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Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Overy

Hewlett-Packard’s joint venture with Tsinghua Holdings

$2.3 billion

Hewlett-Packard Corporation

Victor Ho, Benjamin Bai, Gary McLean, Paul McCarthy, Kenneth Rivlin, Cindy Lo

(Partners)

 

Franҫois Renard

(Counsel)

 

Karen Ho

(Associate)

Appleby (Cayman Islands law)

Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising

$920 million

Chongbang Holdings (International) Limited

Judy Lee

(Partner)

 

Maggie Kwok

(Associate)

Baker & McKenzie

Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising

$920 million

APG Asset Management (Investor)

 

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Sinochem Offshore Capital Company’s Swiss-Franc bond offering

CHF250 million

($268 million)

Underwriters:

UBS AG, HSBC Bank plc

 

Rose Zhu, Angus Duncan, Nick Shiren, Adam Blakemore

(Partners)

 

John Kim

(Associate)

Clifford Chance

China Merchants Land Limited’s  issuance of

convertible bonds

$290 million

Joint lead managers: Merrill Lynch Far East Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited and DBS Bank Ltd.

 

Clifford Chance

 

Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising

$920 million

GIC

 

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Red Star Macalline’s

IPO

$925 million

Underwriters: China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

ICBCIL Finance Co.’s notes offering

RMB1.5 billion

($242 million)

Joint book-running managers and joint lead managers

Eugene C. Gregor,

Paul Chow

(Partners)

 

Margie Chan, Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Ying Su

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Lena X. Qiu

(Associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Fantasia Holdings’

Regulation S offering

 

$200 million

Initial purchasers

William F. Barron

(Partner)

 

Gerhard Radtke

Ying Su

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Omer Harel

(Associate)

Deacons

 

Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising

$920 million

Chongbang Holdings (International) Limited

Teresa Lau, Rhoda Yung

(Partners)

James Fairley (Registered foreign lawyer) 

Helen Wong, Zhong Xiaoming, Queena Chow, Jovita Law, Gilbert Chan, Farrah Lam

(Associates)

Fangda Partners

Hewlett-Packard’s joint venture with Tsinghua Holdings

$2.3 billion

Hewlett-Packard Corporation

Jeffrey Ding

(Partner)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

China Merchants Land Limited’s  issuance of

convertible bonds

$290 million

Issuer and the guarantor

 

Jones Day

 

 

Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising

$920 million

Ivanhoe Cambridge

(Investor)

Christine Kim, Graham Lim, Haifeng Huang, Peter Wang, Fuli Cao

(Partners)

 

Ji-Ung Kim, Lulu Zhang,  Timothy Goh, Michelle Angela, Richard Zeng

(Associates)

Jones Day

Gigamedia’s acquisition of

StrawberryNet

 

$133 million

Gigamedia

John Lin, Julian Lin, Mae Shang Chong

(Partners)

 

Li-Chen Wang, Susan Yu, Cybil Chan

(Associates)

Linklaters

Bank of China’s

multibillion four-currency bond

$3.55 billion

Bank of China

William Liu,

Michael Ng

(Partners)

Linklaters

China Life Insurance’s international offering of Core Tier 2 Capital Securities

$1.28 billion

 

William Liu

(Partner)

 

Terence Lau

(Associate)

 

Llinks Law Offices

Red Star Macalline’s

IPO

$925 million

Red Star Macalline Group Corporation Ltd.

 

Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law)

China Merchants Land Limited’s  issuance of

convertible bonds

$290 million

Cosmos Boom Investment Limited

Mark Western

(Partner)

 

Lorraine Pao

(Associate)

 Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law)

Baidu’s public offering of 3% and 4.125% notes

$1.25 billion

Baidu, Inc.

Greg Knowles

(Partner)

 

Derrick Kan

(Associate)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Baidu’s public offering of 3% and 4.125% notes

$1.25 billion

Baidu, Inc.

