Jurisdiction – China
Firm
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Deal
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Value
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Client
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Lawyer(s) involved
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
(U.S. counsel)
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Haichang Holdings’ HKEx IPO
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$316 million
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Haichang Holdings Ltd
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Baker & McKenzie (U.S. counsel)
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Brady Corp’s sale of its Asian and European Die-Cut business to Boyd Corp
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Undisclosed
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Brady Corp
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Clifford Chance
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Haichang Holdings’ HKEx IPO
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$316 million
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Joint global coordinators and joint sponsors: 1.Bank of America
2.BNP Paribas
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Jean Yu,
Tim Wang,
Jean Thio
(Partners)
John Baptist Chan
(Consultant)
Naiting Cao
(Senior associate)
David Ting,
Carol Chan,
Zhibin Fan
(Associates)
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Eversheds
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Brady Corp’s sale of its Asian and European Die-Cut business to Boyd Corp
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Undisclosed
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Brady Corp
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Antony Walsh,
Sze-Hui Goh,
Per Westman (Partners)
Jack Cai
(Head of Shanghai Office)
Caroline Wikstrom
(Senior associate)
Chris Archer,
Sam Chen,
Monica Mo,
Sabine Wagner,
Joyce Tan
(Associates)
Holger Holle
(Counsel)
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Fangda Partners
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$3 billion
|
Baring Private Equity Asia, Hony Capital
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|
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Grandall Legal Firm
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$3 billion
|
Giant Interactive Group
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Jun He Law Offices
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$3 billion
|
Mandated lead arrangers
|
|
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Maples and Calder
(Cayman Island counsel)
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Haichang Holdings’ HKEx IPO
|
$316 million
|
Haichang Holdings Ltd
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John Trehey
(Partner)
Derrick Kan
(Associate)
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O'Melveny and Myers
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$3 billion
|
Giant Interactive Group
|
|
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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$3 billion
|
Baring Private Equity Asia, Buyer’s consortium
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Akiko Mikumo,
Soo-Jin Shim
(Partners)
Chris Welty,
Erika Evasdottir,
Jeremiah Phillips,
Eugene Kim,
Emma Rubin
(Associates)
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm
|
Deal
|
Value
|
Client
|
Lawyer(s) involved
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
|
$3 billion
|
Duff & Phelps LLC (Joint financial adviser to the Special Committee of Giant Interactive Group)
|
Greg Puff,
Zach Wittenberg (Partners)
Michelle Chan
(Associate)
|
|
Appleby
(Cayman Islands counsel)
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$3 billion
|
Mandated lead arrangers
|
|
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Conyers, Dill and Pearman
(Cayman Islands counsel)
|
$3 billion
|
Giant Interactive Group
|
|
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Fenwick & West
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$3 billion
|
Special Committee of Giant Interactive Group
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|
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Linklaters
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$3 billion
|
Mandated lead arrangers
|
|
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Maples and Calder
(Cayman Islands counsel)
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$3 billion
|
Special Committee of Giant Interactive Group
|
|
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
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Haichang Holdings’ HKEx IPO
|
$316 million
|
Haichang Holdings Ltd
|
Dieter Yih,
Joshua Zimmerman
(Partners)
Mandy Wong
(Counsel)
Jessica Zhou
(Senior associate)
Kate Lee,
Jason Frank
(Associates)
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Shearman & Sterling
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$3 billion
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Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd
|
|
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
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$3 billion
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Hony Capital
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|
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Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom
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Vipshop Holdings’ offer of 1.5 percent convertible senior notes due 2019
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$550 million
|
Vipshop Holdings Ltd
|
Julie Gao,
Jonathan Stone
(Partners)
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
|
$3 billion
|
1.Mr. Shi
2.An affiliate of Baring Private Equity Asia
3.An affiliate of Hony Capital Fund V, L.P.
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