Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby

(Bermuda counsel)

Jetgo Development’s acquisition of the remaining shares of Prosperity Minerals Holdings

$108 million

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Jeffrey Kirk

(Partner)

 

Vincent Chan

(Associate)

Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clifford Chance

Asian Mineral Resources’ mining services contracts, equipment leasing arrangements and project financing for Ban Phuc Nickel Project

$20 million

(for project financing)

Asian Mineral Resources Ltd

Ashvin Seetulsingh,

Ting Ting Tan,

Jon Carson

(Partners)

 

Phil Sealey (Counsel)

 

Gemma Bentley

(Senior associate)

Proskauer Rose

Zhuguang Holdings Group Company’s issue of guaranteed secured senior notes

$200 million

Lead initial investor:

CCB International

Jay Tai

(Partner)

Slaughter and May

 

Ratnakar Bank’s acquisition of RBS' business banking, credit cards and residential mortgage businesses in India

Undisclosed

Ratnakar Bank Ltd

David Watkins,

Laurence Rudge (Partners)

 

Tanya de Villiers

(Associate)

Jurisdiction – Korea

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Cheil Industries and Samsung Electronics’ proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Novaled AG

260 million euros

($347.8 million)

Cheil Industries Samsung Electronics

Matthias Horbach, Young Shin,

Johannes Frey

(Partners)

 

Holger Hofmeister,

Jörg Herwig,

Horst Henschen, Giorgio Motta,

Ulrich Ziegler (Counsel)

 

 Martin Prokoph,

Jörg Neubauer,

Michael Steiner (Associates)

Sullivan & Cromwell

Cheil Industries and Samsung Electronics’ proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Novaled AG

260 million euros

($347.8 million)

Novaled AG’s shareholders

York Schnorbus, Michael DeSombre

(Partners)

 

Markus Lauer (Counsel)

Jurisdiction – Australia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

ClarkeKann Lawyers

Fortescue Metals Group’s joint venture with Formosa Plastics Group

$1.5 billion

Formosa Plastics Group

John Toigo
(Partner)


Wenny Lim,
Brad Vinning

(Senior associates)

DLA Piper

Fortescue Metals Group’s joint venture with Formosa Plastics Group

$1.5 billion

Fortescue Metals Group

Jim Holding,

Stephen Webb

(Partners)

 

Lyndon Masters (Senior associate)

Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.

 

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