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China and Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Linklaters

People’s Republic of China's issuance of euro bonds

$4.4 billion

China Development Bank

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Shui On Development's high-yield notes offering

$300 million

 

Partner
Gerhard Radtke

Counsels
Bingqing Pan
Alon Gurfinkel

Registered Foreign Lawyer
I. Danni Lin

Associate
Tonny Yu
Omer Harel

Shearman & Sterling

Radiance Capital Investments' bond offering

$250 million

Guotai Junan Securities
Haitong International Securities
Standard Chartered Bank
Barclays Bank PLC
ABCI Capital
Huatai Financial Holdings
CMBC Securities Company
CICC
BOCOM International Securities

Partner
Alan Yeung

Associate
Yuanjing Chen

International Specialist
Yiming Chen

Consultant
Danxu Wang

Paul Hastings

SinoMab BioScience's global offering and IPO

$176.5 million

SinoMab BioScience

Partners
Jia Yan
David Wang
Samuel Ng
Jason Kuo

Associates
Ting Wang
Yimin Tang
Devin Geng

Davis Polk & Wardwell

36Kr Holdings' IPO and Nasdaq listing

$20 million

36Kr Holdings

Partners
Li He
James C. Lin

Counsel – Registered Foreign Lawyer
Ran Li

Counsel
Alon Gurfinkel

Associates
Omer Harel
Summer Xia
J. Taylor Arabian

Appleby

China Tianbao Group's global offering and listing on HKEX

 

China Tianbao Group

Counsel
Vincent Chan

Associate
Huiyan Liew

Baker McKenzie

APG and SK's pre-IPO investment in ESR Cayman

 

Stichting Depositary APG Strategic Real Estate Pool ("APG")
SK Holdings ("SK")

Partners
Ivy Wong
Jason Ng

Associates
William Cho
Stephanie Mak

Baker McKenzie

Shanghai Dongzheng Automotive Finance's global offering and IPO

 

CICC
Credit Suisse
Morgan Stanley

 

Clifford Chance

Jingye Group's agreement to acquire British Steel

 

 

Partners
Philip Hertz
David Lewis
Nick Rees
Iain White
Laurent Schoenstein
Greg Crookes
Hong Zhang
Richard Blewett

Associates
Queping Chen
Yanding He

King & Wood Mallesons

Ruicheng China’s Hong Kong IPO

 

Ruicheng (China) Media Group

Partner
Anthony Wan

Senior Associate
Matthew Yim

Associates
Wallace Wong
Rhoda Tsang
Jason Choi

Linklaters

Jingye Group's agreement to acquire British Steel

 

Jingye Group

Partners
Chris Staples
Crystal Chen
Hugo Stolkin
Matthew Harding

Withers

Lever Style Corporation's IPO and listing on SEHK

 

Lever Style Corporation

Partner
Mike Suen

Associates
Howard Wong
Bobby Fung
Lillian Chan

India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

AZB & Partners

ADIA, NIIF, and PSP's acquisition of stake in GVK Airport Holdings

$1.08 billion

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
National Investment
Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Partners
Sai Krishna Bharathan
Roxanne Anderson

Counsel
Pallavi Satpute

AZB & Partners

Drawdown of Muthoot Finance's senior secured notes due 2022

$450 million

Muthoot Finance

Partners
Srinath Dasari
Richa Choudhary

Senior Associates
Shantanu Singh
Sweta Ananthanarayanan

Khaitan & Co

JSW Steel's bond issue

$300.6 million

JSW Steel

Partner
Manisha Shroff

Principal Associate
Rolwine Alva

Associates
Shekhar Shrivastava
Enakshi Jha
Pratibha Kedia

AZB & Partners

·    Ammon Holdings' sale of Vessel Warehousing's equity shareholding to Cella Holdings

·    Cella Holdings' acquisition of Vessel Warehousing's compulsorily convertible debentures

$250 million

Ammon Holdings

Partners
Hardeep Sachdeva
Priyamvada Shenoy

Senior Associates
Gautam Bhargava
Prateek Batra

AZB & Partners

Tencent and Times acquisition of MX Media's share capital

$110 million

Tencent

Partners
Darshika Kothari
Divya Mundra

Senior Associate
Pankhuri Govil

AZB & Partners

Excel Industries' acquisition of NetMatrix Crop Care manufacturing unit by way of business transfer.

$13.8 million

Excel Industries

Partner
Vaidhyanadhan Iyer

Senior Associate
Vasudha Asher

AZB & Partners

Karvy Fintech's acquisition of the registrar and transfer agency business of Sundaram BNP Paribas Fund Services

Undisclosed

Karvy Fintech

Partners
Ashwath Rau 
Divya Mundra

Senior Associates
Palaq Vora
Rutunjay Singh

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Blackstone's investment in Aakash Educational Services Limited

 

Singapore VII Topco

 

Indonesia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

SSEK Legal Consultants

Ovolo Group's acquisition of Citadines Kuta Beach Bali

 

Ovolo Group

Managing Partner
Denny Rahmansyah

Lead Associate
Greita Anggraeni

Associates
Juven Renaldi
Arvin Raharja
Vicky Karnadi
Kadek Denny B. Adiputra

Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Nishimura & Asahi

Shionogi's launch of tender offer for the common shares and share options of UMN Pharma

 

Shionogi & Co

Partner
Yuichiro Hirota

Counsel
Mitsutoshi Sugihara

Associates
Yasuna Itane
Satoshi Omura
Haruhi Abe
Hiroki Azuma
Sakurako Tojo

Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

WongPartnership

ABC World Asia's inaugural fundraising

$282.9 million

ABC World Asia

Partners
Low Kah Keong
Felicia Marie Ng

Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow

Eastbridge Partners Singapore's partnership with Jabreen Capital

$200 million

Eastbridge Partners Singapore

Principal
Derek Kwan
Dawn Quek

Local Principal
Eunice Tan

Associates
Jens Carle
Wei Sheng Lau
Enoch Wan

WongPartnership

Paper.id's Series A funding round

 

Paper.id

Partner
Kyle Lee

Taiwan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Linklaters

Project financing of the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan.

$2 billion

 

Partner
James McLaren

Managing Associate
Ying Fu

Associate
Suzy Su

Thailand

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Herbert Smith Freehills

China Railway Construction PPP agreement to build a high-speed rail link in Thailand

$7.4 billion

China Railway Construction Corporation

Partners
Hew Kian Heong
Ellen Zhang
Glynn Cooper

Linklaters

China Railway Construction PPP agreement to build a high-speed rail link in Thailand

$7.4 billion

Charoen Pokphand

Senior Partner
Wilailuk Okanurak

Partner
Wanwisar Nakarat

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