Jurisdiction – China
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
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Tian Yuan Law Firm |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx |
HK$120 million ($15.5 million) |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company Ltd |
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Zhong Lun Law Firm |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx |
HK$120 million ($15.5 million) |
Sole sponsor: Haitong International Capital Ltd Underwriters: Haitong International Securities Company Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx |
HK$120 million ($15.5 million) |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company Ltd |
Judy Lee (Partner) Chris Cheng (Senior associate) |
|
Chiu & Partners |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx |
HK$120 million ($15.5 million) |
Sole sponsor: Haitong International Capital Ltd Underwriters: Haitong International Securities Company Ltd |
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Eversheds |
Top-up placement of China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings’ existing shares held by Strong Eagle Holdings |
HK$324 million ($41.8 million) |
Sole placing agent: BOCI Asia Ltd |
Stephen Mok (Head of Corporate, Asia) Norman Hui (Partner) Kurt Lau (Associate) |
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Loong & Yeung Solicitors |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx |
HK$120 million ($15.5 million) |
Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company Ltd |
|
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O'Melveny & Myers (U.S. counsel) |
$2.8 billion |
Giant Interactive Group Inc |
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Slaughter and May |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 |
$200 million |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp |
Benita Yu (Partner) William Ho, Amanda Ho, Brian Dew (Associates) |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
Giant Interactive Group’s proposed go-private transaction |
$2.8 billion |
Baring Private Equity Asia |
Akiko Mikumo (Partner) U-Hyeon (Billy) Kwon, Dianna Lee (Associates) |
|
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (U.S. counsel) |
Giant Interactive Group’s proposed go-private transaction |
$2.8 billion |
1.Mr. Yuzhu Shi (Giant Interactive Group’s Chairman) 2.Some of Mr. Shi’s affiliated entities 3.An affiliate of Baring Private Equity Asia |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Ballard Sphar (U.S. counsel) |
Kuraray’s purchase of DuPont’s glass-laminating and vinyls businesses |
$543 million |
DuPont |
Craig Circosta (Partner) |
|
Bingham McCutchen |
Kuraray’s purchase of DuPont’s glass-laminating and vinyls businesses |
$543 million |
Kuraray Co |
Kevin Sheridan, Satoru Murase, Scott Bluni, Anthony Carbone, Jeanie Cogill, Rachelle Dubow, Doug Schwarz, Fred Gallo, Axel Vogelmann, Tsugumichi Watanabe, James Thompson, Matthew Puhar, Vance Chapman (Partners) Joe Castelluccio, Tom Gray, Bill Squires, Sophie Jermine, Stefan Gehrlein, Charles Rogers (Counsel) Peter Batten, Jill Weintraub, Tony Barnes (Of counsel) Candace Martin, Kate Kimball, David Owen, Kayleigh Pettit, Dhruv Kaushal, Joe Einav, Hugo Webb, Sophie Donnithorne-Tait, Sonia Lor (Associates) |
|
Clifford Chance |
Intermediate Capital Group’s 50:50 partnership with Nomura Holdings Inc |
JPY10 billion ($99.3 million) |
Intermediate Capital Group Plc |
Andrew Whan, Eiichi Kanda (Partners) Maiko Adachi (Associate) Yasuyuki Takayama (Counsel) |
|
Slaughter and May |
Swiss Re’s acquisition of 4.9 percent shareholding in New China Life Insurance Company from Zurich Insurance Company Ltd |
HK$3,821 million ($493 million) |
Swiss Re Ltd |
Neil Hyman (Partner) Roger Cheng (Associate) |
|
Squire Sanders (U.S. counsel) |
Kuraray’s purchase of DuPont’s glass-laminating and vinyls businesses |
$543 million |
Kuraray Co |
Barry Pupkin (Partner) |
Jurisdiction – Taiwan
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
Hermes Microvision’s offering of 10,000,000 global depositary shares |
$291.7 million |
Goldman Sachs |
Chris Lin, Robert Holo (Partners) Asher Hsu, Sophie Staples, Tse-Yu Su (Associates) |
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
Wisdom Marine’s Regulation S offering of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 |
$60 million |
J.P. Morgan |
Chris Lin (Partner) Asher Hsu (Associate) |
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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