China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
LPA-CGR | Fabernovel’s purchase of 100% share capital in Velvet Group | N/A |
| Nicolas Vanderchmitt (Partner)
Erik Leyssens (Of Counsel)
Marie-Gabrielle du Bourblanc, Ryan Tsoi, Fanny Nguyen (Associates) |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Mattel’s strategic partnership with Babytree for a childhood learning and development platform | N/A | Babytree | Jenny Liu, Qian Huang (Partners)
Julian Zou, Carrie Bai (Associates) |
LPA-CGR | Dentsu Aegis Network’s acquisition of Bluecom Group | N/A | Bluecom Group | Nicolas Vanderchmitt (Partner)
Erik Leyssens (Of Counsel)
Marie-Gabrielle du Bourblanc, Ryan Tsoi, Fanny Nguyen (Associates) |
Jones Day | Dentsu Aegis Network’s acquisition of Bluecom Group | N/A | Dentsu Aegis Network |
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Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Reed Smith Richards Butler | RKP Overseas Finance’s issuance of 7.95% senior guaranteed perpetual capital securities | $300 million | Road King Infrastructure (RKP Overseas Finance’s parent company) | Delpha Ho, Angel Ng, Claude Brown, James F. Wilkinson, Fiona McFarlane (Partners)
Lucy Qin (Associate) |
Linklaters | RKP Overseas Finance’s issuance of 7.95% senior guaranteed perpetual capital securities | $300 million | J.P. Morgan Securities, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, DBS Bank (Joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and the joint lead managers) |
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Commerce & Finance Law Offices | RKP Overseas Finance’s issuance of 7.95% senior guaranteed perpetual capital securities | $300 million | J.P. Morgan Securities, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, DBS Bank (Joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and the joint lead managers) |
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Conyers, Dill & Pearman
| RKP Overseas Finance’s issuance of 7.95% senior guaranteed perpetual capital securities | $300 million | RKP Overseas Finance, Road King Infrastructure |
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Reed Smith Richards Butler | Guangdong Investment’s purchase of 73.82% controlling shareholding in Guangdong Land Holdings from GDH | around $448.2 million (RMB 3.358 bln) | Guangdong Investment (GDI) | KC Mok (Partner)
Gary Lam (Counsel)
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Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Kirkland & Ellis | $3.3 billion | SoftBank | Norm Champ, Sean Rodgers, Jeffrey Fine, Ian John, Ian Conner, Mike Beinus, Ben Schreiner (Partners) | |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | $3.3 billion | SoftBank | Harvey Eisenberg, Jim Griffin, Michael Nissan, Mark Schwed (Partners) | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $3.3 billion | Fortress Investment Group | Joseph Coco, Peter Serating, Michael Dorum, Heather Cruz, Regina Olshan, Michael Schwartz, David Polster (Partners) | |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | $3.3 billion | Fortress Investment Group’s principals | Ariel Deckelbaum, Marco Masotti, Ellen Ching (Partners) | |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | $3.3 billion | Special committee Fortress's board of directors | John H. Butler, Lawrence Portnoy, David H. Schnabel, Jeffrey P. Crandall, Gregory S. Rowland | |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Orix Corp’s acquisition of shipping loans from the Royal Bank of Scotland | approximately $300 million | Orix Corp | Jeremy Gibb, Simon Lew, Chris Viner, Paul Coggins (Partners) |