China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited’s Notes Offering | $500 million | Joint lead managers | Paul Chow (Partner)
Liang (Alex) Tao (Counsel)
Ran Li (Registered Foreign Lawyer) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion |
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Global Law Office | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion |
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Haiwen & Partners | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 3SBio’s acquisition of Shanghai CP Guojian Pharmaceutical | $214 million | 3SBio | Peter Huang, Chris Betts (Partners)
Andre Zhu (Counsel)
Paul Mok, Ning Dong (Associates) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion |
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Walkers | Sungy Mobile’s take-private deal | $155 million | Sungy Mobile Limited chairman Yuqiang Deng | Arwel Lewis, Paul Aherne (Partners)
Amelia Hall (Counsel)
Gerard Pang, Eleanor Chan (Associates) |
Walkers | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion | Special committee of independent directors of Shanda Games Limited | Arwel Lewis (Partner)
Yin Xu (Counsel) |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Shanda Games Limited’s take-private deal | $1.9 billion |
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Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Bae, Kim & Lee
| Top Dynamic’s listing of shares on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | HK$60 million ($7 million) | Top Dynamic International Holdings Limited |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | Top Dynamic’s listing of shares on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | HK$60 million ($7 million) | Top Dynamic International Holdings Limited |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman counsel)
| Top Dynamic’s listing of shares on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | HK$60 million ($7 million) | Top Dynamic International Holdings Limited |
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Debevoise & Plimpton | Russia China Investment Fund’s investment in TutorGroup |
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| E. Drew Dutton, Alan Kartashkin (Partners)
Parveet Singh Gandoak, Maxim A Kuleshov (Associates) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Acquisition of power assets from GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited
| RMB3.2 billion ($500 million) | GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited
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GFE Law Office
| Top Dynamic’s listing of shares on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | HK$60 million ($7 million) | Sponsor and underwriters |
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Grandall | Acquisition of power assets from GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited
| RMB3.2 billion ($500 million) | Shanghai Qichen Investment Management Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Golden Concord Energy Co., Ltd |
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Minter Ellison
| Top Dynamic’s listing of shares on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | HK$60 million ($7 million) | Sponsor and underwriters |
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Reed Smith | Top Dynamic’s listing of shares on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | HK$60 million ($7 million) | Top Dynamic International Holdings Limited | Patrick Wong (Partner)
Oscar Wong (Associate) |
Reed Smith | Success United’s acquisition of a 27.46% stake in Courage Marine Group Limited |
| Success United Development Limited | Patrick Wong (Partner)
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Reed Smith | LSD’s proposed rights issue underwritten by LSG
| HK$912.1 million ($117 million) | Lai Sun Development Company Limited, Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited | Michael Pepper (Partner)
Carol Cheng (Associate) |
Reed Smith | Divestment of listed subsidiary, Hanison Construction Holdings Limited | HK$ 470 million ($60 million) | HKR International Limited | Michael Pepper (Partner)
Vicky Chan (Associate) |
Reed Smith | Tristate’s acquisition of the C.P.Company brand in Italy | HK$160 million ($26 million) | Tristate Holdings Limited | Cynthia Wei (Partner)
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Reed Smith | Acquisition of power assets from GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited
| RMB3.2 billion ($500 million) | Shanghai Qichen Investment Management Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Golden Concord Energy Co., Ltd | KC Mok (Partner)
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Reed Smith | Optics Valley Union’s disposal of two property project companies to Hubei Science & Technology Investment Group | HK$654 million ($84 million) | Optics Valley Union Holding Company Limited | KC Mok (Partner)
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Reed Smith | Far East’s general offer and proposal to privatise Dorsett Hospitality International Limited |
| Far East Consortium International Limited | Denise Jong (Partner)
Johanna Yau (Associate) |
Shearman & Sterling | Wenzhou Kanging Hospital’s H Share Hong Kong IPO | $88 million | Underwriters: Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, CITIC CLSA Capital Markets Limited, CLSA Limited | Colin Law, Kyungwon Lee, Alan Yeung, Laurence Crouch (Partners)
Edward Bong, Stephen Luo, Shun Yip, Yang Ge, Chen Yuanjing, Jay Zhou, Kyle Austin Phillips (Associates) |
Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Shearman & Sterling | Toyota Motor Credit Corporation’s credit facility
| $15 billion | Joint lead arrangers and joint book managers: BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. | Maura O’Sullivan, Larry Crouch (Partners)
Susan Hobart (Counsel)
Lisseth Rincon, Gabriel Ng (Associates) |
