Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Overy

CPIIM's world-scale alumina project in the Republic of Guinea

$6 billion

CPI International Minerals Co Ltd

(CPIIM)

Matthias Voss,

Alexandre Ancel,

Meredith Campion

(Partners)

 

Marie-Adélaide de Fleurieu,

Wang Xue, Frédérique Dugué,

Kristin Northway

(Associates)

Baker & McKenzie

Beijing Enterprises Water Group’s acquisition of nine raw water, water treatment, water supply and sewage treatment projects from Salcon Berhad and Salcon Water (Asia)

RMB 955 million

($156 million)

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd

Rossana Chu

(Partner)

 

Damon Law

(Senior associate)

Clyde & Co

FibroGen’s product development collaboration with AstraZeneca

$350 million

FibroGen

Michael Cripps

(Partner)

Jia Yuan Law Offices

Lisi’s entry into the department store and supermarket retail business

HK$893 million

($115 million)

Lisi Group (Holdings) Ltd

 

King & Spalding

CPIIM's world-scale alumina project in the Republic of Guinea

$6 billion

Government of Guinea

 

Morrison & Foerster

China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings’ 4.5 percent credit enhanced bond offering due 2018

$335 million

China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings Ltd

Melody He-Chen,

Ven Tan

(Partners)

Sylla & Partners

CPIIM's world-scale alumina project in the Republic of Guinea

$6 billion

Government of Guinea

Mohamed Sidiki Sylla

(Attorney-at-law)

Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

 

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby

(Bermuda counsel)

Hero Valour’s mandatory cash offer to acquire Tsit Wing International’s entire share capital

S$65.48 million ($51.5 million)

Tsit Wing International

John Melia

(Partner)

 

Vincent Chan

(Associate)

Herbert Smith Freehills

Dual-tranche syndicated financing for the Yuzhou Group

$32 million and $35 million

HSBC Ltd (Arranger)

Alexander Aitken

(Partner)

 

Etelka Bogardi

(Consultant)

 

Victor Ding,

Sherry Lai

(Senior associates)

Herbert Smith Freehills

Wing Tai Properties’ deal for new offshore real estate financings

> $780 million

Wing Tai Properties Ltd

Alexander Aitken

(Partner)

 

 Etelka Bogardi

(Consultant)

 

Victor Ding,

Sherry Lai

(Senior associates)

Li & Partners

Lisi’s entry into the department store and supermarket retail business

HK$893 million

($115 million)

Lisi Group (Holdings) Ltd

Kelvin Chan

(Partner)

 

Jason Leung

(Solicitor)

 

Linda Lau

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Citi Investment Trust’s launch of Templeton Global Bond Fund Foreign Currency Series

N/A

Citi Investment Trust

Nick Harrold

(Partner)

 

Kathryn Smith

(Associate)

Mayer Brown JSM

Wing Tai Properties’ deal for new offshore real estate financings

> $780 million

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd

 

Paul Hastings

Tenwow International Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

$203 million

Tenwow International Holdings Ltd

Raymond Li,

Sammy Li,

Steven Winegar (Partners)

 

Bonnie Yung,

Nan Li

(Counsel)

 

Anthony Pang, Yingying Chen,

Samson Suen

(Associates)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Tenwow International Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

$203 million

Underwriters:

1.Deutsche Bank 2.HSBC

3.China International Capital Corp

Chris Wong,

Chris Lin,

Robert Holo (Partners)

 

Felicia Lai

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Jodi Sackel

(Associate)

Jurisdiction – Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Citi Investment Trust’s launch of Templeton Global Bond Fund Foreign Currency Series

N/A

Citi Investment Trust

 

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

 

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