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Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Qiyi.com’s issue of Series F preferred shares to Baidu Holdings, Xiaomi Ventures and Prominent TMT

Undisclosed

Qiyi.com Inc

Howard Zhang,

Li He

(Partners)

 

Annie Yan,

Hong (Cathryn) Jin

(Associates)

DLA Piper

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company’s issue of H shares on the HKEx

$4.75 billion

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China

Liu Wei

(Beijing office managing partner)

 

Roy Chan

(Shanghai office managing partner)

 

Stephen Peepels (Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific)

 

Yeti Ho

(Of counsel)

DLA Piper

Sinopharm Group Company’s issue of new shares; its third H- share placement

HK$5.5 billion

($710 million)

Sinopharm Group Company Ltd

Liu Wei

(Beijing office managing partner)

 

Stephen Peepels (Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific)

 

Vivian Liu

(Of counsel)

 

Timothy Franklyn (Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Hai Ye Liu

(Senior associate)

Grandall Law Firm

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp’s placement of H shares

HK$1.72 billion

($222 million)

Joint placing agents:

1.HSBC Ltd

2.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd

3.Another investment bank

 

Jun He Law Offices

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017

RMB650 million

($105.7 million)

Initial purchasers:

1.BNP Paribas (Hong Kong branch)

2.CCB International Capital Ltd

3.ANZ Ltd

4.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc

5.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd

 

King & Wood Mallesons

COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019

$800 million

Joint global coordinators: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

2.BOCI Asia Ltd

3.HSBC Ltd

4.DBS Bank Ltd

 

Joint lead managers:

1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

2.BOCI Asia Ltd

3.HSBC Ltd

4.DBS Bank Ltd

5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc

6.ANZ Ltd

7.Bank of Communications Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch)

8.ICBC (Asia) Ltd 9.Wing Lung Bank Ltd

 

Paul Hastings

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company’s issue of H shares on the HKEx

$4.75 billion

Sole placing agent:

Morgan Stanley

 

Sullivan & Cromwell

Sinopharm Group Company’s issue of new shares; its third H- share placement

HK$5.5 billion

($710 million)

Placing agents:

1.China International Capital Corp

2.UBS AG

3.Morgan Stanley

Kay Ian Ng,
Garth Bray
(Partners)

Zhong Lun Law Firm

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017

RMB650 million

($105.7 million)

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd

 

 

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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017

RMB650 million

($105.7 million)

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd

 

Appleby (Bermuda, BVI counsel)

COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019

$800 million

1.COFCO Land Holdings Ltd 2.Double Rosy Ltd

Judy Lee

(Partner)

 

Chris Cheng

(Senior associate)

Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel)

EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx

HK$114.5 million

($14.8 million)

EGL Holdings Company Ltd

Judy Lee

(Partner)

 

Jo Lit

(Senior associate)

 

Tiffy Wan

(Associate)

Ashurst

China Maple Leaf Education System's IPO on the HKEx

HK$962 million

($124.1 million)

Joint sponsors and global coordinators:

1.BNP Paribas

2.CLSA

 

Jonathan Hsui,

Stuart Rubin

(Partners)

 

Ethan Perry

(Counsel)

 

Tracy Li

(Senior associate)

 

Alistair Tso,

Kailing Li

(Associates)

Baker & McKenzie

China Gas Holdings’ proposed acquisition of Beijing Gas Development’s entire issued share capital of

HK$2.06 billion

($270 million)

China Gas Holdings Ltd

Christina Lee

(Partner)

 

Taotao Ling

(Special counsel)

Cheung & Lee in association with Locke Lord (HK)

Centron Telecom International Holding’s acquisition of a club loan facility

$60 million

Centron Telecom International Holding Ltd

Alfred Lee

(Partner)

 

Gloria Ting

(Associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017

RMB650 million

($105.7 million)

Initial purchasers:

1.BNP Paribas (Hong Kong branch)

2.CCB International Capital Ltd

3.ANZ Ltd

4.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc

5.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd

William Barron, Paul Chow

(Partners)

 

Gerhard Radtke

(Counsel-registered foreign lawyer)

 

Margie Chan,

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Terrence O'Donnell,

Meng Ding (Registered foreign lawyers)

 

Hua Zhao,

Lena Qiu

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019

$800 million

1.COFCO Land Holdings Ltd 2.Double Rosy Ltd

Eugene Gregor,

Paul Chow

(Partners)

 

Liang (Alex) Tao

(Counsel)

 

Lillian Lian,

Ran Li

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp’s placement of H shares

HK$1.72 billion

($222 million)

Joint placing agents:

1.HSBC Ltd

2.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd

3.Another investment bank

Paul Chow,

Antony Dapiran, James Lin

(Partners)

