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China and Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Pinduoduo's private placement of Class A common shares

$1.1 billion

Pinduoduo

Partner
Julie Gao

Counsel
Yuting Wu

Associates
Layton Niu
Yiting Li

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Baidu's offering of notes

$1 billion

Baidu

Partners
Julie Gao
Jonathan Stone
Shu Du

Counsel
Vincent Sze

Associates
Peter Pang
Samson Peng

King & Wood Mallesons

LOGOS' establishment of logistics development venture in China

$800 million

LOGOS

Partner
Guo Sun Lee
Janine Ding
Clarissa Watt
Justine Sinn
Andrew Watson
Zeny Chow

Allen & Overy

Xiaomi's senior notes offering

$600 million

Xiaomi

Partner
Alex Tao

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Xiaomi's senior notes offering

$600 million

Xiaomi

Partners
Julie Gao
Edward Lam
Christopher Betts

Counsels
Anthony Pang
Vincent Sze

Associates
Yilin Xu
Samson Peng
Paul Lau

Baker McKenzie

Kingsoft Corporation's convertible bonds issuance

$400 million

Kingsoft Corporation

Partner
Hang Wang

Special Counsel
Shanshan Xu

Associates
Daisy Chen
Brian Ge

Baker McKenzie FenXun

Kingsoft Corporation's convertible bonds issuance

$400 million

Kingsoft Corporation

Counsel
Yolanda Zheng

Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow

Kingsoft Corporation's convertible bonds issuance

$400 million

Kingsoft Corporation

Local Principal
Xavier Amadei

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Bilibili's equity transaction and business cooperation with Sony Corporation of America

$400 million

Bilibili

Partners
Julie Gao
Haiping Li

Associates
Flora Lu
Weiwei Chen

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Akeso's IPO

$312 million

 

Partners
Li He
Yang Chu

Counsels
Stephenie Fung
Alon Gurfinkel

Counsel/Registered Foreign Lawyer
Xuelin (Steve) Wang

Registered Foreign Lawyer
Xiushan Sun

Associates
Edwin Lee
Omer Harel
Summer Xia

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Jumei International's going-private

$130 million

Jumei International

Partners
Peter Huang
Michael Mies

Associates
Jian Wang
Flora Lu

Herbert Smith Freehills

Zhongtai International Capital's IPO

$16 million

Zhongtai International Capital

Partners
Wing Cheung
Karen Ip

Senior Associate
Carmen Liang

Associates
Jacqueline Chung
Brian Ng
Joey Sze
Johnnie Ho
Justin Chung

Herbert Smith Freehills

MOG Holdings' IPO

$7.7 million

MOG Holdings

Partners
Wing Cheung
Karen Ip

Senior Associate
Carmen Liang

Associates
Jacqueline Chung
Brian Ng
Joey Sze
Johnnie Ho
Justin Chung

 

India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

AZB & Partners

Brookfield Asset Management's acquisition of stake in Indostar Capital

$203 million

Brookfield Asset Management

Partners
Ashwath Rau
Anu Tiwari
Medha Marathe
Vipul Jain

Senior Associates
Pranav Atit
Tanya Pahwa

S&R Associates

Sale of share in Metrolpolis Healthcare

$99.6 million

 

Partner
Sudip Mahapatra

Associate
Abhiroop A. Datta.

AZB & Partners

Anymind Group's acquisition of stake in Maiden Marketing

Undisclosed

Maiden Marketing
Maiden Marketing
Rohit Sharma
Vaibhav Odhekar

Partners
Daksh Trivedi
Siddharth Sawhney

Khaitan & Co

Reliance Jio Infocomm's restructuring

Undisclosed

Reliance Jio Infocomm

Partners
Haigreve Khaitan
Mehul Shah

Principal Associate
Sanket Shah

Senior Associate
Aman Yagnik

Associate
Rushabh Gala

S&R Associates

Eros International's proposed stock-for-stock merger with STX Filmworks

Undisclosed

Eros International

Partners
Rajat Sethi
Sudip Mahapatra
Simran Dhir

Associates
Vidhi Sharma
Gunit Kaur
Tanaya Desai
Dhruv Agarwal
Ishika Rout

S&R Associates

Manta Ray Venture's investment in Cue Learn

 

Manta Ray Ventures

Partner
Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan

Associates
Rachita Bhat
Neethu Roy
Vinayaditya Reddy

S&R Associates

Smart Health City's sale of the share capital of Saket City Hospital Corporation to Max Healthcare Institute and Kayak Investments Holdings.

Undisclosed

Smart Health City

Partner
Sanjeev Adlakha

Associate
Kanika Khanna

 

Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Milbank

Petroliam Nasional's multi-tranche senior bond offering

$6 billion

BofA Securities, Citigroup, HSBC, MUFG and Maybank. BofA Securities and Citigroup

Partners
Naomi Ishikawa
Andrew Walker
Dara Panahy

Special Counsel
Jim McFarlane

Associates
Steven Holm
Benjamin Heller
Bijan Ganji
Lafayette Greenfield
Pinky Mehta

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