NA Deals: Multijurisdictional bond restructuring of Sino-Forest Corp

*Firm*	*Deal*	*Value*	*Client*	*Lawyer(s) involved*
Clifford Chance	Asia Outsourcing Gamma Ltd’s purchase of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co's BPO business	$300 million	Asia Outsourcing Gamma Ltd	Neeraj Budhwani (Partner), Isaac Stewart (Senior associate), Bryan Koo, Maureen Ho and Nakisa Jobling (Associates)
Clifford Chance (Hong Kong and English counsel)	New World China Land Ltd’s issuance of bonds due 2018	CNY3 billion ($481 million)	Joint lead managers and bookrunners – 1.BOC International 2. HSBC
Clifford Chance	BAIC Motor’s increased investment of up to 12 percent from Daimler AG		BAIC Motor	Tim Wang (Partner), Paula Liu (Senior associate), Paul Tang (Associate)
Commerce & Finance Law Offices	Nissan Motor Co Ltd’s investment agreement with Dongfeng Motor Group	11.71 billion yuan ($1.88 billion)	Dongfeng Motor Group
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Bermuda law and British Virgin Islands law)	Issuance of 6.75 percent senior notes due 2014 by CITIC Resources Finance Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd	$1 billion	CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd
Davis Polk	Reliance Industries Ltd’s Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of 5.875 percent senior perpetual notes	$800 million	Reliance Industries Ltd	Jeffrey R. O’Brien, John D. Paton (Partners), Phillip G. Sharp, Erik Niit, Brechje E.M. Hertoghs, Rhiannon Nakano, Amy E. TurnerTejuana A. Roberts (Associates)
Davis Polk	Issuance of 6.75 percent senior notes due 2014 by CITIC Resources Finance Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd	$1 billion	CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd	William F. Barron, John D. Paton (Partners), Yang Chu, Rhiannon Nakano (Associates)
Eversheds (Hong Kong and English counsel)	New World China Land Ltd’s issuance of bonds due 2018	CNY3 billion ($481 million)	New World China Land Ltd	Kingsley Ong, Stephen Mok (Partners), Janice Yip, Karen Wang, Sandy Yeung (Associates)
Herbert Smith Freehills	China Petroleum & Chemical Corp’s private placement of new H-shares	HK$23.97 billion ($3.1 billion)	China Petroleum & Chemical Corp	Tom Chau, Kevin Roy (Partners), Arthur Xu, Shell Chen, Jin Kong, Geng Li (Associates)
Herbert Smith Freehills	Huaneng Power International, Inc’s Regulation S offering of three-year fixed rate bonds due 2016	RMB1.5 billion ($241 million)	Huaneng Power International, Inc	Tom Chau, Kevin Roy (Partners), Sherry Lai (Senior associate), Isaac Chen, Jackie Chen and Stanley Xie (Associates)
Hogan Lovells	Landmark multijurisdictional bond restructuring of Sino-Forest Corporation	$1.8 Billion	Sino-Forest Corporation	Neil McDonald (Partner)
Hogan Lovells	Hogan Lovells advises Macquarie on top-up placing and block trade	HK$203.8 million ($26.2 million)	Bookrunners and placing agents – 1.Macquarie 2.CCB International Capital Ltd 3.Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd	Terence Lau, Thomas Tarala (Partners), Sheryl Cheung (Associate)
King & Wood Mallesons	Nissan Motor Co Ltd’s investment agreement with Dongfeng Motor Group	11.71 billion yuan ($1.88 billion)	Nissan Motor Co Ltd	Xu Ping, Liu Cheng (Partners)
Latham & Watkins (Hong Kong and U.S. counsel)	MIE Holdings Corporation’s issuance of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018	$200 million	MIE Holdings Corporation
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel)	New World China Land Ltd’s issuance of bonds due 2018	CNY3 billion ($481 million)	New World China Land Ltd	Christine Chang (Partner), Hui Ling Wong (Associate)
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands legal counsel)	MIE Holdings Corporation’s issuance of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018	$200 million	MIE Holdings Corporation	Christine Chang (Partner), Juno Huang (Associate)
Paul Hastings	Acquisition of Strand Bridge House by BDORO Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of BDO Unibank, Inc		BDORO Europe Ltd	Patricia Tan Openshaw, Jeffrey Diener (Partners), Danielle Hirsch and Sneha Shah (Associates)
Sidley Austin	Issuance of 6.75 percent senior notes due 2014 by CITIC Resources Finance Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd	$1 billion	Dealer manager – Morgan Stanley & Co International plc
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	Samchully Asset Management Co Ltd’s 34 percent interest acquisition in the Neptune Gas Processing Plant in Louisiana, U.S., from Marathon Oil Co	$170 million	Samchully Asset Management Co Ltd	Lance Brasher (Washington, D.C. partner), H. Young Shin (head of Skadden's Korea practice)
Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel)	MCE Finance Ltd’s issuance of 5 percent senior notes due 2021	$1 billion	MCE Finance Ltd	Kristen Kwok (Partner)
White & Case (Hong Kong and US counsel)	MIE Holdings Corporation’s issuance of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018	$200 million	Joint lead managers – 1.BofA Merrill Lynch 2.Deutsche Bank 3.HSBC 4.Goldman Sachs 5.Morgan Stanley
White & Case	Greentown China Holdings Ltd’s high yield offering of 8.50 percent senior notes due 2018	$400 million	Greentown China Holdings Ltd	Anna-Marie Slot, David Li (Partners)