Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clifford Chance

China Construction Bank’s subscription of minority stake in JSC VTB Bank

$100 million

China Construction Bank

Terence Foo,

Tim Wang,

Alexander Anichkin,

Arthur Iliev (Partners)

Yan Yuan

(Senior associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Yanlord Land (HK) Co’s Regulation S offering

of 5.375 percent senior notes due 2016

RMB2 billion

($330 million)

Yanlord Land (HK) Co Ltd

William Barron,

Paul Chow,

John Paton (Partners)

Terrence R. O’Donnell

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Stephen Hood

(Counsel)

Liang (Alex) Tao,

Sin Joh Chuang, Margie Chan, Rhiannon Nakano (Associates)

Giteeka Sood

(Legal assistant)

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Kweichow Moutai’s acquisition of Château Loudenne

Undisclosed

Kweichow Moutai Company

David Boitout,

Fan Jiannian (Partners)

Alexis Pailleret,

Ghita Bourquouquou

(Associates)

Landwell & Associés

Kweichow Moutai’s acquisition of Château Loudenne

Undisclosed

Lafragette family

Bruno Thomas, Patricia Emeriau

Latham &

Watkins

Le Gaga Holdings’ going-private transaction

1.$4.01 per American Depositary Share

2.$0.0802 per ordinary share

Le Gaga Holdings Ltd

Paul Hastings

Carlyle Group’s acquisition of office building from Forterra Trust

$267 million

The Carlyle Group

David Blumenfeld,

Wayne Ma (Partners)

Meka Meng,

Annie Pan

(Associates)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Yanlord Land (HK) Co’s Regulation S offering

of 5.375 percent senior notes due 2016

RMB2 billion

($330 million)

Initial purchasers:

1. Citigroup Global Markets

2.DBS Bank Ltd

3. HSBC Ltd

4.Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Le Gaga Holdings’ going-private transaction

1.$4.01 per American Depositary Share

2.$0.0802 per ordinary share

Investor consortium

(Includes Sequoia Capital China)

Yuan Tai Law Offices

Yanlord Land (HK) Co’s Regulation S offering

of 5.375 percent senior notes due 2016

RMB2 billion

($330 million)

Initial purchasers:

1. Citigroup Global Markets

2.DBS Bank Ltd

3. HSBC Ltd

4.Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Shui On Land’s first rights issue

$473 million

Shui On Land Ltd

Teresa Ko

(China chairman)

Calvin Lai,

Charles Ching

(Partners)

Kirkland & Ellis

Winteam

Pharmaceutical Group’s acquisition of Tongjitang Chinese Medicine’s entire share capital

RMB2.64 billion

($430 million)

Winteam Pharmaceutical Group Ltd

David Yun,

Frank Sun,

Jamii Quoc

(Partners)

Arthur Tso,

Anthony Chan,

Cynthia Wang

(Associates)

Maples and Calder

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings’ issue of 9.50 percent senior notes due 2016

RMB800 million

($131 million)

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd

Greg Knowles

(Partner)

Richard Spooner

(Associate)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings’ issue of 9.50 percent senior notes due 2016

RMB800 million

($131 million)

Initial purchasers:

1.Merrill Lynch International 2.Deutsche Bank AG, HK branch

3.HSBC Ltd

4.The Royal Bank of Scotland

Slaughter and May

Annual update of Swire Properties MTN Financing’s medium-term note programme

$3 billion

Swire Properties Ltd

Lisa Chung,

Tony Beare

(Partners)

Jing Chen,

Stephen Fishbourne,

Paddy Law

(Associates)

Troutman Sanders

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings’ issue of 9.50 percent senior notes due 2016

RMB800 million

($131 million)

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

DLA Piper

UBIC’s U.S. public offering

$9 million

UBIC Inc

Michael Turner,

Jack Kantrowitz,

Koji Ishikawa,

Lance Miller

(Partners)

Makiko Takewaki

(Senior associate)

Masahiko Ishida,

Jonathan Brooks,

Keitaro Uzawa,

Ryo Takizawa,

Masato Ito,

David Turner,

Nadea Kolege (Associates)