Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Commerce & Finance Law Offices Central China Real Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018 $400 million Central China Real Estate Ltd Davis Polk & Wardwell Central China Real Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018 $400 million Initial purchasers: 1.DBS 2.Deutsche Bank 3.J.P. Morgan 4.Morgan Stanley 5.Nomura 6.UBS William Barron, John Paton (Partners) Gerhard Radtke (Registered foreign lawyer-counsel) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) Rhiannon Nakano (Associate) Lu Tan, Ling Jessica Zhang (Legal assistants) Jingtian & Gongcheng Central China Real Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018 $400 million Initial purchasers: 1.DBS 2.Deutsche Bank 3.J.P. Morgan 4.Morgan Stanley 5.Nomura 6.UBS McGuireWoods Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods $7.1 billion Smithfield Foods Paul Hastings Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods $7.1 billion Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd Raymond Li, Vivian Lam, Michael Chernick, Scott Flicker (Partners) Carl Sanchez (Chair of global mergers and acquisitions) Elizabeth Razzano, Laura McGurty, Michael LaPlante, Ellen Holmes, Dana Stepnowsky, Fang Pei, Katherine Watlington, Wilson Yiu (Associates) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods $7.1 billion Smithfield Foods Rob Spatt, Patrick Naughton, Leiming Chen, Shaolin Luo (Partners) Troutman Sanders Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods $7.1 billion Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld CITIC PE’s buyout of 3SBio Inc $338.3 million CITIC PE Gregory Puff, Zach Wittenberg (Partners) David Lee (Counsel) Baker & McKenzie Champion Real Estate Investment Trust’s acquisition of four floors of Citibank Tower HK$2.155 billion ($280 million) Eagle Asset Management (CP) Ltd (Champion Real Estate Investment Trust’s manager) Milton Cheng (Partner) Jeremy Ong (Associate) Baker & McKenzie Regal Real Estate Investment Trust’s issue of 4.10 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 $150 million Regal Real Estate Investment Trust Milton Cheng, Andrew Lockhart (Partners) Jeremy Ong, Erica Jiang (Associates) Clifford Chance Regal Real Estate Investment Trust’s issue of 4.10 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 $150 million Joint lead managers: 1.ABCI Capital Ltd 2.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd 3.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd 4.UBS AG, HK branch 5.Wing Lung Bank Ltd Conyers Dill & Pearman Global offering and listing of share stapled units jointly issued by Langham Hospitality and Langham Hospitality Investments Ltd $550 million Langham Hospitality Davis Polk & Wardwell China Hui Yuan Juice Holdings’ disposal of China Huiyuan Industry Holding to China Huiyuan Juice Group HK$4.9 billion ($630 million) China Hui Yuan Juice Holdings Co Ltd Paul Chow, Miranda So, Howard Zhang (Partners) Margie Chan, Amanda Lau (Associates) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Global offering and listing of share stapled units jointly issued by Langham Hospitality and Langham Hospitality Investments Ltd $550 million Sponsors and Underwriters Ken Martin (China corporate practice head) Grace Huang (Partner) David Cotton (Corporate counsel) Kennedys Cordlife Group’s acquisition of Cordlife’s cord blood and cord tissue banking businesses $5.43 million (A$5.5 million/ S$6.8 million) Cordlife Group Ltd Richard Bates (Partner) Troy Mossley (Registered foreign lawyer) Kirkland & Ellis China Harmony Auto Holding’s IPO and listing on HKEx $248 million to $362 million 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC 2.China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Ltd Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Fan Zhang (Partners) Henry Cheng (Counsel) Li & Partners Central China Real Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018 $400 million Central China Real Estate Ltd Mayer Brown JSM Global offering and listing of share stapled units jointly issued by Langham Hospitality and Langham Hospitality Investments Ltd $550 million Langham Hospitality Investments Morrison & Foerster China Hui Yuan Juice Holdings’ disposal of China Huiyuan Industry Holding to China Huiyuan Juice Group HK$4.9 billion ($630 million) China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd Xiaohu Ma, Jeremy Hunt (Partners) Jun Deng (Of counsel) Paul Hastings Ayala Corp’s treasury share block sale PHP3.4 billion ($79 million) CLSA Ltd (Placing agent) Patricia Tan Openshaw, Steven Winegar (Partners) Jordan Baggs (Associate) Paul Hastings China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining’s issue of RMB-denominated convertible bonds due 2018 RMB820 million ($134 million) China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd Raymond Li, Vivian Lam, Christian Parker (Partners) Erika Wan, Matthew Poxon, May Lun (Associates) Slaughter and May Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s third issue of inflation-linked bonds due 2016 HK$10 billion ($1.3 billion) Hong Kong Monetary Authority Lisa Chung (Partner) Simon Chan (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe U-Shin’s acquisition of Valeo’s access mechanisms business 203 million euros ($266 million) U-Shin Ltd L. Mark Weeks (Managing partner) George Rigo (Partner)
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