Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Herbert Smith Freehills

Shunfeng Photovoltaic International’s share placement on the HKEx

$144 million

Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Ltd

Jason Sung

(Partner)

Athena Young, Eugene Lau

(Associates)

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Mega Expo Holdings’ IPO and listing on the HKEx

HK$79.8 million (IPO)

($10.3 million)

HK$266 million

(total market capitalisation)

($34.3 million)

Mega Expo Holdings Ltd

King & Wood Mallesons

Mega Expo Holdings’ IPO and listing on the HKEx

HK$79.8 million (IPO)

($10.3 million)

HK$266 million

(total market capitalisation)

($34.3 million)

Halcyon Capital Ltd

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Holland & Hart

NTT Communications Corp’s acquisition of an 80 percent equity stake in RagingWire Data Centers

$350 million

RagingWire Data Centers

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

CTBC Financial Holding Company’s acquisition of 98.16 percent stake in Tokyo Star Bank

JPY 52 billion

($530 million)

Tokyo Star Bank

Squire Sanders

NTT Communications Corp’s proposed acquisition of Virtela Technology Services

$525 million

NTT Communications Corp

Ken Kurosu,

Steven Doi

(Partners) 

Joe Jones,

Asuka Fujita,

Satoko Kinoshita (Associates)

White & Case

NTT Communications Corp’s acquisition of an 80 percent equity stake in RagingWire Data Centers

$350 million

NTT Communications Corp

Brian Strawn,

Eric Hwang,

David Dreier,

Mark Hamilton,

Richard Burke

(Partners)

Steve Lutt,

Paul Milmed,

Tal Marnin,

Norman Fry, Rebecca Farrington

(Counsel)

Eric Marcks,

Tadanao Oshima,

Karl Pires,

William Moran,

Tina Shang,

Larry Munoz,

Andrew Robinson,

Natalie Dana,

Amy Bagdasarian, Ruchita Dhawan, Richard Lee,

Seth Kerschner,

Kellie Thomas,

Lynn Diamond,

Melody Ching,

Erica Lam

(Associates) 

White & Case

Osaka Gas Chemicals’ proposed acquisition of Jacobi Carbons AB

$400 million

Osaka Gas Chemicals Co Ltd

Brian Strawn,

Ulf Johansson

(Partners)

Karl Pires,

William Moran,

Larry Muñoz,

Yuta Tamaru,

Costin Mihailescu, John Gustafsson, Christian Reineby

(Associates)

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Paul Hastings

Samsung Corning Precision Materials’ repurchase of Samsung Display’s 43 percent interest in itself

$2.3 billion

Samsung Display Co Ltd

Daniel Sae-Chin Kim, Barry Brooks,

Jeff Hartlin,

Matthew Berger (Partners)

Woojae Kim

(Of counsel)

Young Hwan Ryu, Steve Kang,

Jared Lee,

Robert Clarke, Samantha Eldredge, Hyunah Kang,

Yariv Katz,

Julie O’Neill

(Associates)

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

Yue Xiu Enterprises’ proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Chong Hing Bank

HK$11.64 billion

($1.5 billion)

Yue Xiu Enterprises (Holdings) Ltd

Dorothea Koo,

Andrew Lockhart, Simon Leung,

Karen Man,

Martin Tam,

Ruby Chan,

Debbie Cheung(Partners)

Edmund Chan,

Frank Meier

(Special counsel)

Cheung & Lee in association with Locke Lord (HK)

Mega Expo Holdings’ IPO and listing on the HKEx

HK$79.8 million (IPO)

($10.3 million)

HK$266 million

(total market capitalisation)

($34.3 million)

Halcyon Capital Ltd

Michael Fung (Partner)

Jeffrey Kung  (Counsel)

Gloria Ting  (Associate)

Chiu & Partners

Mega Expo Holdings’ IPO and listing on the HKEx

HK$79.8 million (IPO)

($10.3 million)

HK$266 million

(total market capitalisation)

($34.3 million)

Mega Expo Holdings Ltd

Clifford Chance

Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company’s 6.625 percent senior perpetual capital securities issue

$350 million

Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company Ltd

Conyers Dill & Pearman

(Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

Mega Expo Holdings’ IPO and listing on the HKEx

HK$79.8 million (IPO)

($10.3 million)

HK$266 million

(total market capitalisation)

($34.3 million)

Mega Expo Holdings Ltd

DLA Piper

IGG Inc’s initial public offer

HK$1 billion

($130 million)

China Everbright Capital Ltd

(sole sponsor)

