China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Deacons
| Ausnutria Dairy Corporation’s mandatory conditional general cash offer for the shares of Ausnutria Dairy Corporation Ltd | HK$765 million ($98 million) | Ausnutria Dairy Corporation | Ronny Chow (Partner)
Gary Wong Jeff Wong (Associates) |
DeHeng Law Offices | Agricultural Bank of China, New York branch’s issuance senior medium-term notes programme | $10 billion | Arrangers: ABCI Capital, Citigroup Global Markets, Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Wells Fargo Securities | Hou Zhiwei (Partner) |
Fangda Partners | $4.6 billion | Alibaba Group Holding | Jonathan Zhou (Partner) | |
Jingtian & Gongcheng | Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp’s 4.375% notes due 2018
| RMB 1 billion ($158 million) | Joint Lead Managers and Trustee: Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Nomura International, DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp’s 4.375% notes due 2018 | RMB 1 billion ($158 million) | Tingyi | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Juno Huang (Associate) |
King & Wood Mallesons | $4.6 billion | Suning Commerce Group | Cecilia Lou (Partner) | |
King & Wood Mallesons | Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp’s 4.375% notes due 2018
| RMB 1 billion ($158 million) | Tingyi |
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Linklaters | Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp’s 4.375% notes due 2018
| RMB 1 billion ($158 million) | Joint Lead Managers and Trustee: Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Nomura International, DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited |
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Shearman & Sterling | Nepstar’s take private deal |
| Special committee of board of directors of China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd | Stephanie Tang (Partner)
Yunpeng Fan, Shan Wu, Weina Guan (Associates) |
Sidley Austin | Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp’s 4.375% notes due 2018 | RMB 1,000,000,000 ($158 million) | Tingyi |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $4.6 billion | Alibaba Group Holding | Katie Sudol, Leiming Chen (Partners) | |
Sullivan & Cromwell | $4.6 billion | Suning Commerce Group | Kay Ian Ng (Partner) | |
White & Case | Greentown China’s solicitation of consent from holders of its Senior Notes | RMB2.5 billion ($389 million), $700 million, $500 million | Greentown China Holdings Limited | David Li, Kaya Proudian (Partners)
Baldwin Cheng, June Chun, Douglas Tan, Hendy Handoko, Christina Lui (Associates) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Blake, Cassels & Graydon | $659 million | Johnson Electric Holdings Limited |
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Clayton Utz | $1.4 billon | China Railway Signal & Communications Corporation |
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Clifford Chance | $1.4 billon | Underwriters: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS Securities, Macquarie Capital, BOC International, Goldman Sachs, China Merchants Securities, CMB International, Haitong Securities | Tim Wang, Virginia Lee, Jean Thio (Partners) | |
DeHeng Law Offices | $1.4 billon | China Railway Signal & Communications Corporation |
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King & Wood Mallesons | $1.4 billon | Underwriters: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS Securities, Macquarie Capital, BOC International, Goldman Sachs, China Merchants Securities, CMB International, Haitong Securities |
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Kirkland & Ellis | $1.4 billon | China Railway Signal & Communications Corporation | Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Stephanie Lau, Shawn Tai, Steve Lin (Partners) | |
Kirkland & Ellis | $659 million | Crestview Partners | Alexander Fine, George Stamas (Partners) | |
Kirkland & Ellis | Take-private offer from Orient Hongtai Investment management | $690 million | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group |
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Latham & Watkins | $659 million | Johnson Electric Holdings Limited | Ted Keim, Julie Marion, Karen Silverman, Jason Cruise, Peter Rosen, Robin Struve, Jeffrey Tochner, Karl Karg (Partners) | |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Take-private offer from Orient Hongtai Investment management | $690 million | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Stikeman Elliott | $659 million | Stackpole |
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rasati | Take-private offer from Orient Hongtai Investment management | $690 million | Orient Hongtai Investment |
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