Jurisdiction – China
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
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Allens |
Sale of Rio Tinto’s 80 percent interest in Northparkes copper mine to China Molybdenum |
$820 million |
Rio Tinto |
Richard Malcolmson, Richard Kriedemann (Partners) Simon Lewis, Rob Kerr, Lixian Liang, Jayne Fullerton, Justin Chenevier, Veronica Siow (Senior associates) Shikha Sethi, Lucinda Clarke, William Coote (Lawyers) |
|
Herbert Smith Freehills |
ChinaVision Media Group’s share placement |
$34.4 million |
Placing agent: Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Matt Emsley, Kevin Roy, Michelle Chan (Partners) Victor Ding (Senior associate) Jackie Chen, George Wu (Associates) |
|
King & Wood Mallesons |
Sale of Rio Tinto’s 80 percent interest in Northparkes copper mine to China Molybdenum |
$820 million |
China Molybdenum Co Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Appleby (BVI counsel) Rex International Holding’s listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd $63 million Rex International Holding Ltd Jeffrey Kirk (Partner) Tan Li-Lee (Counsel) Vincent Chan (Associate) Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Buyout of LJ International Inc by a special committee of the company’s board of directors $64 million Special committee of Board of Directors Greg Puff (Asia practice head) Zach Wittenberg (Partner) Michelle Chan (Associate) Baker & McKenzie Regal Real Estate Investment Trust’s term loan and revolving loan facilities Term loan: HK$4.8 billion ($620 million) Revolving loan: HK$300 million ($38.7 million) Regal REIT’s trustee: DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd Milton Cheng, Andrew Lockhart (Partners) Jeremy Ong, Fiona Wang (Associates) Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) Buyout of LJ International Inc by a special committee of the company’s board of directors $64 million Special committee of Board of Directors Greg Knowles (Partner) Derrick Kan (Associate) Mayer Brown JSM Regal Real Estate Investment Trust’s term loan and revolving loan facilities Term loan: HK$4.8 billion ($620 million) Revolving loan: HK$300 million ($38.7 million) Financiers
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance’s 15 percent capital investment in Thai Life Insurance $700 million Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co Junzaburo Kiuchi, Ed Cole (Partners) Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Tosei Corp’s share placement S$33.84 million ($26.8 million) Tosei Corp
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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