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China and Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Overy

People’s Republic of China's issuance of U.S. sovereign bond

$6 billion

Bank of China
Bank of Communications
China Construction Bank
CICC
BofA Securities
Crédit Agricole
CTBC Bank
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
J.P. Morgan
Mizuho Securities
Standard Chartered

Partner
Agnes Tsang 

Of Counsel
Jaclyn Yeap 

Linklaters

People’s Republic of China's bond offering

$6.7 billion

People's Republic of China

Partner
William Liu

Associate
Allen Zhang

Haiwen & Partners

Postal Savings Bank of China's IPO

$4.67 billion

Postal Savings Bank of China

Partners
Zhang Jiping
Wang Lei
Du Ning

King & Wood Mallesons

Postal Savings Bank of China's IPO

$4.67 billion

CICC
Postal Securities
CITIC
UBS

Partners
Wang Ling
Zhou Ning
Liu Sijia

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Sea's issuance of convertible senior notes

$1.15 billion

Goldman Sachs

Partners
James C. Lin
John M. Brandow
Yan Zhang

Registered Foreign Lawyers
Jennifer (Yujia) Jiang
Moran Zhang

Associates
Katharine O'Banion
Omer Harel
Counsel
Alon Gurfinkel

Maples Group

Sea's issuance of convertible senior notes

$1.15 billion

Sea

Partner
Greg Knowles

Associate
Vivian Lee

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Sea's issuance of convertible senior notes

$1.15 billion

Sea

 

JunHe Law Firm

Pharmaron Beijing Company's HK IPO

$589 million

Goldman Sachs
CLSA
Orient Capital

Partners
Wang Yi
Sun Xiaojia

O'Melveny & Myers

Pharmaron Beijing Company's HK IPO

$589 million

Pharmaron

Partners
Portia Ku
Zhu Ke
Edwin Kwok

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Pharmaron Beijing Company's HK IPO

$589 million

Goldman Sachs
CLSA
Orient Capital

Partners
Julie Gao
Paloma Wang

Associates
Xueyin Zhong
Steven Lee
Gabriel Lee
Tianze Ma

Zhong Lun Law Firm

Pharmaron Beijing Company's HK IPO

$589 million

Pharmaron

Partners
Hu Tingfeng
Wang Chuan

Clifford Chance

Shanghai Electric Group's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$500 million

Shanghai Electric Group

 

Maples Group

Shanghai Electric Group's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$500 million

Shanghai Electric Group

Counsel
Juno Huang

Paul Hastings

Shanghai Electric Group's issuance of guaranteed bonds

$500 million

UBS AG
Barclays
ICBC
Guotai Junan
Bank of Communications
OCBC
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
China Construction Bank
J.P. Morgan
MUFG

 

King & Wood Mallesons

ACC Technologies' notes offering

$388 million

AAC Technologies

Partners
Hao Zhou
Michael Lu

Allen & Overy

Huayi Finance's issuance of guaranteed notes

$350 million

Huayi Finance

 

Latham & Watkins

Huayi Finance's issuance of guaranteed notes

$350 million

Morgan Stanley
Bank of Communications
ICBC
Standard Chartered
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
DBS Bank

 

Maples Group

Huayi Finance's issuance of guaranteed notes

$350 million

Huayi Finance

Associate
Karen Zhang Pallaras

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Youdao's NYSE IPO

$220 million

Youdao

Partner
Li He
James C. Lin 

Registered Foreign Lawyer
Kevin Zhang

Maples Group

Youdao's NYSE IPO

$220 million

Youdao

Partner
Richard Spooner

Associate
Karen Zhang Pallaras

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Youdao's NYSE IPO

$220 million

Citigroup
Morgan Stanley
Credit Suisse

 

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Huali University Group's HKIPO

$125 million

Huali University

 

JunHe Law Firm

Huali University Group's HKIPO

$125 million

China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company

 

King & Wood Mallesons

Huali University Group's HKIPO

$125 million

Huali University

 

Maples Group

Huali University Group's HKIPO

$125 million

Huali University

Partner
Derrick Kan

Reed Smith Richards Butler

Huali University Group's HKIPO

$125 million

China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company

 

 

India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Overy

Global University System's acquisition of Laureate Group’s education and related support services business in India

$145.6 million

Laureate Education

 

EY

Global University System's acquisition of Laureate Group’s education and related support services business in India

$145.6 million

Laureate Group

 

Khaitan & Co

Global University System's acquisition of Laureate Group’s education and related support services business in India

$145.6 million

 

Partners
Rajat Mukherjee
Ritu Shaktawat
Avnish Sharma

Principal Associates
Monika Srivastava
Kshitij Bishnoi

Senior Associates
Sneh Shah
Rahul Jain

Associates
Sanchit Agarwal
Abhiroop De
Siddharth Godha

Linklaters

Global University System's acquisition of Laureate Group’s education and related support services business in India

$145.6 million

Global University Systems (GUS)

 

TT&A Advocates and Solicitors

Global University System's acquisition of Laureate Group’s education and related support services business in India

$145.6 million

Global University Systems (GUS)

Partner
Feroz Dubash

Managing Associate
Anurag Shrivastav

Associates
Stuti Johri
Anshita Chauhan
Nida Bagadia

Khaitan & Co

Centrum Group's acquisition of Altura's business operations

$14 million

Centrum Microcredit

Partner
Niren Patel

Senior Associate
Shreya Mukherjee

Associate
Agranee Kapoor

Saakshya Law

Primrose Hill's acquisition of Nahar from Quickbridge Mauritius Holdings

$2.4 million

Primrose Hill Ventures

 

TT&A Advocates and Solicitors

Primrose Hill's acquisition of Nahar from Quickbridge Mauritius Holdings

$2.4 million

Nahar Credits

Partner
Shruti Zota

Managing Associate
Pratika Shankar

Associate
Nida Bagadia

 

Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Nishimura & Asahi

J-OIL MILLS' business and capital alliance with Premium Nutrients

Undisclosed

J-OIL MILLS,

Associates
Yoshiyuki Kizu
Satoshi Ban
Takuma Kanasaki

Foreign Attorney
James Campbell

Shearman & Sterling

LINE’s Business Integration with Z Holdings

Undisclosed

LINE Corporation

Partners
Masahisa Ikeda
Toshiro Mochizuki

Associates
Brandon Whittaker
Takako Ogura

 

Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Gledhill

Temasek's issuance of guaranteed notes

$1.1 billion

Temasek Financial
Temasek Holdings

Partners
Yeo Wico
Wu Zhaoqi
Sunit Chhabra

Allen & Gledhill

CapitaLand Treasury's issuance of fixed rate subordinated perpetual notes

$366 million

CapitaLand Treasury

Partners
Tan Tze Gay
Wu Zhaoqi
Sunit Chhabra

 

South Korea

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker McKenzie

Daelim Industrial's acquisition of Kraton's Cariflex business unit

$530 million

Kraton Corporation

Partners
Denmon Sigler
Kai Kramer

Paul Hastings

Daelim Industrial's acquisition of Kraton's Cariflex business unit

$530 million

Daelim Industrial

Partners
Daniel Kim
Jane Song
Steven Sandretto
Tom Mounteer

Paul Hastings

Hanwha Systems' IPO

$345 million

Hanwha Systems

Partners
Dong Chul Kim
Daniel Kim,
Associate
Albert Nah

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