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China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Shearman & Sterling | Taikang Insurance Group’s joint venture with NorthStar Realty Finance Corp | about $1 billion | Taikang Insurance Group | Stephanie Tang, John Marzulli, Lisa Brill, Jordan Altman, Larry Crouch (Partners) |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Taikang Insurance Group’s joint venture with NorthStar Realty Finance Corp | about $1 billion | NorthStar Realty Finance Corp | Robert Schumer, Ellen Ching, Jeanette Chan, Bruce Gutenplan, Scott Sontag, Harris Freidus, Salvatore Gogliormella, Moses Silverman (Partners)
Paul Donnelly and David Lee (Counsels) |
Clifford Chance | ICBC’s establishment of a European investment fund focused on projects in Central and Eastern Europe | about $11 billion | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | Tim Wang, Ying White, Paul van den Abeele, Joëlle Hauser, Frank Scholderer, Simon Crown (Partners) |
King & Wood Mallesons | ICBC’s establishment of a European investment fund focused on projects in Central and Eastern Europe | about $11 billion | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $322 million | Zhou Hei Ya International Holdings | Chris Lin, Christopher Wong (Partners) | |
Commerce & Finance Law Offices | $322 million | Zhou Hei Ya International Holdings |
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Paul Hastings | $322 million | Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Ltd, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co Ltd (underwriters) | Raymond Li, Nan Li, Zhaoyu Ren (Partners) | |
Jingtian & Gongcheng | $322 million | Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Ltd, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co Ltd (underwriters) |
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Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Dorsey & Whitney | Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd’s tender offer to repurchase outstanding 10.75% senior notes due 2017 | RMB 1,500,000,000 (about $218.4 million) | Powerlong Real Estate Holdings | Simon Chan, Kenneth Kwok (Partners)
Hilda Chan, Joanne Yan (Associates) |
Dorsey & Whitney | Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd’s Issuance of 4.875% senior notes due 2021
| $200,000,000 | Powerlong Real Estate Holdings | Steve Nelson, David Richardson, Simon Chan, Paul Denham (Partners)
Hilda Chan, Carla Lamb, Joanne Yan (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom | Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd’s Issuance of 4.875% senior notes due 2021 | $200,000,000 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd, Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd and Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Ltd (bookrunners) | Edward Lam (Partner) Vincent Sze (Associate) Matthew Leung (Trainee Solicitor)
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Kirkland & Ellis | Datang Environment Industry Group's Hong Kong IPO | $250,000,000 | Datang Environment Industry Group |
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Clifford Chance | Datang Environment Industry Group's Hong Kong IPO | $250,000,000 | CITIC CLSA Capital Markets Ltd (sole sponsor)
CLSA Ltd, Deutsche Bank AG Hong Kong Branch, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co Ltd, Haitong International Securities Co Ltd, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd, ABCI Capital Ltd, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd (underwriters) | Tim Wang, Amy Lo, Fang Liu (Partners)
Tianning Xiang (Counsel)
Sheng Chen, Janet Tang, Datong Wang (Associates) |
Zhonglun Law Firm | Datang Environment Industry Group's Hong Kong IPO | $250,000,000 | Datang Environment Industry Group |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | Datang Environment Industry Group's Hong Kong IPO | $250,000,000 | CLSA Ltd, Deutsche Bank AG Hong Kong Branch, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co Ltd, Haitong International Securities Co Ltd, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd, ABCI Capital Ltd, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd (underwriters) |
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Clifford Chance | China Cinda Asset Management's issuance of 4.45% non-cumulative perpetual offshore preference shares | $3.2 billion | Underwriters (unnamed) | Angela Chan, Fang Liu, Alex Lloyd (Partners)
Song Yue, Torrance Shi, Nancy Mu (Associates) |
Clifford Chance | Huishang Bank Corporation Ltd's 5.50% non-cumulative perpetual offshore preference shares | $888 million | Underwriters (unnamed) | Connie Heng, Fang Liu, Angela Chan (Partners)
Song Yue, Torrance Shi (Associates) |
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Korea
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Paul Hastings | Samsung Electronics’ acquisition of Harman International Industries | $8 billion | Samsung Electronics | Carl Sanchez, Daniel Kim, Matthew Berger, Nathalia Bernardo, Scott Flicker, Edward Han, Stephen Harris, Scott Hataway, Dong Chul Kim, Woojae Kim, Pierre Kirch, Tiffany Lee, Thomas Mounteer, Deyan Spiridonov, Peter Stone (Partners) |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | Samsung Electronics’ acquisition of Harman International Industries | $8 billion | Harman International Industries |
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