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