Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Appleby (Bermuda counsel) Jetgo Development’s acquisition of the remaining shares of Prosperity Minerals Holdings $108 million Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Jeffrey Kirk (Partner) Vincent Chan (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Clifford Chance Asian Mineral Resources’ mining services contracts, equipment leasing arrangements and project financing for Ban Phuc Nickel Project $20 million (for project financing) Asian Mineral Resources Ltd Ashvin Seetulsingh, Ting Ting Tan, Jon Carson (Partners) Phil Sealey (Counsel) Gemma Bentley (Senior associate) Proskauer Rose Zhuguang Holdings Group Company’s issue of guaranteed secured senior notes $200 million Lead initial investor: CCB International Jay Tai (Partner) Slaughter and May Ratnakar Bank’s acquisition of RBS' business banking, credit cards and residential mortgage businesses in India Undisclosed Ratnakar Bank Ltd David Watkins, Laurence Rudge (Partners) Tanya de Villiers (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Cheil Industries and Samsung Electronics’ proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Novaled AG 260 million euros ($347.8 million) Cheil Industries Samsung Electronics Matthias Horbach, Young Shin, Johannes Frey (Partners) Holger Hofmeister, Jörg Herwig, Horst Henschen, Giorgio Motta, Ulrich Ziegler (Counsel) Martin Prokoph, Jörg Neubauer, Michael Steiner (Associates) Sullivan & Cromwell Cheil Industries and Samsung Electronics’ proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Novaled AG 260 million euros ($347.8 million) Novaled AG’s shareholders York Schnorbus, Michael DeSombre (Partners) Markus Lauer (Counsel)
Jurisdiction – Australia
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved ClarkeKann Lawyers Fortescue Metals Group’s joint venture with Formosa Plastics Group $1.5 billion Formosa Plastics Group John Toigo (Senior associates) DLA Piper Fortescue Metals Group’s joint venture with Formosa Plastics Group $1.5 billion Fortescue Metals Group Jim Holding, Stephen Webb (Partners) Lyndon Masters (Senior associate)
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