Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Baidu’s acquisition of PPS $370 million PPS Commerce & Finance Law Offices CNOOC Finance’s offer of SEC-registered guaranteed notes in four tranches $4 billion Underwriters: 1.Bank of China 2.CICC 3.Citigroup 4.Credit Suisse 5.Goldman Sachs 6.J.P. Morgan 7.Merrill Lynch 8.UBS 9.CCB International Capital 10.ICBC 11.Société Générale Davis Polk & Wardwell AU Optronics Corp’s registered follow-on offering of American depositary shares ~$351 million AU Optronics Corp James Lin, Michael Mollerus (Partners) Harold Tin (Registered foreign lawyer) Adam Perry, Sam Van Peperstraete (Associates) Catherine Martin (Counsel) Andrew Daniel Kang (Legal assistant) Davis Polk & Wardwel l Baidu’s acquisition of PPS $370 million Baidu Inc Miranda So, Howard Zhang, Frank Azzopardi, Kathleen Ferrell (Partners) Ruomu Li (Registered foreign lawyer) Pritesh Shah, Nicholas DiChiara, Craig Phillips (Associates) Davis Polk & Wardwell CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million CITIC Capital Partners Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million Goldman Sachs (Asia) (Financial adviser to special committee of independent directors of AsiaInfo-Linkage) Douglas Freeman, Philip Richter, Victor Chen (Partners) Guantao Law Firm Sinopec Engineering’s global initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange $2.24 billion Underwriters King & Wood Mallesons Sinopec Engineering’s global initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange $2.24 billion SINOPEC Engineering Ltd Shearman & Sterling CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million Special committee of independent directors of AsiaInfo-Linkage Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million Buyer group consortium sub-set (includes China Broadband Capital Partners II) Peter Huang (Partner) Andre Zhu (Associate) T&C Law Firm Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes due 2016 RMB2.5 billion ($410 million) Greentown China Holdings Ltd
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Akin Gump CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million CITIC PE Greg Puff, Zach Wittenberg (Partners) Allen & Overy Sinopec Engineering’s global initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange $2.24 billion Sinopec Engineering Ltd Davis Polk & Wardwel l CNOOC Finance’s offer of SEC-registered guaranteed notes in four tranches $4 billion CNOOC Ltd James Lin, Eugene Gregor, Antony Dapiran, Lucy Farr, John Reynolds III (Partners) Harold Tin (Registered foreign lawyer) Catherine Martin (Counsel) Faisal Baloch, Bate Yu, Stephenie Fung, Annie Yan, David Wang, Hong (Cathryn) Jin, Tracy Matlock, Jake Wang (Associates) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer HK$2,996 million ($387 million) Gluon Xima International Ltd Charles Ching, Edward Freeman (Partners) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hutchison Whampoa Europe Finance (13) Ltd’s issue of perpetual subordinated guaranteed securities 1.75 billion euros ($2.26 billion) Hutchison Whampoa Europe Finance (13) Ltd Herbert Smith Freehills Goldman Sachs’ investment in Den Networks $110 million Goldman Sachs Kirkland & Ellis Greenland Holding Group Company subsidiary, Gluon Xima International’s equity investment in SPG Land (Holdings) HK$2,996 million ($387 million) SPG Land (Holdings) Ltd David Yun (Partner) Soo Yien Khor, Derek Poon (Associates) Kirkland & Ellis Sinopec Engineering’s global initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange $2.24 billion Joint global coordinators and bookrunners: 1.J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd 2.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd 3.UBS AG, HK branch 4.Goldman Sachs (Asia) Kirkland & Ellis Sinopec Engineering’s global initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange $2.24 billion Other joint global bookrunners: 1.China International Capital Corp 2.Hong Kong Securities Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd 5.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 6.Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd 7.Merrill Lynch International 8.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd 9.Deutsche Bank AG, HK branch 10.BOCOM International Securities Ltd 11.CMB International Capital Ltd 12.BOCI Asia Ltd Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Fan Zhang, Joanna Ritcey-Donohue, Laura Fraedrich (Partners) Kirkland & Ellis Want Want China Finance and Want Want China Holdings’ issue of 1.875 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018 $600 million Initial purchasers: J. P. Morgan Securities Merrill Lynch International CIMB Mizuho Securities John Otoshi, Benjamin Su, Dominic Tsun, Angela Russo (Partners) Maples and Calder Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes due 2016 RMB2.5 billion ($410 million) Greentown China Holdings Ltd John Trehey (Partner) Maples and Calder Hutchison Whampoa Europe Finance (13) Ltd’s issue of perpetual subordinated guaranteed securities 1.75 billion euros ($2.26 billion) 1.Hutchison Whampoa Europe Finance (13) Ltd 2.Hutchison Whampoa Ltd Stacey Overholt (Partner) Maples and Calder Want Want China Finance and Want Want China Holdings’ issue of 1.875 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018 $600 million 1.Want Want China Finance Ltd 2.Want Want China Holdings Ltd Greg Knowles (Partner) Derrick Kan, Karen Zhang (Associates) Paul Hastings CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million Mandated lead arrangers: 1.Nomura 2.Bank of Taiwan 3.Cathay United Bank 4.ICBC International Capital Ltd 5.Maybank Investment Bank Bhd Brett King, Alexander Lee (Partners) James Ma, Katherine Watlington (Associates) Ropes & Gray CITIC Capital Partners-led private investor consortium’s acquisition of AsiaInfo-Linkage $890 million AlpInvest (Buyer consortium member) Brian Schwarzwalder (Partner) Oliver Nip (Associate) Sullivan & Cromwell Want Want China Finance and Want Want China Holdings’ issue of 1.875 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018 $600 million 1.Want Want China Finance Ltd 2.Want Want China Holdings Ltd White & Case Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes due 2016 RMB2.5 billion ($410 million) Greentown China Holdings Ltd Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo Hutchison Whampoa Europe Finance (13) Ltd’s issue of perpetual subordinated guaranteed securities 1.75 billion euros ($2.26 billion) Hutchison Whampoa Europe Finance (13) Ltd
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Clifford Chance Ascott Residence Trust’s acquisition of 11 rental housing properties from ACRJ3 Pte Ltd JPY9.2 billion ($90 million) Ascott Residence Trust Leng-Fong Lai (Partner) Kenji Miyagawa (Counsel) Suguru Kimura (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Taiwan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law AU Optronics Corp’s registered follow-on offering of American depositary shares ~$351 million Joint book runners: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 2.UBS AG (HK branch) Russin & Vecchi AU Optronics Corp’s registered follow-on offering of American depositary shares ~$351 million AU Optronics Corp Simpson Thacher & Bartlett AU Optronics Corp’s registered follow-on offering of American depositary shares ~$351 million Underwriters Chris Lin, (Partners) Asher Hsu (Registered foreign lawyer) Christine Chang Tse-Yu Su, Michael Cardella
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