Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Davis Polk & Wardwell China Oil And Gas Group’s issue of 5.25 percent senior notes due 2018 $350 million Initial purchasers: 1.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 2.Morgan Stanley & Co International William Barron, John Paton (Partners) Gerhard Radtke (Registered foreign lawyer-counsel) Bingqing Pan (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel, Catherine Martin (Counsel) Margie Chan, Rhiannon Nakano, Susan Klavens Hutner (Associates) Raymond Lai, James Gao (Legal assistants) Herbert Smith Freehills China National Offshore Oil Corp’s acquisition of additional interests in Queensland Curtis LNG project, and purchase of increased LNG volumes Undisclosed China National Offshore Oil Corp Anna Howell, Stuart Barrymore, Matt Bull, Hilary Lau, Nick Heggert (Partners) Amos Carrington, Sarah Pollock, Michael Boyce (Senior associates) Yida Xu, Jane Ballard, Hao Su (Associates) Jingtian & Gongcheng China Oil And Gas Group’s issue of 5.25 percent senior notes due 2018 $350 million China Oil And Gas Group Ltd King & Wood Mallesons China Oil And Gas Group’s issue of 5.25 percent senior notes due 2018 $350 million Initial purchasers: 1.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 2.Morgan Stanley & Co International King & Wood Mallesons China National Offshore Oil Corp’s acquisition of additional interests in Queensland Curtis LNG project, and purchase of increased LNG volumes Undisclosed Queensland Curtis LNG
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allens QBE Insurance Group’s issue of 2.4 percent senior notes due 2018 $600 million QBE Insurance Group Davis Polk & Wardwell Sinochem Hong Kong’s offer of subordinated guaranteed perpetual capital securities $600 million Sinochem Hong Kong Eugene Gregor, Paul Chow, John Paton (Partners) Bate Yu, Sin Joh Chuang, Sarah Joy (Associates) Catherine Martin (Counsel) Lin Xu, Yumin (Stella) Zhao (Legal assistants) Davis Polk & Wardwell QBE Insurance Group’s issue of 2.4 percent senior notes due 2018 $600 million Initial purchasers: 1.Barclays Capital Inc 2.Morgan Stanley & Co Eugene Gregor, John D. Paton (Partners) David Pendergast (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel, Marcie Goldstein (Counsel) Andrew Qu (Legal assistant) Haiwen & Partners Sinochem Hong Kong’s offer of subordinated guaranteed perpetual capital securities $600 million Managers Herbert Smith Freehills Goldman Sachs’ investment in Den Networks $110 million Goldman Sachs Austin Sweeney (Head of corporate, Asia region) Hogan Lovells Top Spring International Holdings’ disposal of interests in Top Spring Taihu Bay to Jian Hong Holdings $88.3 million Top Spring International Holdings Ltd Terence Lau (Partner) Sheryl Cheung (Associate) Mayer Brown JSM Beijing Enterprises Water Group’s issue of 4.625 percent guaranteed bonds due 2018 $500 million Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd Jeckle Chiu, Phill Smith (Partners) Joshua Ng, Clara Li (Associates) Sidley Austin China Oil And Gas Group’s issue of 5.25 percent senior notes due 2018 $350 million China Oil And Gas Group Ltd Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom QBE Insurance Group’s issue of 2.4 percent senior notes due 2018 $600 million QBE Insurance Group Tian Yuan Law Firm Sinochem Hong Kong’s offer of subordinated guaranteed perpetual capital securities $600 million Sinochem Hong Kong
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