 

Shih-Jern Liang

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Yang Chu

(Associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

SP PowerAssets’ update of its global medium-term note programme

S$8 billion

($6.1 billion)

Arrangers and Dealers:

1.DBS Bank Ltd 2.Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte

3.Another investment bank

 

Dealers:

1.OCBC Ltd

2.HSBC Ltd

James Lin,

John Paton

(Partners)

 

Shih-Jern Liang

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Paul Marks,

Lena Qiu

(Associates)

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hong Kong Aviation’s dim sum bond offering

RMB800 million

($130.1 million)

Underwriters

Kevin Roy

(Partner)

 

Cindy Kao

(Senior consultant)

 

George Wu,

Alison Tsai

(Associates)

Kirkland & Ellis

Pokka Corp (Singapore)’s proposed sale of Pokka Corp (HK) and Pokka Coffee (Macau) to Million Rank

Undisclosed

Pokka Corp (Singapore)

Nicholas Norris, Jamii Quoc,

Joey Chau,

Douglas Murning

(Partners)

Latham & Watkins

SP PowerAssets’ update of its global medium-term note programme

S$8 billion

($6.1 billion)

SP PowerAssets Ltd

 

Li & Partners

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017

RMB650 million

($105.7 million)

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd

 

Linklaters

COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019

$800 million

Joint global coordinators: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

2.BOCI Asia Ltd

3.HSBC Ltd

4.DBS Bank Ltd

 

Joint lead managers:

1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

2.BOCI Asia Ltd

3.HSBC Ltd

4.DBS Bank Ltd

5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 6.ANZ Ltd

7.Bank of Communications Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch)

8.ICBC (Asia) Ltd 9.Wing Lung Bank Ltd

 

Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel)

China Maple Leaf Education System’s IPO on the HKEx

HK$962 million

($124.1 million)

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd

Greg Knowles

(Partner)

 

Richard Spooner

(Of counsel)

 

 Sophie Yu

(Associate)

Mayer Brown JSM

Centron Telecom International Holding’s acquisition of a club loan facility

$60 million

Lenders and Security agent

 

Mayer Brown JSM

EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx

HK$114.5 million

($14.8 million)

EGL Holdings Company Ltd

James Fong

(Partner)

 

Angela Cheung

(Senior associate)

Paul Hastings

Haitong International (BVI)’s proposed acquisition of Japaninvest Group

Undisclosed

Haitong International (BVI) Ltd

Vivian Lam,

Garrett Hayes (Partners)

 

Matthew Poxon,

Bonnie Kong

(Associates)

Paul Hastings

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp’s placement of H shares

HK$1.72 billion

($222 million)

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp Ltd

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Alibaba Group Holding’s debut offering of floating-rate notes due 2017, and 1.625, 2.5, 3.125, 3.6 and 4.5 percent senior unsecured notes due 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 and 2034

$8 billion

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Leiming Chen, Daniel Fertig,

William Hinman,

Daniel Webb,

Katharine Moir

(Partners)

 

David Lee,

Bruce Sun

(Registered foreign lawyers)

 

Kelli Schultz, Duncan Taylor, Noah Metz

(Associates)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

China Maple Leaf Education System's IPO on the HKEx

HK$962 million

($124.1 million)

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd

Julie Gao, Christopher Betts, Will Cai

(Partners)

Sullivan & Cromwell

Goldman Sachs’ agreement to acquire Woowa Brothers Corp’s newly issued Series D redeemable convertible preferred shares

$40 million

Goldman Sachs (Lead investor)

Michael DeSombre,

Eric Wang (Partners)

 

Joonkeun Yoo (Special counsel)

 

Jordan Oreck,

Alan Kravitz (Associates)

 

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Jurisdiction – Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clifford Chance

CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of 50 percent stake in Arteria Networks Corp

$150 million

CVC Capital Partners

Andrew Whan, Tatsuhiko Kamiyama

(Partners)

 

Maiko Adachi, Masafumi Shikakura,

Satoshi Mogi,

Keisuke Wada,

Clara Shirota

(Senior associates)

Soga Law Office

EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx

HK$114.5 million

($14.8 million)

EGL Holdings Company Ltd

 

 

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Jurisdiction – Korea

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Paul Hastings

Samsung Electronics’ sale of its fibre optics business to Corning

Undisclosed

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Daniel Sae-Chin Kim

(Partner)

 

Woojae Kim

(Of counsel)

 

 Young Hwan Ryu

(Associate)

 

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Jurisdiction – Macau

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

DSL Lawyers

EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx

HK$114.5 million

($14.8 million)

EGL Holdings Company Ltd

 

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