Julie Gao,  Jonathan Stone

(Partners)

 

Kenneth Chase (Counsel)

 

Shu Du, William Zhu, Weiwei Chen

(Associates)

White & Case

Melco Crown (Macau) Limited refinancing

$1.7 billion

Lead arrangers and bookrunners: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of China (Macau Branch), Deutsche Bank AG (Singapore Branch)

Eugene Man, Baldwin Cheng

(Partners)

 

Gee Hou Tng, Jessica Tam

(Associates)

 

Hong Kong

 

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby

(Bermuda and Isle of Man law)

DNB Bank’s loan facility to Crystal Acquisition Company Limited

$300 million

DNB Asia Ltd.

 

Baker & McKenzie

Carnival Group’s

acquisition of shares in Nice Race Management Limited

HK$253.41 million

($31 million)

Carnival Group International Holdings Limited

Christina Lee

(Partner)

 

Betty Wong

(Counsel)

Conyers Dill & Pearman (Bermuda law)

Formation and licensing of ABR Re

 

ABR Re

Charles Collis

(Partner)

 

Mary Ward

(Counsel)

 

Jacqueline King

(Associate)

Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI and Cayman Islands law)

Agile Property’s issuance of

senior notes

 

$500 million

Agile Property Holdings Limited

Paul Lim

(Associate)

Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI law)

 

AVIC International’s

issuance of

3.30% bonds

$150 million

AVIC International Finance Limited

Anna Chong

(Partner)

Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI and Cayman Islands law)

AAG Energy’s HK

IPO

 

HK$2.28 billon

($283 million)

AAG Energy Holdings Limited

Bernadette Chen

(Partner)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Red Star Macalline’s

IPO

$925 million

Red Star Macalline Group Corporation Ltd.

Bonnie Y. Chan, Antony Dapiran,Li He

(Partners)

 

Liang (Alex) Tao, Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Bo Huang, Bingqing Pan, Yazhe Liu

(Registered foreign lawyers)

 

Christine Xu, John Kwok

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

AAG Energy Holdings Limited’s IPO

HK$2.28 billion ($294 million)

underwriters

Howard Zhang, Bonnie Y. Chan, Paul Chow

(Partners)

 

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

Paul C. Marks and Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou

(Registered foreign lawyers)

 

Yang Chu, Amanda Lau,  Patrick Peng

Nicholas A. Machen

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Ctrip.com International’s offering of Convertible Senior Notes

$1.1 billion

Initial purchasers

James C. Lin, Michael Farber, John M. Brandow

(Partners)

 

Paul C. Marks

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Jonathan Armstrong, Zoey Yi, Won Lee, Adam B. Perry,  Veronica Orecharova

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

China Aoyuan Property’s private placement of  high-yield securities

$100 million

Sole purchaser

William F. Barron

(Partner)

 

Margie Chan

(Counsel)

 

Han (Annie) Shen

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

SOHO China Limited’s consent solicitation

 

Solicitation agents

William F. Barron

Gerhard Radtke,

Bingqing Pan

(Registered foreign lawyers)

 

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Omer Harel

(Associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited’s placement of shares 

HK$930 million ($119 million)

Sole placing agent

Paul Chow

(Partner)

 

Peter Cheng,

Terrence R. O’Donnell

(Counsel)

 

Alejandro Vargas

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Kitty Chan

(Associate)

Norton Rose Fulbright

China Merchants Securities’

top-up placement of shares in China Chengtong Development Group

HK$978 million

($126 million)

Placing agent: China Merchants Securities

Psyche Tai,  Allan Yee

(Partners)

 

Vicky Lam, Marco Cheng

(Associates)

Norton Rose Fulbright

Issuance of new shares by South East Group Limited

HK$1.3 billion

($167 million)

HSBC

Psyche Tai

(Partner)

 

Eva Tsui

(Associate)

Paul Hastings

Red Star Macalline’s

IPO

$925 million

Underwriters: China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited

Raymond Li, Sammy Li, Steven Winegar, Edwin Kwok

(Partners)

 

Lillian Cheung, Yingying Chen, Samson Suen, Lucy Lam

(Associates)

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