China Everbright Securities (HK) Ltd

(sole lead manager)

Esther Leung (Partner)

Richard Lee

(Senior associate)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Tonic Industries Holdings’ acquisition of operating subsidiaries from its holding company and share placement

HK$1.92 billion

($250 million)

Tonic Industries Holdings Ltd

Herbert Smith Freehills

Goldman Sachs’ (Asia) private placement of new H-shares in Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Company

$294 million

Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC

Matt Emsley,

Kevin Roy

(Partners)

Athena Young, Jackie Chen

(Associates)

Kirkland & Ellis

Boyaa Interactive International’s HK IPO and Rule 144A/ Regulation S offering

B/w $107.5 million and $132.4 million

Credit Suisse (HK) Ltd (sole sponsor, global coordinator, joint bookrunner and joint lead manager)

China Renaissance Securities (HK) Ltd, (joint bookrunner and joint lead manager)

Dominic Tsun, David Zhang,

Li-Chien Wong, Benjamin Su, Stephanie Lau, Angela Russo

(Partners)

Kirkland & Ellis

Hydoo International Holding’s HK IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering

HK$1,581 million

($204 million)

Hydoo International Holding Ltd

Linklaters

Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company’s 6.625 percent senior perpetual capital securities issue

$350 million

Joint book-running managers:

1.HSBC

2.Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

3.Natixis

Linklaters

China Overseas Finance (Cayman) III’s  triple-tranche Reg S bond issue

$1.5 billion

China Overseas Finance (Cayman) III Ltd

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

Anton Oilfield Services Group’s issue of 7.5 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018

$250 million

Anton Oilfield Services Group

Jenny Nip

(Partner)

Derrick Kan,

Karen Zhang

(Associates)

Maples and Calder

(BVI counsel)

Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company’s 6.625 percent senior perpetual capital securities issue

$350 million

Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company Ltd

Christine Chang

(Partner)

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

China Overseas Finance (Cayman) III’s  triple-tranche Reg S bond issue

$1.5 billion

China Overseas Finance (Cayman) III Ltd

Stacey Overholt (Partner)

 Ashley Chan

(Paralegal)

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

Hydoo International Holding’s HK IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering

HK$1,581 million

($204 million)

Hydoo International Holdings Ltd

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

Tonic Industries Holdings’ acquisition of operating subsidiaries from its holding company and share placement

HK$1.92 billion

($250 million)

Tonic Industries Holdings Ltd

Christine Chang

(Partner)

Paul Hastings

China Huirong Financial Holdings’ global offering and IPO on the HKEx

$106 million

UBS

(sole global coordinator, sole bookrunner, sole lead manager and sole sponsor)

Raymond Li, Catherine Tsang, David Grimm, Zhaoyu Ren

(Partners)

Bonnie Yung

(Counsel)

Yingying Chen, Jason Wang

(Associates) 

Paul Hastings

Tonic Industries Holdings’ acquisition of operating subsidiaries from its holding company and share placement

HK$1.92 billion

($250 million)

Placement agents:

1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC

2.China Merchants Securities (HK) Co Ltd

3.Citigroup Global Market Inc

Shearman & Sterling

Anton Oilfield Services Group’s issue of 7.5 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018

$250 million

Joint bookrunners and joint lead managers:

1.Citigroup Global Markets

2.Morgan Stanley

3.The Royal Bank of Scotland

4.Guotai Junan International

Sidley Austin

Anton Oilfield Services Group’s issue of 7.5 percent senior guaranteed notes due 2018

$250 million

Anton Oilfield Services Group

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Hydoo International Holding’s HK IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering

HK$1,581 million

($204 million)

Underwriters

Celia Lam,

Chris Lin

(Partners)

David Lee

(Registered

foreign lawyer)

Irene Lau,

Grace Xu

(Associates)

Slaughter and May

Yue Xiu Enterprises’ (Holdings) acquisition of Chong Hing Bank

$1.5 billion

Chong Hing Bank

Sullivan & Cromwell

Yue Xiu Enterprises’ (Holdings) acquisition of Chong Hing Bank

$1.5 billion

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd

Kay Ian Ng,

Gwen Wong, William Chua (Partners)

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

CTBC Financial Holding Company’s acquisition of 98.16 percent stake in Tokyo Star Bank

JPY 52 billion

($530 million)

CTBC Financial Holding Company Ltd

Joseph Fu,

Norihiro Sekiguchi (Partners)

David Lin,

Hsin-Che Wu,

Masato Honma, Jonathan Mukai, Junya Suzuki

(Associates)