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China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Oceanwide Holdings International’s  guaranteed senior notes offering

$200 million

Initial purchasers

William F. Barron

(Partner)

Margie Chan

(Counsel)

Bo Huang

(Registered Foreign Lawyer)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group’s 2.75% credit enhanced green bonds offering

$400 million

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group

Li He

(Partner)

Han (Annie) Shen, Sam Huang

(Registered Foreign Lawyers)

Alon Gurfinkel, Liang (Alex) Tao

(Counsel)

Veronica Orecharova, Nicholas A. Machen

(Associates)

DeHeng

Exar Corporation’s sale of its Integrated Memory Logic (iML) subsidiary to Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology

$136 million

Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology

David Chen, George Cheng

(Partners)

Wan Shiyao, Jessie Dong

(Associates)

Fenwick & West

Exar Corporation’s sale of its Integrated Memory Logic (iML) subsidiary to Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology

$136 million

Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology

 

Global Law Office

Mofang Gongyu’s  Series C fundraising

 

$300 million

 Warburg Pincus

Lin Huawei

(Partner)

 

Grandall Law Firm

Mofang Gongyu’s  Series C fundraising

$300 million

Mofang Gongyu

 

Hunton & Williams

Cindat’s acquisition of 7 Manhattan hotels from Hersha

 

$571.4 million

Hersha Hospitality Trust

James Seevers Jr., James Davidson, Rori Malech, Patrick E. Mitchell, Kendal A. Sibley

 (Partners)

Latham & Watkins

SoftBank’s sale of its shares in Alibaba Group Holding

Approx. $10 billion

Initial purchasers

 

Maples and Calder

SoftBank’s sale of its shares in Alibaba Group Holding

Approx. $10 billion

Alibaba Group Holding

Greg Knowles, Richard Spooner

(Partners)

Maples and Calder

E-Commerce China Dangdang’s take-private transaction

$556 million

Special committee

 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

Temasek Holdings’ purchase  of Alibaba shares

$500 million

Temasek Holdings Limited

Jeanette Chan, David Huntington

(Partners)

Paul Hastings

Mofang Gongyu’s  Series C fundraising

$300 million

 Warburg Pincus

 

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Exar Corporation’s sale of its Integrated Memory Logic (iML) subsidiary to Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology

$136 million

Exar Corporation

 

Shearman & Sterling

Guaranteed notes offering by China Three Gorges Corporation        

$1.5 billion

Initial purchasers

Alan Yeung

(Partner)

Yang Ge, Eileen O’Pray

(Counsel)

Xiuqin Cao, William Ji

(Associates)

Shearman & Sterling

E-Commerce China Dangdang’s take-private transaction

$556 million

Special Committee of the Board of Directors

Stephanie Tang,

Larry Crouch, Richard Hsu

(Partners)

Kuinan Wei, Weina Guan, Richard Ou, Benjamin Petersen,

Ryan Bray, Nell Beekman

(Associates)

Sidley Austin

Cindat’s acquisition of 7 Manhattan hotels from Hersha

 

$571.4 million

China Cindat Capital Management

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

SoftBank’s sale of its shares in Alibaba Group Holding

Approx. $10 billion

Alibaba Group Holding

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

E-Commerce China Dangdang’s take-private transaction

$556 million

Buyer group

 

Sullivan & Cromwell

SoftBank’s sale of its shares in Alibaba Group Holding

Approx. $10 billion

SoftBank

 

 Walkers 

E-Commerce China Dangdang’s take-private transaction

$556 million

Buyer group

 

Zhong Lun Law Firm

Mofang Gongyu’s  Series C fundraising

 

$300 million

AVIC Trust

Catherine Guo 

(Partner)

 

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Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill

BOC Aviation’s IPO

$1.1 billion

BOC Aviation Limited

Leonard Ching, Alvin Zhuang, Sophie Lim, Francis Mok, Harold Or.

Sunit Chhabra

(Partners)

Allen & Overy

Chong Hing Bank’s panda bond

$228 million

Chong Hing Bank

John Lee 

(Partner)

Agnes Tsang

(Counsel)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Thai Hot Investment’s acquisition of Dah Sing Life Assurance, Dah Sing Insurance Services, Macau Life Insurance

$1.37 billion

Thai Hot Investment

Paul Chow

(Partners)

Patrick Peng, Kai Sun

(Associates)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 

BOC Aviation’s IPO

$1.1 billion

BOC Aviation

 

Global Law Office 

Chong Hing Bank’s panda bond

$228 million

Chong Hing Bank

 

JunHe

Chong Hing Bank’s panda bond

$228 million

Underwriters

 

Linklaters

Thai Hot Investment’s acquisition of Dah Sing Life Assurance, Dah Sing Insurance Services, Macau Life Insurance

$1.37 billion

Dah Sing Financial, Dah Sing Banking

 

Matthew Middleditch, David Liu

(Partners)

Penny Barsha

(Associate)

Linklaters

BOC Aviation’s IPO

$1.1 billion

 Joint sponsors and underwriters

 

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Taiwan

 

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

The Carlyle Group divestment of shares of Yuanta Financial Holdings

$90 million

The Carlyle Group

Jeanette Chan

(Partner)

 Corinna Yu

(Counsel)

 

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