近月来,为大力补充资金,仁恒置地,花样年控股,人和商业控股,以及雅居乐地产分别发行了3亿,1.2亿,3亿和6.5亿美元的保证优先票据。众多国内外律师事务所在这些项目中为客户提供了法律咨询和服务,其中包括达维,盛德,康德明,竞天公诚,通商,凯文,天元,金杜等顶尖律师事务所。

Recent Asian debt market transactions have put high-yield notes capabilities back on law firm agendas. Four Chinese property companies have recently offered high-yield notes with a total deal value of US$1.37bn.

As the four major offerings took place almost simultaneously, many firms including Jingtian & Gongcheng, Commerce & Finance, Davis Polk and Conyers Dill & Pearman have benefited from mandates by both issuers and purchasers. 

The four - Fantasia Holdings, Yanlord Land, Renhe Commercial and Agile Property - are amongst the latest to turn to offshore funding in light of tightening domestic markets, raising US$120m, US$300m, US$300m and US$650m respectively.

Agile Property high-yield notes offering
US$650m
Synopsis Agile Property offers high-yield notes
Firm
Client
Role
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Issuer
PRC counsel
Sidley Austin
Issuer
US and Hong Kong counsel
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Issuer
BVI and Cayman Islands counsel
Commerce & Finance
Initial Purchasers
PRC counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell
[Lead partners: William Barron and John Paton
Initial purchasers
US counsel

 Agile is a Chinese property developer based in Guangzhou, China, and is one of the largest property developers in the Pearl River Delta region.

*Merrill Lynch International, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Singapore and Standard Chartered Bank acted as initial purchasers

Renhe Commercial high-yield notes offering
US$300m
Synopsis Renhe Commercial offers high-yield notes
Firm
Client
Role
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Issuer
PRC counsel
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Issuer
Cayman Islands counsel
Norton Rose
Issuer
Hong Kong counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell
[Lead partners: William Barron, John Paton and Show Mao Chen]
Issuer
US counsel
Kaiwen Law Firm
Initial purchasers
PRC counsel
Latham & Watkins
Initial purchasers
 US counsel

Renhe's US$435m IPO two years ago was advised by Morrison & Foerster and Latham & Watkins. Conyers Dill & Pearman, Jingtian & Gongcheng, Kaiwen and Norton Rose also played a part advising Renhe's IPO, but all four firms were engaged by joint arrangers instead.

Renhe is a PRC-based underground shopping centre operator and developer that focuses on the operation and development of stand-alone underground shopping centres.

*JPMorgan Securities and Merrill Lynch and UBS AG acted as initial purchasers for the offering.

Yanlord Land Group high-yield notes offering
US$300m
Synopsis Yanlord Land offers high-yield notes on the Mainboard of the SGX
Firm
Client
Role
Shook Lin & Bok
Issuer
Singapore counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell
[Lead partners: William Barron and John Paton
Issuer
US counsel
Lovells
Issuer
Hong Kong and UK counsel
Yuan Tai
Initial purchasers
PRC counsel
Skadden
Initial purchasers
 US counsel

 This offering is Yanlord's debut offering of non-convertible debt securities.

*The Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank acted as initial purchasers for the offering.

Fantasia high-yield notes offering
US$120m
Synopsis Fantasia offers high-yield senior notes due 2015
Firm
Client
Role
Commerce & Finance
Issuer
PRC counsel
Sidley Austin
Issuer
US and Hong Kong counsel
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Issuer
Cayman Islands counsel
King & Wood
Initial purchasers
 PRC counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell
[Lead partners: William Barron and John Paton
Initial purchasers
US counsel

* Citigroup Global Markets, Merrill Lynch International and UBS AG are the initial purchasers. ALB