China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | CAR Inc’s Regulation S offering of 6.00% senior notes due 2021 | $300 million | CAR Inc. | William F. Barron, Li He (Partners)
Liang (Alex) Tao, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Lillian Lian, Ran Li, John Kwok (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Greentown China Holdings Limited’s Regulation S offering of 5.875% senior notes due 2020 | $70 million | Initial Purchasers | William F. Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke, Tae-Hun Kim, Bingqing Pan (Registered Foreign Lawyers)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Katie Chan, Omer Harel (Associates) |
DeHeng Law Offices | China Development Bank’s term loan for the development of the Zambia–China Economic & Trade Cooperation Zone |
| China Development Bank | Wei (David) Chen, Zhang Xu (Partners) |
King & Wood Mallesons | HK CTS Metropark Hotels’ acquisition of Kew Green Hotels |
| HK CTS Metropark Hotels | Steven Cowins, Helena Huang (Partners) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | HNA Tourism Finance Limited’s issuance of 9.25% guaranteed notes due 2017 | RMB450 million ($70 million) | Joint Lead Managers: ABCI Capital Limited, Orient Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Southwest Securities (HK) Brokerage Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, BOCI Asia Limited, China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company Limited, VTB Capital plc |
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Kirkland & Ellis | China Hi-Tech Holding’s takeover of Jingwei Textile Machinery | HK$2.1 billion ($279.9 million) | China Hi-Tech Holding Company Limited | Nicholas Norris, Jamii Quoc, Soo Yien Khor (Partners)
Anthony Chan (Associate) |
Kirkland & Ellis | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group’s take-private offer from Orient Hongtai Investment management | $690 million | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group |
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Linklaters | Chong Hing Bank’s rights issuance | HK$3.71 billion ($478 million) | Joint underwriters: BOC International, DBS, Nomura | Robert Cleaver (Partner)
Alex Bidlake (Counsel) |
Linklaters | HNA Tourism Finance Limited’s issuance of 9.25% guaranteed notes due 2017 | RMB450 million ($70 million) | HNA Tourism Finance Limited, HNA Tourism Group Co., Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) | HNA Tourism Finance Limited’s issuance of 9.25% guaranteed notes due 2017 | RMB450 million ($70 million) | HNA Tourism Finance Limited | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Juno Huang (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group’s take-private offer from Orient Hongtai Investment management | $690 million | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Beijing Capital Land Ltd.’s issuance of domestic shares to its controlling shareholder | HK$3.9 billion ($502 million) | Beijing Capital Land Ltd | Psyche Tai (Partner)
Rachel Chan, Timothy Lam, Marco Cheng (Associates) |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group’s take-private offer from Orient Hongtai Investment management | $690 million | Orient Hongtai Investment management |
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Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore | Sumitomo Life Insurance Co’s agreement to buy Symetra Financial Corp | $3.8 billion | Symetra Financial Corp | Erik Tavzel, Joseph Zavaglia, Eric Hilfers, Christopher Fargo (Partners) |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Sumitomo Life Insurance Co’s agreement to buy Symetra Financial Corp | $3.8 billion | Symetra’s financial advisor: Morgan Stanley | Nicholas Potter, Marilyn Lion (Partners) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Sumitomo Life Insurance Co’s agreement to buy Symetra Financial Corp | $3.8 billion | Sumitomo Life Insurance Co | Gary Horowitz, David Sneider, David Rubinsky, Robert Holo (Partners) |
