China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Anjie Law Firm |
| Financial advisors | Ren Gulong (Partner) | |
China’s Silk Road Fund’s acquisition of stake in Yamal liquid natural gas project from Novatek | $1.2 billion | Novatek |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman | $101.25 million | Hutchison China MediTech | Lilian Woo (Partner)
Felicity Lee (Associate) | |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Anbang Insurance Group’s unsolicited buyout proposal for Starwood Hotels | $13.2 billion | Financial Advisor
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DLA Piper | Bain Capital’s deal to secure controlling stake in Asia Pacific Medical Group | $150 million | Asia Pacific Medical Group | Gloria Liu (Partner) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
| China Shipping Group | Teresa Ko, Calvin Lai, David Ludwick, Thomas Ng, Andrew Heathcote, Richard Wang (Partners) | |
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | Anbang Insurance Group’s unsolicited buyout proposal for Starwood Hotels | $13.2 billion |
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Haiwen & Partners | Bain Capital’s deal to secure controlling stake in Asia Pacific Medical Group | $150 million | Bain Capital | Dai Wenzhen (Partner)
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Herbert Smith Freehills | China’s Silk Road Fund’s acquisition of stake in Yamal liquid natural gas project from Novatek | $1.2 billion | China’s Silk Road Fund | Monica Sun, Danila Logofet (Partners) |
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King Wood & Mallesons | $101.25 million | Hutchison China MediTech |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Bain Capital’s deal to secure controlling stake in Asia Pacific Medical Group | $150 million | Bain Capital | Nicholas Norris, Frank Sun (Partners) |
Linklaters | China Cinda Asset Management’s term loan facility for to acquire Nanyang Commercial Bank, Limited | HK$68 billion ($8.8 billion) | China Construction Bank and other banks | Nathalie Hobbs (Partner)
Frank Cui, Mandy Huang (Associates) |
Maples and Calder | Alibaba affiliate Cainiao Network’s fundraising with investors |
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited | Greg Knowles, Richard Spooner (Partners) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Beijing Capital Land’s proposed A-share offering and listing in the PRC |
| Beijing Capital Land Ltd | Psyche Tai (Partner)
Rachel Chan, Timothy Lam (Associates) |
Paul Hastings |
| COSCO, China COSCO Holdings Co Ltd, associated companies | Raymond Li, Li Nan, Pei Fang, Edwin Kwok (Partners) | |
Shearman & Sterling | $101.25 million | Joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as | Matthew Bersani (Partner)
Mark Kessel, Hae-Ran Song (Counsel)
Leo Wong (Associate) | |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Alibaba affiliate Cainiao Network’s fundraising with investors |
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited |
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Sullivan & Cromwell
| Anbang Insurance Group’s unsolicited buyout proposal for Starwood Hotels | $13.2 billion | Financial Advisor
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Slaughter and May |
| COSCO Pacific Ltd | Lisa Chung (Partner) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Global-Tech Advanced Innovations’ going private transaction |
| Special committee of Global-Tech Advanced Innovations | Shuang Zhao (Partner)
Denise Shiu (Associate) |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | $1.8 billion | Samsonite |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $1.8 billion | Samsonite |
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Maples and Calder | Global-Tech Advanced Innovations’ going private transaction |
| Special committee of Global-Tech Advanced Innovations | Richard Spooner (Partner)
Sophie Yu (Associate) |
Ropes & Gray | $1.8 billion | Samsonite | Stefanie Birkmann (Partner) | |
Shearman & Sterling | ChinaSoft’s issuance of convertible notes due 2019 to subscriber Huarong International Asset Management Growth Fund |
| ChinaSoft International Limited | Stephanie Tang (Partner) Vanessa Poon (Counsel) Kuinan Wei, Richard Ou, Geoffrey Chan (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $1.8 billion | Tumi Holdings | Thomas Kennedy, David Goldschmidt (Partners) |
