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Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Beijing Dacheng Law Offices

BAIC Motor Corp’s HK IPO

HK$12.1 billion

($1.42 billion)

Joint sponsors, joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners:

1.HSBC

2.Morgan Stanley 3.Deutsche Bank

4.CITIC Securities

5.UBS

 

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017  

$250 million

Logan Property Holdings Co Ltd

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016

Undisclosed

Solicitation agents: 1.DBS Bank Ltd

2.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc

William Barron

(Partner)

 

Gerhard Radtke,

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Steve Wang,

Kevin Zhang,

Omer Harel

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs

$619 million

Representatives of the underwriters:

1.Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc

2.Another investment bank

James Lin,

John Paton

(Partners)

 

Liang (Alex) Tao,

Marcie Goldstein

(Counsel)

 

Jiangshan (Jackson) Tang,

Lena Qiu

(Associates)

Haiwen & Partners

Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017  

$250 million

Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd

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

3.HSBC Ltd

4.J.P. Morgan Securities plc

5.VTB Capital plc 6.Another investment bank

 

JiaYuan Law Offices

BAIC Motor Corp’s HK IPO

HK$12.1 billion

($1.42 billion)

BAIC Motor Corp

 

Jun He Law Offices

JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs

$619 million

Representatives of the underwriters:

1.Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc

2.Another investment bank

 

Shearman & Sterling

China Lodging Group’s strategic alliance with Accor

Undisclosed

China Lodging Group Ltd

Lee Edwards

(Partner)

Shearman & Sterling

E for L Aim Public Co’s acquisition of Wutthisak Clinic Inter Group’s share capital

Undisclosed

Wise Thai Company Ltd

Sidharth Bhasin

(Partner)

Sidley Austin

Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016

Undisclosed

Central China Real Estate Ltd

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs

$619 million

JD.com Inc

 

Tianyuan Law Firm

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties’ listing on the HKEx

Undisclosed

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd

 

Zhong Lun Law Firm

JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs

$619 million

JD.com Inc

 

 

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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties’ listing on the HKEx

Undisclosed

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd

Judy Lee

(Partner)

 

Jo Lit

(Senior associate)

Clifford Chance

BAIC Motor Corp’s HK IPO

HK$12.1 billion

($1.42 billion)

BAIC Motor Corp

Tim Wang,

Jean Yu,

Fang Liu

(Partners)

 

Xiang Tianning

(Senior associate)

 

Wu Hao,

Corey Zhang,

Lawrence Zhang

(Associates)

Clifford Chance

Wumei Holdings’ proposed purchase of a 70 percent stake in B&Q China from Kingfisher

140 million pounds

(~$218 million)

Wumei Holdings Inc

Neeraj Budhwani

(Partner)

 

Bryan Koo

(Senior associate)

Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016

Undisclosed

Central China Real Estate Ltd

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Baidu’s investment in minority stakes in Uber Technologies and in Uber's newly launched China business

Undisclosed

Baidu Inc

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017  

$250 million

Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd

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

3.HSBC Ltd

4.J.P. Morgan Securities plc

5.VTB Capital plc 6.Another investment bank

William Barron,

John Paton

(Partners)

 

Faisal Baloch,

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Han (Annie) Shen, Ryan Grimm

(Registered foreign lawyers)

 

Cheryl Wong,

Sarah Joy

(Associates)

Debevoise & Plimpton

Hanwha SolarOne’s acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS Investment

$1.2 billion

Hanwha SolarOne Co Ltd

 

Hogan Lovells

Nirvana Asia’s Rule 144A placement of shares and HK IPO

$261 million

Underwriters:

1.UBS AG (Hong Kong branch)

2.DBS Asia Capital Ltd

3.CIMB Securities Ltd

Jamie Barr,

Thomas Tarala (Partners)

 

Nelson Tang

(Consultant)

 

Sheryl Cheung

(Senior associate)

 

Jianhao Zheng

(Associate)

