Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lead lawyer(s)

Clifford Chance

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

1.Central Plaza Development Ltd (Issuer)

2. Subsidiary guarantors

Clifford Chance

Funding for Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd’s purchase of the London Metal Exchange

$1 billion

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd

Cherry Chan (Partner), Kenneth Kwan, Au Yeong Wai Mun (Associates)

Clifford Chance

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd’s 0.50 percent convertible bonds due 2017

$500 million

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd

Connie Heng, Crawford Brickley (Partners), Angela Chan, Helen Fok, Michael Weaver, Naveen Pogula, Bertrand Law (Associates)

Clark Gittens Farmer

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

Subsidiary guarantors

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

1. HSBC

2. Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

Conyers Dill & Pearman

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

1. Central Plaza Development Ltd (Issuer)

2. Subsidiary guarantors

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Agricultural Bank of China’s inaugural dim sum bond issuance

$146 million 

Agricultural Bank of China

Howard Lam, Andrew Heathcote (Partners), Julia Zhu, Marcus Lim (Associates)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Boyu Capital’s strategic investment in Stelux Holdings International Ltd through the subscription of unsecured convertible bonds issued by Stelux

$47 million

Boyu Capital

Simon Weller (Partner), Henriette van Overklift (Senior associate), Heather Ong, Shan An, Valerie Lai (Associates)

Herbert Smith Freehills

Issuance of guaranteed notes by China Taiping Capital Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd

$300 million

1.BOCI Asia Ltd

2.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd

3.J.P. Morgan Securities Plc

Jason Sung, Tommy Tong, Kevin Roy, Philip Lee (Partners)

JunZeJun Law Offices

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

1.Beijing Capital Land Ltd

2.Central Plaza Development Ltd

Linklaters

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

1.HSBC

2.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

Linklaters

China Cosco Holdings Ltd’s bond issuance

$1 billion

1.BOC International

2.HSBC

Paul Hastings

China Cosco Holdings Ltd’s bond issuance

$1 billion

China Cosco Holdings Ltd

Raymond Li, Vivian Lam (Partners)

Paul Hastings

Hong Kong IPO transactions,

global offerings and related listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

1.Tsui Wah Holdings Lte

2.Casablanca Group Ltd

3.Future Land Development Holdings Ltd

Raymond Li, Sammy Li, David Grimm, Catherine Tsang, Steven Winegar,

 Neil Torpey, Sammy Li  (Partners), Eric Chow,

 Catherine Chu, Su-Li Chan, Lillian Cheung, Cindy Wong  (Associates), Bonnie Yung (of counsel)

Rajah & Tann

Beijing Capital Land Ltd’s guaranteed bonds due 2015 issued by Central Plaza Development Ltd

$321 million

Beijing Capital Land Ltd

Chia Kim Huat, Danny Lim, Chia Lee Fong

Slaughter and May

Wing Tai Properties Ltd’s establishment of MTN programme and issuance of 4.25 percent fixed rate notes due 2022

$1 billion

Wing Tai Properties Ltd

Neil Hyman (Partner), Alana Lam, Jing Chen (Associates)

Slaughter and May

The People's Insurance Company (Group) China’s global offering and listing of H shares

$3.5 billion

The People’s Insurance Co (Group) China Ltd

Benita Yu, Lisa Chung (Partners), Clara Choi, Jing Chen, Amanda Ho, Lois Lu, Alison Tsoi (Associates)

Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

Issuance of guaranteed notes by China Taiping Capital Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd

$300 million

China Taiping Capital Ltd

Brian Leung (Partner)