|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client(s) |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
Hainan Airlines (Hong Kong) Co Ltd’s bond issuance of 3.625 percent notes due 2020 |
$500 million |
Hainan Airlines |
1. 2. David Neuville, Joseph Lee (Partners) |
|
Clifford Chance |
Hainan Airlines (Hong Kong) Co Ltd’s bond issuance of 3.625 percent notes due 2020 |
$500 million |
Joint lead managers – 1.BOC International 2.Deutsche Bank 3.JP Morgan |
3. Connie Heng (Partner), Linda Cheng (Senior associate), Lin Li (Associate) |
|
Clifford Chance |
Agile Properties Holdings Ltd's issuance of 8.25 percent subordinated perpetual capital securities |
$700 million |
Joint lead managers |
4. |
|
Clifford Chance |
Mizar Enterprises Ltd's (to be renamed Cheung Kong Bond Securities Ltd) issuance of 5.375 percent guaranteed senior perpetual securities, guaranteed by Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd |
$500 million |
Joint lead managers |
5. |
|
Clifford Chance |
Lai Sun Development's issuance of 5.7 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 |
$350 million |
Joint lead managers |
6. |
|
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands legal adviser) |
WSP Holdings Ltd’s merger with WSP OCTG GROUP Ltd, owned by H.D.S. Investments LLC |
$893.6 million |
Special committee of the board of directors of WSP Holdings Ltd |
7. |
|
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd’s issuance of 8.5 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$400 million |
Initial purchasers |
8. |
|
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian |
WSP Holdings Ltd’s merger with WSP OCTG GROUP Ltd, owned by H.D.S. Investments LLC |
$893.6 million |
H.D.S. Investment LLC |
9. |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
PetroChina’s acquisition of an interest in two Western Australian exploration assets from ConocoPhillips |
|
PetroChina |
10. |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Bond issuance by Huaneng Power |
RMB1.5 billion ($241 million) |
Huaneng Power |
11. |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Sinopec Corp’s share placement |
$3.1 billion |
Sinopec Corp |
12. |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Energy Capital Partners’ acquisition of Energysolutions |
$1.1 billion |
Energy Capital Partners |
13. |
|
Jingtian & Gongcheng |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd’s issuance of 8.5 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$400 million |
Initial purchasers |
14. |
|
Jones Day |
MIE Holdings Corp’s issuance of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$200 million |
Trustee – Citicorp International Ltd |
15. Joseph Bauerschmidt (Partner), Joy Choynowska (Associate) |
|
Kirkland & Ellis (U.S.legal adviser) |
WSP Holdings Ltd’s merger with WSP OCTG GROUP Ltd, owned by H.D.S. Investments LLC |
$893.6 million |
Special committee of the board of directors of WSP Holdings Ltd |
16. 17. David Zhang, Jesse Sheley, Pierre Arsenault, Benjamin Su (Corporate partners), Steve Lin, Yi Gao (Associates) |
|
Latham & Watkins |
Issuance of 5 percent senior notes due 2021 by MCE Finance Ltd |
$1 billion |
MCE Finance Ltd |
18. |
|
Manuela Antonio Lawyers and Notaries (Macau counsel) |
Issuance of 5 percent senior notes due 2021 by MCE Finance Ltd |
$1 billion |
MCE Finance Ltd |
19. |
|
Maples and Calder |
Asia Growth Capital Advisors’ acquisition of a portfolio of seasoned private equity investments in Asia from a high profile financial institution, its affiliates and other investors |
|
1.HarbourVest Partners (Lead investor) 2.Axiom Asia Private Capital |
20. Ann Ng, Stacey Overholt, Anthony Webster (Partners) |
|
Maples and Calder |
Establishment of MCAM Kenmar Olympia Choice Fund, a sub-fund of the umbrella fund MCC Kairos Trust |
|
Mitsubishi Corp Asset Management |
21. Terence Ho (Associate) |
|
Maples and Calder |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd’s issuance of 8.5 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$400 million |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd |
John Trehey (Partner) |
|
Maples and Calder (Counsel as to Cayman Islands law) |
Issuance of 5 percent senior notes due 2021 listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange by by MCE Finance Ltd |
$1 billion |
Initial purchasers |
John Trehey (Partner) |
|
Mayer Brown JSM |
Fincantieri’s acquisition of a 50.75 percent stake in Singapore-listed STX OSV |
$1.2 billion |
Fincantieri |
Stephen Bottomley (Partner), Andrew Pannell (Senior associate), Nicholas Cook (Associate) |
|
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
Establishment of MCAM Kenmar Olympia Choice Fund, a sub-fund of the umbrella fund MCC Kairos Trust |
|
Mitsubishi Corp Asset Management |
|
|
T&C Law Firm (PRC counsel) |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd’s issuance of 8.5 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$400 million |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd |
|
|
White & Case |
MIE Holdings Corp’s high yield issuance of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$200 million |
Joint lead managers – 1.Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2.Deutsche Bank 3.HSBC 4.Goldman Sachs 5.Morgan Stanley |
Anna-Marie Slot, Maxim Telemtayev (Partners) |
|
White & Case |
High yield offering of 5.0 percent senior notes due 2021 issued by Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd’s subsidiary, MCE Finance Ltd |
$1 billion |
Joint lead managers – 1.Deutsche Bank 2.ANZ 3.Bank of America Merrill Lynch 4.Citigroup |
Anna-Marie Slot (Partner) |
|
White & Case |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd’s issuance of 8.5 percent senior notes due 2018 |
$400 million |
Greentown China Holdings Ltd |
|
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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