Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

Cheung Kong Bond Securities Ltd’s issuance of 5.375 percent guaranteed senior perpetual securities

$500 million

1.Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd

2. Cheung Kong Bond Securities Ltd

Milton Cheng, Andrew Lockhart (Partners), Christopher Shen, Erica Jiang (Associates)

Clifford Chance

Cheung Kong Bond Securities Ltd’s issuance of 5.375 percent guaranteed senior perpetual securities

$500 million

Joint lead managers and bookrunners -

1.Barclays

2. BofA Merrill Lynch

Clifford Chance

Banco Santander’s joint venture with Chinese automobile manufacturer Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co

$80 million

Banco Santander

Emma Davies (Partner), Chen Hao (Senior associate)

Clifford Chance

China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund’s equity investment in International Communication Media Company Ltd

China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund

Neeraj Budhwani (Partner), Raymond Ng (Senior associate), Bryan Koo (Associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s offering of senior bonds in three tranches due 2016, 2018 and 2023

$2 billion

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Theodore Paradise (Partner)

Latham & Watkins

Metropolitan Light International Ltd’s issuance of 5.25 percent notes due 2018

$450 million

Issuer –

1.Metropolitan Light International Ltd

Guarantors –

1.Metropolitan Light Company Ltd

2. Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd

Maples and Calder (BVI  counsel )

Cheung Kong Bond Securities Ltd’s issuance of 5.375 percent guaranteed senior perpetual securities

$500 million

Cheung Kong Bond Securities Ltd

Christine Chang (Partner), Derrick Kan, Juno Huang (Associates)

Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel)

Metropolitan Light International Ltd’s issuance of 5.25 percent notes due 2018

$450 million

Issuer - Metropolitan Light International Ltd

Greg Knowles (Partner), Richard Spooner (Senior associate)

Mayer Brown

China International Marine Containers (Hong Kong) Ltd’s establishment of a U.S. commercial paper programme

$600 million

China International Marine Containers (Hong Kong) Ltd

David Bakst, Ben Sandstad, Jason Bazar, David Sahr (Partners), Jonathan Bernstein, Ian Kwong, Thanos Panagopoulos, Sandy Zhang, Maurice Worsley (Associates)

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s offering of senior bonds in three tranches due 2016, 2018 and 2023

$2 billion

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Fumihide Sugimoto

Paul Hastings

Hanwha SolarOne Hong Kong Ltd’s issuance of offshore floating rate notes

$100 million

Samsung Securities (Asia) Ltd

Dong Chul (Counsel), Steve Kang (Associate)

Paul Hastings

China SCE Property Holdings Ltd’s issuance of additional senior notes

$150 million

China SCE Property Holdings Ltd

 Raymond Li (Partner and Chair of Greater China), Vivian Lam, David Grimm (Partners), Celia Chau, Dane Johansen, Jordan Baggs (Associates)

Sidley Austin

Metropolitan Light International Ltd’s issuance of 5.25 percent notes due 2018

$450 million

Lead managers –

1.J.P. Morgan

2. Standard Chartered Bank

3. UBS

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s offering of senior bonds in three tranches due 2016, 2018 and 2023

$2 billion

Initial purchasers

Alan Cannon, Rob Holo (Partners), Adam Wells, David Snowden (Associates)