Firm

Deal

Value

Client(s)

Lawyer(s) involved

 

Baker & McKenzie

 

 

Pacific Andes’ voluntary cash offer for Copeinca by China Fishery Group Ltd

 

$555.8 million

Pacific Andes International Holdings Ltd

 

Milton Cheng, Christina Lee, Brian Spires (Partners), Albert Chau, Tami Chen (Associates)

 

 

Pacific Andes’ voluntary cash offer for Copeinca by China Fishery Group Ltd

 

$555.8 million

China Fishery Group Ltd

Jorge Ossio Gargurevich, Pablo Berckholtz (Partners)

Baker & McKenzie

 

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

 

$688 million

Special committee of 7 Days’ board

 

Clifford Chance

 

Pacific Andes’ voluntary cash offer for Copeinca by China Fishery

 

$555.8 million

Underwriters

 

Clifford Chance

 

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

 

$500 million

Joint bookrunners and joint lead manager –

 

1.JP Morgan

2.UBS

 

Commerce & Finance Law Office

 

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

 

$500 million

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd

 

 

Conyers Dill & Pearman

 

WSP Holdings Ltd enters into definitive agreement for going private transaction

$893.6 million

Special committee

 

Conyers Dill & Pearman

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

$688 million

Consortium comprising affiliates of –

 

1.Carlyle Asia Partners III, L.P.

2.Sequoia Capital China 3.Growth 2010 Fund L.P.

Actis LLP

 

Eversheds

 

AID Partners Capital Ltd’s purchase of British music and video retailer HMV’s Hong Kong and Singapore operations

 

 

AID Partners Capital Ltd

Stephen Mok, Stephen Kitts, Norman Hui, Nigel Stamp, Sze-Hui Goh (Partners)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

 

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon guaranteed convertible bonds due 2018

 

HK$3.9 billion ($500 million)

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd

Teresa Ko (China chairman), Andrew Heathcote, Charles Ching (Partners)

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian

 

WSP Holdings Ltd enters into definitive agreement for going private transaction

$893.6 million

H.D.S. Investment LLC

 

Han Kun Law Offices

Nord Anglia Education, Inc’s PIK Toggle note offering

$150 million

Nord Anglia Education, Inc

 

Joyce Li (Partner), Huan Wang (Of counsel)

 

Han Yi Law Offices

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

$688 million

Consortium comprising affiliates of –

 

1.Carlyle Asia Partners III, L.P.

2.Sequoia Capital China 3.Growth 2010 Fund L.P.

Actis LLP

 

Haiwen & Partners

 

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

 

$500 million

Joint bookrunners and joint lead manager –

 

1.JP Morgan

2.UBS

 

 

 Jones Day

 

Idemitsu Kosan’s

 establishment of a 50-50 partnership with Canada's AltaGas Ltd

 

 

 

 Idemitsu Kosan

 

Kirkland & Ellis

 

WSP Holdings Ltd enters into definitive agreement for going private transaction

 

$893.6 million

Special committee

 

Kirkland & Ellis

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

$688 million

Consortium comprising affiliates of –

 

1.Carlyle Asia Partners III, L.P.

2.Sequoia Capital China 3.Growth 2010 Fund L.P.

Actis LLP

 

David Zhang, Ashley Young, Jesse Sheley, Douglas Murning, Stephanie Tang, Samuel Williamson (Partners), Aly Kassam, Steve Lin, Tiana Zhang (Associates)

 

Linklaters

 

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon guaranteed convertible bonds due 2018

 

HK$3.9 billion ($500 million)

Underwriters/managers

Hwang Hwa Sim (Partner), Mary Matson (Counsel)

Linklaters

 

AID Partners Capital Ltd’s purchase of British music and video retailer HMV’s Hong Kong and Singapore operations

 

 

Administrators of HMV

 

Maples and Calder

 

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

 

$500 million

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd

Greg Knowles (Partner), Derrick Kan (Associate)

Maples and Calder

 

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

 

$688 million

Special committee of 7 Days’ board

Greg Knowles (Partner), Derrick Kan (Associate)

O’Melveny & Myers

 

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

 

$688 million

7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

 

Paul Hastings

AEON Co Ltd’s

 buyout of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.’s 50 percent equity interest in Warner Mycal Corp

 

AEON Co Ltd

 

 Toshiyuki Arai,

 Christopher Sheaffer (Partners),

 Kota Kikuchi, Yuji Nakano, Achika Iwanaga (Associates)

 

Paul Hastings

Glorious Property Holdings Ltd’s senior notes offering due 2018

$250 million

 

Glorious Property Holdings Ltd

 

 

Vivian Lam, David Grimm, Christian Parker, Conor Downey (Partners),

 Celia Chau, Ling Ling, May Lun, Erika Wan, Karina Bielkowicz (Associates)

 

Shearman & Sterling

 

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

 

$688 million

J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd

 

Sidley Austin

 

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd’s issuance of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

 

$500 million

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Carlyle Group-led consortium’s agreement to acquire 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd

$688 million

Consortium comprising affiliates of –

 

1.Carlyle Asia Partners III, L.P.

2.Sequoia Capital China 3.Growth 2010 Fund L.P.

Actis LLP

 

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

 

WSP Holdings Ltd enters into definitive agreement for going private transaction

 

$893.6 million

One of the shareholders –

 

UMW China Ventures

 

Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.

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