China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman counsel) | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Baihe Network Co |
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De Heng Law Offices | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Baihe Network Co |
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De Heng Law Offices | Privatisation of Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc by a consortium of Chinese investors | $640 million | Buyer: E-Town Capital | David Chen, George Cheng, Jennifer Zhang (Partner)
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Special Committee
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $400 million | China Media Capital | Edward Freeman (Partner) | |
Herbert Smith Freehills | $2.3 billion | China General Nuclear | David Clinch, Brian Scott, Adrian Cheng, Philip Lee, Alastair Henderson, Mark Jephcott, Matt Emsley, Victor Ding, Monica Sun (Partners) | |
Haiwen & Partners | Privatisation of Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc by a consortium of Chinese investors | $640 million | Buyer group: Summitview Capital, E-Town Capital and Hua Capital, Huaqing Jiye |
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Kirkland & Ellis | $400 million | CITIC Capital | Frank Sun (Partner) | |
Morrison & Foerster | Privatisation of Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc by a consortium of Chinese investors | $640 million | Buyer group: Summitview Capital, E-Town Capital and Hua Capital, Huaqing Jiye | Sherry Yin, Michael O’Bryan (Partners) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Financing of two LNG FSRUS for GOLAR LNG | $540 million | China Merchants Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd | Gervais Green (Partner)
Gregory Xu, Cyril Chew (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | $400 million | City Football Group |
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Paul Hastings | Logan Property Holdings Company Limited’s Top-Up Placement | $200 million | Placing agents: UBS, Nomura, ABC International and Haitong International | Edwin Kwok (Partner)
Eric Chow, Yingying Chen, Lillian Cheung (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | LVGEM Real Estate’s reverse takeover |
| Sole sponsor: China Galaxy International Securities (Hong Kong) Co. Limited | Raymond Li, Zhaoyu Ren, Bonnie Yung (Partners)
Jason Wang, Dane Johansen, Gladys Tso, Darcy Hu (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Jiayuan.com | David Wang, Jia Yan (Partners)
Tim Sung (Of Counsel) |
Shearman & Sterling | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Barclays Bank PLC | Paul Strecker (Partner) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Baihe Network Co | Peter Huang (Partner)
Andre Zhu (Counsel)
Ning Dong (Associate) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | BTG Hotels and Homeinns Hotel Group’s definitive merger agreement | $1.7 billion | Buyer group: BTG Hotels, Poly Victory Investments Limited, Ctrip.com International, Ltd., Neil Nanpeng Shen, James Jianzhang Liang, David Jian Sun | Julie Gao, Michael Gisser, Clive Rough, Will Cai (Partners)
Xi Shi, Richard Chang, Nicholas Dumas (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Xiaomi and Qualcomms’ 3G and 4G China patent license agreement |
| Xiaomi | Julie Gao (Partner)
James Brelsford (Of Counsel)
William Casey, Pramode Chiruvolu, Yuting Wu (Associates) |
Walkers (Cayman counsel) | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Special Committee
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Privatisation of Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc by a consortium of Chinese investors | $640 million | ISSI | Robert Suffoletta, Robert Ishii (Partners) |
Zhong Lun Law Firm | Jiayuan.com’s definitive merger agreement with Baihe Network | $250 million | Jiayuan.com |
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Zhong Lun Law Firm | Taiping Life Insurance’s investment in Uber Technologies |
| Taiping Life | Richard Zeng (Partner)
Wangqing Sun, Jun Ye (Associates) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | Baosteel Group’s issuance of international exchangeable bond | $500 million | Baosteel Group | Ji Zou, John Lee (Partners)
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI counsel) | Zhong Ao Home Group’s HK IPO | HK$421 million ($54 million) | Zhong Ao Home Group | Christopher Bickley (Partner)
Charissa Ball (Associate) |
Clifford Chance | $607 million | Joint global coordinators: Goldman Sachs, AMTD Asset Management and CITIC CLSA Capital Markets | Tim Wang, Amy Lo, Fang Liu (Partners) | |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman counsel) | iKang Healthcare Group’s rights plan |
| iKang Healthcare Group, Inc. | David Lamb, Kevin Butler (Partners) |
Haiwen & Partners | $607 million | Joint global coordinators: Goldman Sachs, AMTD Asset Management and CITIC CLSA Capital Markets |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | Creative China Holdings’ IPO |
| Creative China Holdings |
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King & Wood Mallesons | $607 million | Bank of Qingdao | Xiaolei Yang, Zheng Su, Yuanyuan Li, Candy Chan, Christine Chen, Ronald Arculli, Rupert Li, Gary Lock, Jin Peng (Partners) | |
Linklaters | Baosteel Group’s issuance of international exchangeable bond | $500 million | Underwriters | Hwang Hwa Sim, Andrew Carmichael (Partners)
Hanwen Yu, Jane Ng (Associates) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman counsel) | China ZhongDi Dairy Holdings Company Limited’s IPO | HK$469 million ($60.5 million) | China ZhongDi Dairy Holdings Company Limited | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Juno Huang (Associate) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | China Minsheng Jiaye’s investment in SRE Group Limited | HK$1.25 billion | China Minsheng Jiaye Investment Co., Ltd | Psyche Tai, Winnie Chan (Partners)
Harold Tin (Of counsel) |
Simmons & Simmons | SMI Holdings Group Limited’s issuance of convertible bonds | $184 million |
| Jay Lee (Partner)
Christine Zhao (Associate) |
Stevenson, Wong & Co | Zhong Ao Home Group’s HK IPO | HK$421 million ($54 million) | Zhong Ao Home Group |
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Stevenson, Wong & Co | Creative China Holdings’ IPO |
| Creative China Holdings |
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Sullivan & Cromwell | China ZhongDi Dairy Holdings Company Limited’s IPO | HK$469 million ($60.5 million) | Sponsors: Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited |
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Sullivan & Cromwell | iKang Healthcare Group’s rights plan |
| iKang Healthcare Group, Inc. |
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Zhong Lun Law Firm | Creative China Holdings listing on the GEM Board of HKEx |
| Sole sponsor: New Spring Capital Underwriter: CNI Securities Group | Victor Pang, Henry Lau, Stephen Wong (Partners)
Winnie Tse, Sandy Shum, Sonia Li, Jessica Leung, Charity Cheung, Guo Cheng, Huang Cheng (Associates) |
Zhong Lun Law Firm | Creative China Holdings’ IPO |
| Sole sponsor: New Spring Capital | Victor Pang, Jessica Li (Partners)
Winnie Tse, Sandy Shum, Sonia Li, Jessica Leung，Charity Cheung, Guo Cheng, Huang Cheng, Zhao Dian, Li Na, Li Biqiao (Associates) |
Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Colin Ng & Partners | Transcosmos Inc’s acquisition of 34.3% of the voting share capital of Anchanto Pte. Ltd |
| Transcosmos Inc | Bill Jamieson (Partner)
Christensen Woo (Associate) |
