fund Foreign Currency Series |
N/A |
Citi Investment Trust |
Nick Harrold (Partner) Kathryn Smith (Associate) |
|
Mayer Brown JSM |
Wing Tai Properties’ deal for new offshore real estate financings |
> $780 million |
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd |
|
|
Paul Hastings |
Tenwow International Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO |
$203 million |
Tenwow International Holdings Ltd |
Raymond Li, Sammy Li, Steven Winegar (Partners) Bonnie Yung, Nan Li (Counsel) Anthony Pang, Yingying Chen, Samson Suen (Associates) |
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
Tenwow International Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO |
$203 million |
Underwriters: 1.Deutsche Bank 2.HSBC 3.China International Capital Corp |
Chris Wong, Chris Lin, Robert Holo (Partners) Felicia Lai (Registered foreign lawyer) Jodi Sackel (Associate) |
Jurisdiction – Japan
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
Citi Investment Trust’s launch of Templeton Global Bond Fund Foreign Currency Series |
N/A |
Citi Investment Trust |
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