Kirkland & Ellis

Qihoo 360 Technology’s strategic partnership with Coolpad Group

$409.05 million

Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd

David Zhang,

Frank Sun,

Jamii Quoc,

Min Wang

(Partners)

Li & Partners

Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016

Undisclosed

Central China Real Estate Ltd

 

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Hanwha SolarOne’s acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS Investment

$1.2 billion

Hanwha SolarOne Co Ltd

Greg Knowles

(Partner)

 

Richard Spooner

(Of counsel)

 

Sophie Yu

(Associate)

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs

$619 million

JD.com Inc

 

Norton Rose Fulbright

BAIC Motor Corp’s HK IPO

HK$12.1 billion

($1.42 billion)

Joint sponsors, joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners:

1.HSBC

2.Morgan Stanley 3.Deutsche Bank

4.CITIC Securities

5.UBS

Psyche Tai,

Winnie Chan

(Partners)

 

Allan Yee

(Of counsel)

 

Doris Ng

(Senior associate)

 

Jaycen Liao,

Sarah Guo

(Associates)

Norton Rose Fulbright

Renhe Commercial Holdings’ “trilogy” transactions (proposed rights issue, bank financing and tender offers) under the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Gross proceeds of the rights issue:

HK$3.4 billion

($436 million)

Renhe Commercial Holdings Co Ltd

Psyche Tai,

Peter Haslam

(Partners)

 

Harold Tin

(Of counsel)

 

Rachel Chan,

David Milligan (Senior associates)

 

Marco Cheng,

Rick Wei

(Associates)

Paul Hastings

Hanwha SolarOne’s acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS Investment

$1.2 billion

Hanwha Q CELLS Investment Co Ltd

 

Reed Smith Richards Butler

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties’ listing on the HKEx

Undisclosed

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd

 

Shearman & Sterling

The Asian Development Bank’s loan grant to Sound Global

$300 million

The Asian Development Bank

Sean Wang

(Partner)

Sidley Austin

Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017  

$250 million

Logan Property Holdings Co Ltd

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Alibaba Group Holding’s further investment in Momo as part of a concurrent private placement with Momo’s NASDAQ IPO

$50 million

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Leiming Chen

(Partner)

 

David Lee

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings’ HK IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of approximately 227,100,000 shares

HK$1.07billion

($137.7 million)

Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co Ltd

Chris Lin,

Christopher Wong, Robert Holo

(Partners)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Baidu’s investment in minority stakes in Uber Technologies and in Uber's newly launched China business

Undisclosed

Baidu Inc

Julie Gao,

Thomas Ivey,

Michael Mies (Partners)

 

Hongtao Lu (Associate)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Fortune Dynasty’s proposed acquisition of Fortune Oil

388 million pounds

($606 million)

Fortune Dynasty

Shaun Lascelles, Clive Rough,

Tim Sanders

(Partners)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Tuniu Corp’s issue and sale of newly issued class A ordinary shares to a group of investors

$148 million

Tuniu Corp

Julie Gao,

Will Cai

(Partners)

 

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Jurisdiction – Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Herbert Smith Freehills

SoftBank Corp’s investment in GrabTaxi Holdings

$250 million

SoftBank Corp

Graeme Preston

(Tokyo Corporate Head)

 

Joe Fisher,

Sally Austen

(Senior associates)

 

Mark Robinson

(Senior consultant)

Shearman & Sterling

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp

107.2 billion yen

($1.05 billion)

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp

Masahisa Ikeda

(Partner)

Shearman & Sterling

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s (JBIC) shareholders' agreement with JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp, JX Nippon Oil Exploration and JX Nippon Oil Exploration to acquire JX EOR’s preferred shares

 

$90.6 million

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Etienne Gelencsér, Kenneth Lebrun, Robert Freedman (Partners)

 

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Jurisdiction – Korea

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Hahn & Co’s pending acquisition with Hankook Tire of a 70 percent stake in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp from Visteon Corp

Undisclosed

Hahn & Co

Peter Feist

(Asia Private Equity head)

 

Soo-Jin Shim

(Asia head of leveraged finance)

 

Albert Cho

(Partner)

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