Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved China Commerce Law Firm China Aluminum Cans Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$100 million ($12.9 million) China Aluminum Cans Holdings Ltd Davis Polk & Wardwell Cloudary Corp’s private placements to Goldman Sachs and Temasek Holdings $110 million Cloudary Corp Miranda So (Partner) Abhishek Kolay (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) Margie Chan, Annie Yan (Associates) Jenah Pei Jiang (Legal assistant) Fenwick & West Tsinghua Unigroup’s acquisition of Spreadtrum Communications $1.78 billion Spreadtrum Communications Ltd Jingtian & Gongcheng New Century Real Estate Investment Trust’s listing of units on HKEx HK$680 million ($87.7 million) Joint bookrunners and lead underwriters: 1.Morgan Stanley Asia 2.Standard Chartered Securities (Hong Kong) 3.BOCI Asia 4.BOCOM International Securities 5.CCB International Capital 6.China Galaxy International Securities (Hong Kong) 7.Haitong International Securities Company Jun He Law Offices S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) S. Culture International Holdings Ltd King & Wood Mallesons New Century Real Estate Investment Trust’s listing of units on HKEx HK$680 million ($87.7 million) Manager: New Asset Management Ltd Morrison & Foerster Tsinghua Unigroup’s acquisition of Spreadtrum Communications $1.78 billion Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) China Aluminum Cans Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$100 million ($12.9 million) China Aluminum Cans Holdings Ltd Judy Lee (Partner) Chris Cheng (Associate) Appleby (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) New Century Real Estate Investment Trust’s listing of units on HKEx HK$680 million ($87.7 million) Manager: New Asset Management Ltd Judy Lee (Partner) Julia Tam (Associate) Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) S. Culture International Holdings Ltd Judy Lee (Partner) Jo Lit (Associate) Baker & McKenzie New Century Real Estate Investment Trust’s listing of units on HKEx HK$680 million ($87.7 million) New Century REIT’s trustee: DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd Hastings & Co China Aluminum Cans Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$100 million ($12.9 million) China Aluminum Cans Holdings Ltd Latham & Watkins New Century Real Estate Investment Trust’s listing of units on HKEx HK$680 million ($87.7 million) Manager: New Asset Management Ltd Linklaters (English counsel) Hengan International Group’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 HK$5,434 million ($701.2 million) Joint lead managers: 1.Deutsche Bank 2.JP Morgan 3.HSBC 4.UBS 5.Nomura Loeb & Loeb S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) Sponsor: RHB OSK Capital Hong Kong Ltd Maples and Calder Hengan International Group’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 HK$5,434 million ($701.2 million) Hengan International Group Co Ltd Christine Chang (Partner) Derrick Kan (Senior associate) Pang & Co S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) Sponsor: RHB OSK Capital Hong Kong Ltd Paul Hastings New Century Real Estate Investment Trust’s listing of units on HKEx HK$680 million ($87.7 million) Joint bookrunners and lead underwriters: 1.Morgan Stanley Asia 2.Standard Chartered Securities (Hong Kong) 3.BOCI Asia 4.BOCOM International Securities 5.CCB International Capital 6.China Galaxy International Securities (Hong Kong) 7.Haitong International Securities Company Norton Rose Fulbright Grant of an equivalent dual currency syndicated term facility to Yuzhou Properties $101.8 million Facility agent and mandated lead arranger: HSBC Peter Haslam (Partner) David Milligan (Senior associate) Emily Howell (Registered foreign lawyer) Teresa Han (Trainee solicitor) Reed Smith Richards Butler (English counsel) Hengan International Group’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 HK$5,434 million ($701.2 million) Hengan International Group Co Ltd Shearman & Sterling Tsinghua Unigroup’s acquisition of Spreadtrum Communications $1.78 billion Financial adviser to Spreadtrum’s board of directors: Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd Paul Strecker (Partner) Yi Zhang (Counsel ) Denise Ho (Associate) Sidley Austin CAA Resources’ HK IPO $62.5 million Sponsors and underwriters: 1.China Everbright 2.BOC International Constance Choy, Gloria Lam, Sherlyn Lau, Raymond Oh (Partners) Sidley Austin Freetech Road Recycling Technology China’s HK IPO $81 million Joint bookrunners: 1.Citic Securities International 2.CICC 3.Guotai Junan International Constance Choy, Gloria Lam, Sherlyn Lau, Raymond Oh (Partners) Sidley Austin Modern Land (China) Group’s HK IPO $76.4 million Modern Land (China) Group Constance Choy, Gloria Lam, Sherlyn Lau, Raymond Oh (Partners) Sidley Austin Sinosoft Technology Group’s HK IPO $55.7 million Sinosoft Technology Group Constance Choy, Gloria Lam, Sherlyn Lau, Raymond Oh (Partners) Wilkinson & Grist S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) S. Culture International Holdings Ltd
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie NTT Communications’ acquisition of additional shares in Frontline Systems Undisclosed NTT Communications Ben McLaughlin, Hiroshi Kondo (Partners) Candice Heggelund, Simone Bridges, Tetsuo Tsujimoto (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Macau
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved MdME Lawyers S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) S. Culture International Holdings Ltd
Jurisdiction – Taiwan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Lee, Tsai & Partners S. Culture International Holdings’ HKEx listing HK$107 million ($13.8 million) S. Culture International Holdings Ltd Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Fubon Financial Holding’s global depositary shares offer $850 million J.P. Morgan Chris Lin, Rob Holo (Partners) Heather Tsai (Registered foreign lawyer) Asher Hsu, Devin Heckman (Associates) Tse-Yu Su
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