China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Debevoise & Plimpton | AIG’s sale of its Taiwan consumer and SME businesses to Nan Shan Life Insurance | $158 million | American International Group, Inc | E. Drew Dutton Alexander R. Cochran, Peter F. G. Schuur, Richard Ward (Partners)
Allison A. Lee, Meir D. Katz, Mai T. Shapiro, Rebecca J. Sayles, Jayne Chi-Wing So (Associates) |
Jingtian & Gongcheng | $712 million | 3SBio |
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JunHe | $712 million | Joint sponsors: Citic Securities, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Aokang’s acquisition of LightInTheBox | $77.3 million | LightInTheBox | David Zhang, Jesse Sheley, Frank Sun (Partners) |
Paul Hastings | Bluestar Finance Holdings Limited issuance of Senior Guaranteed Notes | $1 billion | China National Bluestar (Group) Co, Ltd. | David Grimm (Partner)
Yingying Chen, Coral Yu (Associates) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Qunar Cayman Islands Limited’s follow-on offering of American Depositary Shares | $325 million | Underwriters, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. | Leiming Chen, Rob Holo (Partners)
Jennie Getsin, Bruce Sun Isabel Li, David Lee (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Sungy Mobile Limited's going-private acquisition by Sunflower Parent Limited | $153 million | Sungy Mobile Limited | Peter Huang (Partner)
Andre Zhu (Counsel)
Ning Dong, Ye Sun (Associates) |
Honk Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Cayman Islands and BVI Law) | Pinestone Capital Limited’s listing on the GEM |
| Pinestone Capital Limited | Judy Lee (Partner) Maggie Kwok (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands Law) | i-Control’s listing on the GEM |
| i-Control Holdings Limited | Judy Lee (Partner) Jo Lit (Counsel) Yorkie Au Yeung (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands Law) | Guru Online’s listing on the GEM |
| Guru Online (Holdings) Limited | Judy Lee (Partner) Judy Lee (Partner) Jo Lit (Counsel) Yorkie Au Yeung (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands Law) | Golden Power’s listing on the GEM |
| Golden Power Group Holdings Limited | Judy Lee (Partner) Chris Cheng (Associate) |
Bonelli Erede Papalargo (Italian Law) | $712 million | 3SBio |
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Clifford Chance | China Three Gorges Corporation's Rule 144A/Reg. S offering | $700 million | J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and ICBC, Goldman Sachs, Bank of China, Société Générale, CCB International, CITIC CLSA, Guotai Junan International, Haitong International, Santander | Fang, Connie Heng, Avrohom Gelber (Partners)
Richard Hawkins, Yue Song, Eric Naftel, Jeff LeMaster (Associates) |
Clifford Chance | Haikou Meilan’s issuance of 7.25% guaranteed notes due 2018 | CNY600 million ($96 million) | Joint Lead Managers: Société Générale, ABCI Capital Limited, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands Law) | $712 million | 3SBio |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | $712 million | Joint sponsors: Citic Securities, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley | Bonnie Y. Chan, Antony Dapiran, Li He, John D. Paton (Partners)
Lulu Lin, Vanessa Ho, Xiao Zhang, Nicholas A. Machen (Associates) | |
Howse Williams Bowers | Pinestone Capital Limited’s listing on the GEM |
| Sponsor: Altus Capital Limited Underwriter: Hantec Securities Co., Limited | Chia Ching Tan (Partner)
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | China Three Gorges Corporation's Rule 144A/Reg. S offering | $700 million | Three Gorges Finance I (Cayman Islands) Limited and Three Gorges Finance II (Cayman Islands) Limited | Mark Western (Partner)
Lorraine Pao (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Take-private offer from rollover shareholders
| $98 million | Sungy Mobile Limited | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan, Sophie Yu (Associates) |
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) | Haikou Meilan’s issuance of 7.25% guaranteed notes due 2018 | CNY600 million ($96 million) | Haikou Meilan International Airport Investment Limited | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Karen Zhang (Associate) |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Sungy Mobile Limited's going-private acquisition by Sunflower Parent Limited | $153 million | Sungy Mobile consortium, IDG Capital Partners, CBC Mobile Venture Limited
| Jie (Jeffrey) Sun, Richard Vernon Smith (Partners)
Hari Raman, Lu (Echo) Wang (Associates) |
Shearman & Sterling | Lenovo Group Limited Regulation S offering
| CNY$4 billion ($644 million) | Joint global coordinators: Agricultural Bank of China, Citigroup, DBS Bank Ltd; underwriters | Kyungwon (Won) Lee, Patrick Clancy, Alan Yeung (Partners)
Simon Letherman (Counsel)
Leo Wong, Thomas Evans, David Wallace, Gabriel Ng (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $712 million | 3SBio | Peter Huang, Christopher Betts, Will Cai (Partners) | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Hsin Chong Construction offer of senior notes | $300 million | Sole underwriter: UBS | Alec Tracy (Partner)
Jacqueline Tang, Yuanjing Chen (Associates) |
Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Partner(s) involved |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.’s acquisition of outstanding shares of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | $7.5 billion | Evercore Partners | William D. Regner (Partner)
Usman Arain (Associate) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.’s acquisition of outstanding shares of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | $7.5 billion | Tokio Marine Holdings |
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.’s acquisition of outstanding shares of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | $7.5 billion | HCC Insurance Holdings |
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