Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Central China Real

Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018

$400 million

Central China Real Estate Ltd

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Central China Real

Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018

$400 million

Initial purchasers:

1.DBS

2.Deutsche Bank

3.J.P. Morgan 4.Morgan Stanley 5.Nomura

6.UBS

William Barron,

John Paton

(Partners)

Gerhard Radtke

(Registered foreign

lawyer-counsel)

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

Rhiannon Nakano

(Associate)

Lu Tan,

Ling Jessica Zhang (Legal assistants)

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Central China Real

Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018

$400 million

Initial purchasers:

1.DBS

2.Deutsche Bank

3.J.P. Morgan 4.Morgan Stanley 5.Nomura

6.UBS

McGuireWoods

Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods

$7.1 billion

Smithfield Foods

Paul Hastings

Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods

$7.1 billion

Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd

Raymond Li,

Vivian Lam,

Michael Chernick,

Scott Flicker (Partners)

Carl Sanchez

(Chair of global mergers and acquisitions)

Elizabeth Razzano, Laura McGurty, Michael LaPlante, Ellen Holmes,

Dana Stepnowsky,

Fang Pei,

Katherine Watlington,

Wilson Yiu (Associates)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods

$7.1 billion

Smithfield Foods

Rob Spatt,

Patrick Naughton,

Leiming Chen,

Shaolin Luo

(Partners)

Troutman Sanders

Shuanghui International Holdings’ acquisition of Smithfield Foods

$7.1 billion

Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

CITIC PE’s buyout of 3SBio Inc

$338.3 million

CITIC PE

Gregory Puff,

Zach Wittenberg (Partners)

David Lee

(Counsel)

Baker & McKenzie

Champion Real Estate Investment Trust’s acquisition of four floors of Citibank Tower

HK$2.155 billion

($280 million)

Eagle Asset Management (CP) Ltd

(Champion Real Estate Investment Trust’s manager)

Milton Cheng

(Partner)

Jeremy Ong

(Associate)

Baker & McKenzie

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust’s issue of 4.10 percent guaranteed notes due 2018

$150 million

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust

Milton Cheng, Andrew Lockhart (Partners)

Jeremy Ong,

Erica Jiang

(Associates)

Clifford Chance

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust’s issue of 4.10 percent guaranteed notes due 2018

$150 million

Joint lead managers:

1.ABCI Capital Ltd 2.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd

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

4.UBS AG, HK branch

5.Wing Lung Bank Ltd

Conyers Dill & Pearman

Global offering and listing of share stapled units jointly issued by Langham Hospitality and Langham Hospitality Investments Ltd

$550 million

Langham Hospitality

Davis Polk & Wardwell

China Hui Yuan Juice Holdings’ disposal of China Huiyuan

Industry Holding to China Huiyuan Juice Group

HK$4.9 billion

($630 million)

China Hui Yuan Juice Holdings Co Ltd

Paul Chow,

Miranda So,

Howard Zhang

(Partners)

Margie Chan,

Amanda Lau

(Associates)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Global offering and listing of share stapled units jointly issued by Langham Hospitality and Langham Hospitality Investments Ltd

$550 million

Sponsors and Underwriters

Ken Martin

(China corporate practice head)

Grace Huang

(Partner)

David Cotton

(Corporate counsel)

Kennedys

Cordlife Group’s

acquisition of Cordlife’s cord blood and cord tissue banking businesses

$5.43 million

(A$5.5 million/

S$6.8 million)

Cordlife

Group Ltd

Richard Bates

(Partner)

Troy Mossley

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Kirkland & Ellis

China Harmony Auto Holding’s IPO and listing on HKEx

$248 million to $362 million

1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC

2.China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Ltd

Dominic Tsun,

David Zhang,

Li-Chien Wong,

Fan Zhang

(Partners)

Henry Cheng

(Counsel)

Li & Partners

Central China Real

Estate’s issue of 6.5 percent senior notes due 2018

$400 million

Central China Real

Estate Ltd

Mayer Brown JSM

Global offering and listing of share stapled units jointly issued by Langham Hospitality and Langham Hospitality Investments Ltd

$550 million

Langham Hospitality Investments

Morrison & Foerster

China Hui Yuan Juice Holdings’ disposal of China Huiyuan

Industry Holding to China Huiyuan Juice Group

HK$4.9 billion

($630 million)

China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd

Xiaohu Ma,

Jeremy Hunt

(Partners)

Jun Deng

(Of counsel)

Paul Hastings

Ayala Corp’s treasury share block sale

PHP3.4 billion ($79 million)

CLSA Ltd

(Placing agent)

Patricia Tan Openshaw,

Steven Winegar

(Partners)

Jordan Baggs

(Associate)

Paul Hastings

China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining’s issue of RMB-denominated convertible bonds due 2018

RMB820 million

($134 million)

China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd

Raymond Li,

Vivian Lam,

Christian Parker

(Partners)

Erika Wan,

Matthew Poxon,

May Lun

(Associates)

Slaughter and May

Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s third issue of inflation-linked bonds due 2016

HK$10 billion

($1.3 billion)

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Lisa Chung

(Partner)

Simon Chan

(Associate)

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

U-Shin’s acquisition of Valeo’s access mechanisms business

203 million euros

($266 million)

U-Shin Ltd

L. Mark Weeks

(Managing partner)

George Rigo

(Partner)