Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy Deutsche Bank’s debut Renminbi-denominated Formosa bond issuance RMB1.1 billion ($180 million) Deutsche Bank Walter Son, Kai Schaffelhuber (Partners) Michael Becker (Counsel) Jaclyn Yeap (Associate) Baker & McKenzie Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million 1.Innolux Corp 2.Leadtek Global Group Corp Alex Chiang, Brian Spires, James Hsiao (Partners) Jennifer Chen (Corporate consultant) Christopher Shen, Lin Zhan (Registered foreign lawyers) Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman counsel) Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million Himax Technologies Emmet Marvin & Martin Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million Bank of New York Mellon Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer PICC Property and Casualty Company’s rights issue $938 million Joint lead underwriters and bookrunners Richard Wang, Calvin Lai (Partners) Han Kun Law Offices Dongying Pharmaceuticals’ transfer of its domestic equity interest to Shanghai Pharma Undisclosed Dongying Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd Stanley Guo, Jason Wang, Adrian Lv, Yuan Lin, Nikki Yang, Alan Luo (Partners) Shearman & Sterling (U.S. counsel) Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million Underwriters and bookrunners: 1.Citigroup Global Markets 2.Merrill Lynch 3.Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 4.Chardan Capital Markets 5.Credit Suisse Securities(USA)
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Herbert Smith Freehills Proposed merger between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ and Hitachi’s thermal power operations Undisclosed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Rebecca Major, James Robinson (Partners) Lukas Kratochvil (Senior associate) Douglas Heller (Associate) White & Case Slovak Republic’s issue of two series of Japanese yen-denominated Samurai bonds JPY 30 billion ($305.4 million) The Slovak Republic Marek Staron, Juraj Fuska, Marek Staroň, Norifusa Hashimoto (Partners) Róbert Vydra, (Counsel) Eiichi Nagai, Yuki Hattori, Martin Mojžis (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Taiwan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million Himax Technologies Davis Polk & Wardwell (U.S. counsel) Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million Himax Technologies James Lin (Partner) Harold Tin (Foreign registered lawyer) Sabrina Lin (Legal manager) Alon Gurfinkel, Catherine Martin (Counsel) Meng Ding (Associate) Jenah Pei Jiang (Legal assistant) Lee and Li Innolux’s SEC-registered sale of shares in Himax Technologies $133 million Underwriters and bookrunners: 1.Citigroup Global Markets 2.Merrill Lynch 3.Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 4.Chardan Capital Markets 5.Credit Suisse Securities(USA)
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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