Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allens

State Grid International Development’s acquisition of power assets from Singapore Power International Pte

Undisclosed

State Grid International Development Ltd

Anna Collyer,

Wendy Rae

(Partners)

Clifford Chance

China Galaxy Securities’ IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

$1.07 billion

 

Joint bookrunners (21 in number)

Tim Wang,

Cherry Chan,

Jean Thio

(Partners)

 

John Baptist Chan

(Consultant)

 

Tianning Xiang, Marcus Chen,

Hao Wu,

Lindsay Gao

(Associates)

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Lai Fung Holdings’ issue of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018

CNY1.8 billion

($290 million)

Initial purchasers

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Asia Cement Corp’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

$220 million

Joint bookrunners and lead managers: 1.Goldman Sachs International

2.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd

3.BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd

James Lin

(Partner)

 

Harold Tin

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Lulu Lin,

Sarah Joy

(Associates)

 

Jessica Ling Zhang

(Legal assistant)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes

due 2016

CNY2.5 billion

($410 million)

Initial purchasers: 1.BOCI Asia Ltd 2.Deutsche Bank AG (SG branch)

3.HSBC Ltd

4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd

5.Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd

William Barron

(Partner)

 

Gerhard Radtke

(Registered foreign lawyer-counsel)

 

Margie Chan

(Associate)

 

Yang (Claire) Cao,

Lin Xu

(Legal assistants)

Global Law Office

Lai Fung Holdings’ issue of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018

CNY1.8 billion

($290 million)

Lai Fung Holdings Ltd

 

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes

due 2016

CNY2.5 billion

($410 million)

Initial purchasers: 1.BOCI Asia Ltd 2.Deutsche Bank AG (SG branch)

3.HSBC Ltd

4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd

5.Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd

 

Linklaters

State Grid International Development’s acquisition of power assets from Singapore Power International Pte

Undisclosed

State Grid International Development Ltd

Thomas Ng,

Judie Ng Shortell

(Partners)

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Pactera Technology International’s going-private transaction

Undisclosed

Pactera Technology International Ltd

 

Ropes & Gray

Pactera Technology International’s going-private transaction

Undisclosed

Blackstone-led buyer group consortium

Gary Li,

Paul Boltz,

David Chapin,

James Lidbury

(Partners)

 

Peng Yu,

Evan Moll,

Owen Wang

(Associates)

T&C Law Firm

Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes

due 2016

CNY2.5 billion

($410 million)

Greentown China Holdings Ltd

 

Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Fosun International’s consent solicitation for its 7.5 percent senior notes due 2016

$300 million

Solicitation agent:

UBS AG, HK branch

William Barron

(Partner)

 

Margie Chan,

Liang (Alex) Tao

(Associates)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Lai Fung Holdings’ issue of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018

CNY1.8 billion

($290 million)

Joint lead managers:

1.DBS Bank Ltd

2.HSBC Ltd

3. J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia-Pacific) Ltd

Eugene Gregor

(Partner)

 

Gerhard Radtke

(Registered foreign lawyer-counsel)

 

Terrence O'Donnell

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Rhiannon Nakano

(Associate)

 

Andrew Qu

(Legal assistant)

Linklaters

Lai Fung Holdings’ issue of 6.875 percent senior notes due 2018

CNY1.8 billion

($290 million)

Lai Fung Holdings Ltd

 

Maples and Calder

Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes

due 2016

CNY2.5 billion

($410 million)

Greentown China Holdings Ltd

John Trehey

(Partner)

Mayer Brown JSM

I.T Ltd’s debut 6.25 percent RMB-denominated bond issue due 2018

CNY1 billion

($160 million)

I.T Ltd

Jason Elder,

Jeckle Chiu,

Phill Smith

(Partners)

 

Joshua Ng,

Edward Leung

(Associates)

Shearman & Sterling

Accenture’s acquisition of Acquity Group

$316 million

Acquity Group Ltd

Lee Edwards,

Alan Seem,

Richard Hsu,

Laurence Crouch,

Alan Goudiss,

Paula Anderson (Partners)

 

Fang Xue,

Eileen O’Pray,

Daniel Stellenberg (Counsel)

 

Justin Mak,

Yan Xiao (Associates)

 

Clarice Ngan

(International specialist)

Sidley Austin

Fosun International’s consent solicitation for its 7.5 percent senior notes due 2016

$300 million

Fosun International Ltd

 

Sullivan & Cromwell

Accenture’s acquisition of Acquity Group

$316 million

Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC

Stephen Kotran

(Partner)

 

Adam Rachlis

(Associate)

White & Case

Greentown China Holdings’ issue of 5.625 percent senior notes

due 2016

CNY2.5 billion

($410 million)

Greentown China Holdings Ltd

 

White & Case

PT MNC Investama Tbk’s issue of 5.875 percent senior notes due 2018

$365 million

Deutsche Bank

Anna-Marie Slot,

Kate Allchurch

(Partners)

 

Ady Adefris,

Yanni Guo,

Melanie Tan

(Associates)

Jurisdiction – Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Shearman & Sterling

Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd’s strategic partnership with Itautec S.A

Undisclosed

Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd

Kenneth Lebrun

(Partner)

 

Gordon Palmquist,

Kenji Strait,

Raleigh Morgan(Associates)

Jurisdiction – Taiwan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Lee and Li

Asia Cement Corp’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

$220 million

Asia Cement

Corp

 

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