Jurisdiction – China
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
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Baker & McKenzie |
McCormick & Co’s purchase of Wuhan Asia-Pacific Condiments Co’s entire assets |
RMB900 million ($147 million) |
McCormick & Co |
Howard Wu (Partner) Cherri Shi (Special counsel) |
|
Beijing Jing Rui Law Firm |
China Harmony Auto Holding’s Hong Kong IPO |
HK$1.67 billion ($215.5 million) |
China Harmony Auto Holding Ltd |
|
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Dalian Wanda Group acquisition of Sunseeker International (Holdings) |
320 million pounds (~$492 million) |
Dalian Wanda Group |
Alan Wang, Simon Weller, Paddy Ko, Adrian Maguire, Murray Clayson, Mark Parson, Emma Kendall (Partners) |
|
Jingtian & Gongcheng |
China Harmony Auto Holding’s Hong Kong IPO |
HK$1.67 billion ($215.5 million) |
Underwriters: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) 2.China International Capital Corp Hong Kong |
|
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Kirkland & Ellis China Harmony Auto Holding’s Hong Kong IPO HK$1.67 billion ($215.5 million) Sponsors and underwriters: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) 2.China International Capital Corp Hong Kong Dominic Tsun (Senior partner) David Zhang Li-Chien Wong, Fan Zhang (Partners) Paul Hastings Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust’s euro medium- term securities programme $1.5 billion 1.DBS Trustee Ltd 2.Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Treasury Company (S) Pte Ltd 3.Mapletree Greater China Commercial Treasury Company (HKSAR) Ltd 4.MGCCT Trustee Vivian Lam (Partner) Erika Wan (Associate) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett China Harmony Auto Holding’s Hong Kong IPO HK$1.67 billion ($215.5 million) China Harmony Auto Holding Ltd Chris Wong, Chris Lin, Robert Holo (Partners) Marjory Ding, Yu Wang, Ethle Tang, Irene Lau, Vanessa Cohen (Associates) Slaughter and May MTR Corp and MTR Corp (C.I.)’s increase in aggregate nominal amount of notes under their debt issuance programme $3-$4 billion Issuers: 1.MTR Corp Ltd 2.MTR Corp (C.I.) Ltd Laurence Rudge (Partner) Roger Cheng, Gerard Pang (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie Sumitomo Corp’s development and investment in three Japan-based mega-solar power projects JPY18 billion ($180 million) Sumitomo Corp Naoaki Eguchi (Head, Banking and Finance Practice) Toshio Shimada, Masabumi Tamagawa, Takehito Sekiguchi (Associates) Nishimura & Asahi Sumitomo Corp’s development and investment in three Japan-based mega-solar power projects JPY18 billion ($180 million) Sponsor: Mizuho Corporate Bank
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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