Jurisdiction – China
Firm
|
Deal
|
Value
|
Client
|
Lawyer(s) involved
|
Han Kun Law Offices
|
Baidu’s second public bond offering
|
$1 billion
|
Baidu Inc
|
|
Jingtian & Gongcheng
|
Baidu’s second public bond offering
|
$1 billion
|
Underwriters : 1.J.P. Morgan Securities 2.Goldman Sachs (Asia)
|
|
Mayer Brown
|
Hanergy Holding Group’s acquisition of Global Solar Energy
|
Undisclosed
|
Hanergy Holding Group Ltd
|
Xiangyang Ge,
Paul de Bernier
(Partners)
|
Paul Hastings
|
Private placement senior notes offering by indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Shuanghui International Holdings
|
$900 million
|
Shuanghui International Holdings’ indirect wholly owned subsidiary
|
Michael Chernick (Partner)
Melissa Muscat,
Ed Holmes,
Felicia Yen,
Molly Vaughan
(Associates)
|
Squire Sanders
|
Acquisition of Covpress International Holdings’ entire issued share capital by a UK/China consortium
|
Undisclosed
|
TIA (GB) Ltd
|
Ed Dawes,
Geoff Perry,
David Adams,
Dan Roules
(Partners)
|
Sullivan & Cromwell
|
CITIC Securities’ acquisition of CLSA B.V. from Crédit Agricole SA
|
$1.25 billion
|
1.CITIC Securities Company Ltd
2. CITIC Group Corp
|
H. Rodgin Cohen
(Senior firm chairman, Partner)
Donald Toumey, Robert Giuffra,
(Partners)
Jiang Liu
(Special counsel)
|
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm
|
Deal
|
Value
|
Client
|
Lawyer(s) involved
|
Cheung & Lee in association with Locke Lord
|
Mongolia Investment Group’s acquisition of the relevant interests involving the Peace Map Group
|
$200 million
|
Mongolia Investment Group Ltd
|
Wing Leung Cheung (Partner)
Roger Wong (Of Counsel) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell
|
Baidu’s second public bond offering
|
$1 billion
|
Underwriters : 1.J.P. Morgan Securities 2.Goldman Sachs (Asia)
|
James Lin,
Howard Zhang
(Partners)
|
Maples and Calder
(Cayman Islands,
BVI counsel)
|
Baidu’s second public bond offering
|
$1 billion
|
Baidu Inc
|
Gareth Griffiths, Greg Knowles
(Partners)
Matt Roberts
(Senior associate)
|
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
|
Baidu’s second public bond offering
|
$1 billion
|
Baidu Inc
|
Julie Gao
Jonathan Stone
(Partners)
|
Jurisdiction – India
Firm
|
Deal
|
Value
|
Client
|
Lawyer(s) involved
|
AZB & Partners
|
Grant of loan to Khopoli Investments for refinan-cing of its term loan
|
Rs. 4.27 billion
($70 million)
|
Khopoli Investments Ltd
|
Shameek Chaudhuri
(Partner)
Debashree Dutta
(Associate)
|
Jurisdiction – Malaysia
Firm
|
Deal
|
Value
|
Client
|
Lawyer(s) involved
|
Wong & Partners
|
$885 million
|
BIMB Holdings Berhad
|
Munir Abdul Aziz, Wong Sue Wan (Partners)
Adrian Wong (Associate)
|
|
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
|
BIMB Holdings Berhad’s acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Bank Islam Berhad
|
$885 million
|
Dubai Financial Group
|
|
Zul Rafique & Partners
|
BIMB Holdings Berhad’s acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Bank Islam Berhad
|
$885 million
|
Lembaga Tabung Haji
|
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