Jurisdiction – China
Firm
Deal
Value
Client
Lawyer(s) involved
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
China Huishan Dairy Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO
$1.3 billion
Joint sponsors and underwriters
 
Jingtian & Gongcheng
China Huishan Dairy Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO
$1.3 billion
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd
 
Paul Hastings
Shuanghui International’s acquisition of Smithfield Foods
$7.1 billion
Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd
Carl Sanchez,
Raymond Li
Michael Chernick, Scott Flicker,
Vivian Lam (Partners)
 
Elizabeth Razzano, Lauren McGurty, Michael LaPlante, Ellen Holmes,
Dana Stepnowsky Fang Pei,
Celia Chau,
Erika Wan, Katherine Watlington,
Wilson Yiu. (Associates)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
KKR, CDH, Modern Dairy’s partnership
$140 million
KKR
Jack Lange
(Partner)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Microsoft’s joint venture with BesTV New Media Co
$237 million
Microsoft Corp
Jeanette Chan
(Partner)
 
Wei Chen
(Associate)
 
Sean Li
(China law consultant)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Country Garden Holdings high-yield offer of 7.25 percent senior notes due 2021
$750 million
Underwriters:
1.J.P. Morgan 2.Goldman Sachs 3.BOCI International 4.HSBC
5.ICBC International
Alec Tracy, Michael Beinus (Partners)
 
 
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm
Deal
Value
Client
Lawyer(s) involved
Appleby
(Cayman Islands counsel)
Finsoft Corp’s listing on the HKEx
N/A
Finsoft Corporation
Judy Lee
(Partner)
 
Chris Cheng
(Senior associate)
Clifford Chance
Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV’s investment in Tenwow International Holdings
HK$366 million
Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV, L.P.
Terence Foo,
Jean Yu
(Partners)
 
Janet Jiang, Tianning Xiang
(Associates)
Clifford Chance
China Huishan Dairy Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO
$1.3 billion
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd
 
Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong
Finsoft Corp’s listing on the HKEx
N/A
Underwriters and sponsor (Ample Capital Ltd)
 
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Accor’s management agreement for its Novotel Yangon Max development
in Myanmar
N/A
Accor
Gilles Cardonnel, Gallien Lefevre
(Partners)
Herbert Smith Freehills
CT Environmental Group’s Hong Kong IPO
$64.9 million
Underwriters:
1.BOCI Asia Ltd
2.ICBC International Securities Ltd
Gary Lock,
Kevin Roy (Partners)
 
 Gigi Wong
(Senior associate)
 
Jeremy Shen,
George Wu (Associates)
 
Cindy Kao
(Consultant)
Loong & Yeung Solicitors
(HK counsel)
Finsoft Corp’s listing on the HKEx
N/A
Finsoft Corporation
 
Sidley Austin
CT Environmental Group’s Hong Kong IPO
$64.9 million
CT Environmental Group Ltd
 
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
China Huishan Dairy Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO
$1.3 billion
Joint sponsors and Underwriters
Chris Wong,
Chris Lin,
Robert Holo (Partners)
 
Marjory Ding, Howie Farn,
Yi Gao,
Jodi Sackel (Associates)
Walkers
(Cayman Islands counsel)
China Huishan Dairy Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO
$1.3 billion
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd
Denise Wong
(Partner)
 
Jurisdiction – South Korea
Firm
Deal
Value
Client
Lawyer(s) involved
Paul Hastings
Hansol Paper’s acquisition of Schades Group from Capidea Kapital
N/A
Hansol Paper
Korea team:
Dong Chul Kim, Daniel Kim (Partners)
 
Frankfurt team:
Dr. Ali Sahin, Dr. Regina Engelstädter (Partners)
 
Garrett Hayes (London Partner)
 
Alexis Terray (Paris Partner)
 
Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm
Deal
Value
Client
Lawyer(s) involved
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
$4 billion
1.TPG Capital
2.DLJ
Merchant Banking Funds
Gerhard Schmidt,
Heiner Drüke, Stephan Grauke,
Tobias Geerling,
Thomas Schmid, Barbara
Jagersberger, Jürgen Börst
(Partners)