Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Yongye International Inc’s going-private transaction $340 million Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc Gregory Puff, Zachary Wittenberg (Partners) Baker & McKenzie Tencent Holdings’ acquisition of a 36.5 percent interest in Sogou Inc $448 million THL A21 Ltd Howard Wu (Partner) Zhenyu Ruan (Special counsel) Tracy Zhang (Associate) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Yongye International Inc’s going-private transaction $340 million Special committee of Yongye’s Board of Directors Commerce & Finance Law Offices Qihoo 360 Technology’s issue of 2.5 percent coupon convertible bonds due 2018 $600 million Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd Global Law Office Grant of pre-payment facility to Xinjiang Zhaokun Trading Co $195 million 1. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 2.Natixis 3.Société Générale Goulston & Storrs Tencent Holdings’ acquisition of a 36.5 percent interest in Sogou Inc $448 million Sohu Inc Haiwen & Partners Tencent Holdings’ acquisition of a 36.5 percent interest in Sogou Inc $448 million Sohu Inc Jingtian & Gongcheng Greentown China Holdings’ Regulation S offering of its 8 percent senior notes due 2019 $300 million Initial purchasers: 1.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 2.HSBC Ltd 3. Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 4.BOCI Asia Ltd 5.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd 6.Standard Chartered Bank 7.UBS AG, HK branch King & Wood Mallesons Qihoo 360 Technology’s issue of 2.5 percent coupon convertible bonds due 2018 $600 million Initial purchasers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.China Renaissance Securities (HK) Ltd 3. UBS AG, HK branch Loeb & Loeb Yongye International Inc’s going-private transaction $340 million Yongye International Inc Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Tencent Holdings’ acquisition of a 36.5 percent interest in Sogou Inc $448 million Tencent Holdings Ltd Jeanette Chan (Partner) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Yongye International Inc’s going-private transaction $340 million MSPEA Agriculture Holding Ltd Ropes & Gray TPG Capital’s investment in Xinyuan Real Estate Co $108.6 million TPG Capital Gary Li, Daniel Anderson, Paul Boltz (Partners) Shearman & Sterling Tencent Holdings’ acquisition of a 36.5 percent interest in Sogou Inc $448 million Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Paul Strecker (Partner) Shirin Tang (Counsel) Ning Liu (Associate) T&C Law Firm Greentown China Holdings’ Regulation S offering of its 8 percent senior notes due 2019 $300 million Greentown China Holdings Ltd Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Yongye International Inc’s going-private transaction $340 million 1.Mr. Zishen Wu 2.Full Alliance International Ltd Peter Huang, Daniel Dusek, Clive Rough (Partners) Weil, Gotshal & Manges Yongye International Inc’s going-private transaction $340 million Lead Rich International Ltd Akiko Mikumo (Partner)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Baker & McKenzie International Housewares Retail Company’s global offering HK$607 million ($78.3 million) Sponsor and underwriter: 1.BOCI Asia Ltd Elsa Chan, Brian Spires, Edwin Li (Partners) Tami Chen, Ashley Chow, Janice Wong (Associates) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton KEXIM’s SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering of its floating-rate notes due 2016, and 2.875 percent senior notes due 2018 $500 million each KEXIM Davis Polk & Wardwell CIFI Holdings’ issue of 12.25 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018 $225 million Joint lead managers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 2.Standard Chartered Bank 3.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 4.HSBC Ltd 5.Haitong International Securities Co Ltd Davis Polk & Wardwell Greentown China Holdings’ Regulation S offering of its 8 percent senior notes due 2019 $300 million Initial purchasers: 1.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 2.HSBC Ltd 3. Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 4.BOCI Asia Ltd 5.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd 6.Standard Chartered Bank 7.UBS AG, HK branch William Barron (Partner) Gerhard Radtke (Registered foreign lawyer-counsel) Margie Chan, Bingqing Pan (Associates) Davis Polk & Wardwell KEXIM’s SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering of its floating-rate notes due 2016, and 2.875 percent senior notes due 2018 $500 million each Underwriters: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 3.Goldman Sachs International 4.HSBC Ltd 5.Merrill Lynch 6.Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc 7.Mizuho Securities USA Inc 8.Samsung Securities Co Ltd Eugene Gregor (Partner) Tae-Hun Kim (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) DLA Piper Grant of pre-payment facility to Xinjiang Zhaokun Trading Co $195 million 1. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 2.Natixis 3.Société Générale Jolyon Ellwood-Russell (Partner) Catherine Arlin (Senior associate) Kirkland & Ellis ReneSola’s registered direct offering of American depositary shares and warrants $70 million ReneSola Ltd David Zhang, Benjamin Su, Angela Russo (Partners) Kirkland & Ellis Qihoo 360 Technology’s issue of 2.5 percent coupon convertible bonds due 2018 $600 million Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd Latham & Watkins Qihoo 360 Technology’s issue of 2.5 percent coupon convertible bonds due 2018 $600 million Initial purchasers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.China Renaissance Securities (HK) Ltd 3. UBS AG, HK branch Eugene Lee (Partner) Posit Laohaphan (Counsel) Ting Zhao, Zheng Wang (Associates) Maples and Calder (BVI, Cayman Islands counsel) CIFI Holdings’ issue of 12.25 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018 $225 million CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd Christine Chang (Partner) Lorraine Pao, Karen Zhang (Associates) Maples and Calder (BVI, Cayman Islands counsel) Greentown China Holdings’ Regulation S offering of its 8 percent senior notes due 2019 $300 million Greentown China Holdings Ltd Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) Qihoo 360 Technology’s issue of 2.5 percent coupon convertible bonds due 2018 $600 million Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd Greg Knowles (Partner) Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) Sophie Yu (Associate) Sidley Austin CIFI Holdings’ issue of 12.25 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018 $225 million CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd White & Case Greentown China Holdings’ Regulation S offering of its 8 percent senior notes due 2019 $300 million Greentown China Holdings Ltd
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek $7.06 billion Applied Materials Inc Jones Day Applied Materials’ proposed purchase of Tokyo Electron $7.06 billion Tokyo Electron Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Applied Materials’ proposed purchase of Tokyo Electron $7.06 billion Applied Materials Inc Nishimura & Asahi Applied Materials’ proposed purchase of Tokyo Electron $7.06 billion Tokyo Electron Weil, Gotshal & Manges Applied Materials’ proposed purchase of Tokyo Electron $7.06 billion Applied Materials Inc
Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Yulchon LLC KEXIM’s SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering of its floating-rate notes due 2016, and 2.875 percent senior notes due 2018 $500 million each KEXIM
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