Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie 485 million euros ($631 million) Tian Ping Martin Tam (Partner) Scott Silverman (Special counsel) Robin Koh, Jiahua Wu, Charles Chen (Senior associates) Mark Wong (Associate) Davis Polk & Wardwell China Petroleum & Chemical Corp’s issue of four-tranche senior unsecured notes $3.5 billion Initial purchasers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.Merrill Lynch International 3.UBS AG, HK branch 4.J.P. Morgan Securities Goldman Sachs (Asia) 5.Morgan Stanley & Co International 6.Nomura International 7.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 8.Société Générale 9.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd 10.China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Ltd 11.HSBC Ltd Davis Polk & Wardwell China Petroleum & Chemical Corp’s issue of four-tranche senior unsecured notes $3.5 billion Joint global coordinators: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.Merrill Lynch International 3.UBS AG, HK branch 4.J.P. Morgan Securities Fangda Partners SINA Corp’s sale of its 18 percent stake in Weibo Corp to Alibaba Group $586 million Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Kingson Law Firm Sale of Beijing Wanguocheng Hotel Operation & Management Co Ltd and Prosperity Hotel Investment Holdings Ltd to Sonic City Ltd RMB1.29 billion ($210 million) Modern Hotel Management Co Ltd King & Wood Mallesons Sale of Beijing Wanguocheng Hotel Operation & Management Co Ltd and Prosperity Hotel Investment Holdings Ltd to Sonic City Ltd RMB1.29 billion ($210 million) Sonic City Ltd Simmons & Simmons CAIDC’s acquisition of controlling stake in an Africa-based gold mine project Undisclosed China-Africa Investment and Development Co Ltd (CAIDC) Eric Lin (Partner) Chloe Xu, Geoffrey Mullen, Liz Hsu (Associates) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett SINA Corp’s sale of its 18 percent stake in Weibo Corp to Alibaba Group $586 million Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Kathryn King Sudol, Leiming Chen, Lori Lesser, Katharine Moir, Celia Lam (Partners) Rich Lin, Sandra Kister (Registered foreign lawyers) Marcela Robledo (Senior associate) Jason Vollbracht (Associate) Venus Lo (Counsel) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom China Petroleum & Chemical Corp’s issue of four-tranche senior unsecured notes $3.5 billion 1.China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation 2.Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd Gregory Miao, Peter Huang, Edward Lam, Sullivan & Cromwell AXA’s acquisition of 50 percent of Tian Ping 485 million euros ($631 million) AXA Chun Wei, Gwen Wong (Partners) Henry Li (Special counsel) Lu Chai, Wei Li, Jing Wang, Jingyuan Sun, Mehdi Ansari (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie Wheelock Properties’ sale of West Tower at One Bay East to Manulife (Internatio-nal) HK$4.5 billion ($580 million) Wheelock Properties Ltd Edmond Chan (Partner) King & Wood Mallesons Sale of Beijing Wanguocheng Hotel Operation & Management Co Ltd and Prosperity Hotel Investment Holdings Ltd to Sonic City Ltd RMB1.29 billion ($210 million) Sonic City Ltd Maples and Calder SINA Corp’s sale of its 18 percent stake in Weibo Corp to Alibaba Group $586 million SINA Corp Gareth Griffiths, Greg Knowles (Partners) Matt Roberts (Senior associate) Mayer Brown JSM Sale of Beijing Wanguocheng Hotel Operation & Management Co Ltd and Prosperity Hotel Investment Holdings Limited to Sonic City Ltd RMB1.29 billion ($210 million) Modern Hotel Management Co Ltd Shearman & Sterling SINA Corp’s sale of its 18 percent stake in Weibo Corp to Alibaba Group $586 million SINA Corp Lee Edwards, Laurence Crouch, Richard Hsu (Partners) Wayne Lee, Daniel Stellenberg (Counsel) Denise Ho, Yvonne Cheng, Zheng Bao (Associates)
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