Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Han Kun Law Offices Sinochem Oil’s acquisition of a Northeastern China-based petroleum products storage and marketing company Undisclosed Sinochem Oil Han Kun Law Offices Vipshop Holdings Ltd’s follow-on public offering on the New York Stock Exchange Undisclosed Vipshop Holdings Ltd Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Vipshop Holdings Ltd’s follow-on public offering on the New York Stock Exchange Undisclosed Underwriters: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia)LLC 2.Deutsche Bank Securities Inc 3.J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Leiming Chen (Partner) Blake Dunlap, Jonathan Cantor (Counsel) David Lee, Tianyi Chen (Registered foreign lawyers) Jennie Getsin, Anthony Minervini (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Davis Polk & Wardwell NagaCorp Ltd’s top-up placement of 200,000,000 shares $154 million Placing agents: 1.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 2.BNP Paribas Capital (Asia-Pacific) Ltd William Barron, Bonnie Chan, Paul Chow (Partners) Peter Cheng, Wilson Chan (Associates) David Pendergast (Registered foreign lawyer) Ling Jessica Zhang (Legal assistant) Paul Hastings Ayala Land Inc’s top-up placement $300 million Ayala Land Inc Patricia Tan Openshaw, Steven Winegar (Partners) Jordan Baggs (Associate) Paul Hastings Glorious Property Holdings Ltd’s issuance of additional senior notes due 2018 $150 million Glorious Property Holdings Ltd Hong Kong team: Vivian Lam, David Grimm (Partners) Erika Wan, Celia Chau, May Lun, Jordan Baggs (Associates) London team: Christian Parker (Partner) Karina Bielkowicz (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan Tobacco Inc's global share sale $7.8 billion Japan Tobacco Inc Minister of Finance of Japan Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Japan Tobacco Inc's global share sale $7.8 billion Joint lead managers and bookrunners: 1.Goldman Sachs International 2.Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd 3.J.P. Morgan Securities plc Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Japan Tobacco Inc's global share sale $7.8 billion Joint lead managers and bookrunners: 1.Goldman Sachs International 2.Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd 3.J.P. Morgan Securities plc Alan Cannon (Partner) Yi Wang (Foreign lawyer) Jon Cantor (Counsel) Tadashi Okamoto, Vanessa Cohen, Andrew Pagliughi, Jennie Getsin (Associates) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sale of Intelligence Holdings to Temp Holdings 68 billion yen ($716 million) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and affiliates David Sneider, Sinead O’Shea, David Vann (Partners) Sayo Kondo, Noritaka Kumamoto, Makiko Harunari, Étienne Renaudeau (Associates) Sullivan & Cromwell Japan Tobacco Inc's global share sale $7.8 billion 1.Japan Tobacco Inc 2.Minister of Finance of Japan Izumi Akai (Partner)
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