Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (U.S. counsel) $3.7 billion 1.Jinsheng Ren 2.New Good Management Ltd 3.Assure Ahead Investments Ltd 4. Right Lane Ltd 5. King View Development International Ltd Ling Huang, W. Clayton Johnson, Erika Nijenhuis (Partners) Xuemei Lu, Jerry Fang, Eng-Lye Ong, Vivien Ho, Rebecca Reeb, Juliana Dalotto (Associates) Davis Polk & Wardwell (U.S. counsel) Simcere Pharmaceutical Group’s going-private transaction $3.7 billion Financial adviser to special committee: UBS AG Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) Simcere Pharmaceutical Group’s going-private transaction $3.7 billion Special committee of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Greg Knowles (Partner) Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) Paul Hastings China International Marine Containers’ (Hong Kong) sale and purchase agreement with Pteris Global Undisclosed China International Marine Containers (Group) Co Ltd Raymond Li, Zhaoyu Ren (Partners) Ke Zhu (Associate) Shearman & Sterling (U.S. counsel) Simcere Pharmaceutical Group’s going-private transaction $3.7 billion Special committee of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Vinson & Elkins China Petrochemical Corp’s acquisition of a 33 percent stake in Apache Corp's Egyptian oil and gas business $3.1 billion China Petrochemical Corp (SINOPEC) Tju Liang Chua, David Blumental (Partners) Weil, Gotshal & Manges China Petrochemical Corp’s acquisition of a 33 percent stake in Apache Corp's Egyptian oil and gas business $3.1 billion Apache Corp Glenn West (Managing partner - Dallas) Steven Xiang (Partner) Suat Eng Seah, Jared Rusman (Partners) Wenfeng Li (Counsel) Ryan Gorsche, Mark Dundon (Associates)
Shuang Zhao,
Laurence Crouch,
Richard Hsu,
Doreen Lilienfeld,
Sanja Udovicic
(Partners)
Eileen O'Pray
(Counsel)
Ning Liu,
Yunpeng Fan,
Sha Sha,
Zheng Bao,
Gary Tashjian,
Alfred Ng,
(Associates)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Allen & Overy ING Group’s sale of its South Korean life insurance business, ING Life Korea, to MBK Partners KRW1.84 trillion ($1.7 billion) ING Group Gary McLean, Richard Evans (Partners) Jinghua Zou, Benjamin Crawford, Catherine Liu (Associates) Baker & McKenzie Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust's proposed acquisition of Kingswood Ginza property from Cheung Kong (Holdings) HK$5.84 billion ($750 million) ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Ltd Milton Cheng, Christina Lee, Simon Leung, Debbie Cheung, Pierre Chan (Partners) Jeremy Ong (Senior associate) Paul Hastings Shuanghui International Holdings facilities agreement with banking consortium for debt financing to fund pending acquisition of Smithfield Foods $4 billion Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd Raymond Li, Vivian Lam, Michael Chernick, Mario Ippolito, Garrett Hayes (Partners) Fang Pei, Celia Chau, Katherine Watlington, Erika Wan, Andre Gray, Edward Holmes, Nathalia Osorio, Felicia Yen (Associates)
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Davis Polk & Wardwell Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp’s three-tranche senior bonds offering due 2016, 2018 and 2023 $2 billion Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp Theodore Paradise (Partner) Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp’s three-tranche senior bonds offering due 2016, 2018 and 2023 $2 billion Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp Fumihide Sugimoto (Partner) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp’s three-tranche senior bonds offering due 2016, 2018 and 2023 $2 billion Initial purchasers Alan Cannon, David Snowden, Rob Holo, Adam Wells (Partners)
Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton ING Group’s sale of its South Korean life insurance business, ING Life Korea, to MBK Partners KRW1.84 trillion ($1.7 billion) MBK Partners Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Korea Development Bank’s Schedule B debt offering of its 4 percent notes due 2016 $750 million Korea Development Bank Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Korea Finance Corp’s Schedule B debt offering of its 2.875 percent notes due 2018 $500 million Korea Finance Corporation Davis Polk & Wardwell Korea Development Bank’s Schedule B debt offering of its 4 percent notes due 2016 $750 million Underwriter: HSBC Ltd Eugene Gregor, John Paton (Partners) Tae-Hun Kim (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel (Associate) Davis Polk & Wardwell Korea Finance Corp’s Schedule B debt offering of its 2.875 percent notes due 2018 $500 million Underwriters: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 3.The Korea Development Bank 4.Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Eugene Gregor, John Paton (Partners) Tae-Hun Kim (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel (Associate) Kim & Chang ING Group’s sale of its South Korean life insurance business, ING Life Korea, to MBK Partners KRW1.84 trillion ($1.7 billion) MBK Partners Kim & Chang Korea Development Bank’s Schedule B debt offering of its 4 percent notes due 2016 $750 million Korea Development Bank Kim & Chang Korea Finance Corp’s Schedule B debt offering of its 2.875 percent notes due 2018 $500 million Korea Finance Corporation
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