Jurisdiction – China
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Commerce & Finance Law Offices China Success Finance Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$268 million ($34.36 million) China Success Finance Group Holdings Ltd Jingtian & Gongcheng China Success Finance Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$268 million ($34.36 million) Sponsors and Underwriters Morrison & Foerster China-focused infrastructure fund formation by Global Logistic Properties N/A Global Logistic Properties Ltd Eric Piesner, Marcia Ellis, Ken Muller (Partners) Slaughter and May China Power’s acquisition of 100 percent interest in Wuhu Electric Power Generating Company RMB1.45 billion ($238 million) China Power International Development Ltd Benita Yu (Partner) Clara Choi, Alison Tsoi (Associates) Slaughter and May China Power New Energy Development Company’s issue of new shares to China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute RMB200 million ($33 million) China Power New Energy Development Company Benita Yu (Partner) Kevin Ip (Associate) Vinson & Elkins China National Petroleum Corp’s acquisition of Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s Peru assets $2.6 billion China National Petroleum Corp Rob Patterson, Jay Kolb (Partners) Tom Calvert, Yin Tingting, Jill Sheng (Associates) Yuan Law Firm COFCO Hong Kong’s Regulation S offering of 3 percent and 4.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 and 2023 $500 million each Joint lead managers: 1.HSBC 2.J.P.Morgan Securities 3.UBS AG, HK branch 4.BOCI Asia 5.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) 6.Standard Chartered Bank 7.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 8.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK)
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) China Success Finance Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$268 million ($34.36 million) China Success Finance Group Holdings Ltd Judy Lee (Partner) Jo Lit (Associate) Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) JC Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$50 million ($6.5 million) JC Group Holdings Ltd Judy Lee (Partner) Chris Cheng (Senior associate) Chiu & Partners China Success Finance Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$268 million ($34.36 million) Sponsors and Underwriters CFN Lawyers JC Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$50 million ($6.5 million) Sponsor (TC Capital Asia Ltd) and underwriters Davis Polk & Wardwell COFCO Hong Kong’s Regulation S offering of 3 percent and 4.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 and 2023 $500 million each COFCO Hong Kong Eugene Gregor, Paul Chow, Antony Dapiran, Jonathan Cooklin (Partners) Terrence O'Donnell (Registered foreign lawyer) Wilson Chan, David Wilson, Dan Hirschovits (Associates) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) Harney Westwood & Riegels (BVI counsel) COFCO Hong Kong’s Regulation S offering of 3 percent and 4.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 and 2023 $500 million each COFCO Hong Kong Kirkland & Ellis Boyaa Interactive International’s redomiciliation, IPO and share listing on the HKEx HK$986.5 million ($127.3 million) Joint bookrunners, joint managers: 1.Credit Suisse 2.China Renaissance Linklaters (English counsel) COFCO Hong Kong’s Regulation S offering of 3 percent and 4.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 and 2023 $500 million each Joint lead managers: 1.HSBC 2.J.P.Morgan Securities 3.UBS AG, HK branch 4.BOCI Asia 5.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) 6.Standard Chartered Bank 7.Deutsche Bank AG, SG branch 8.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Loeb & Loeb China Success Finance Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$268 million ($34.36 million) China Success Finance Group Holdings Ltd Loong & Yeung Solicitors JC Group Holdings’ listing on the HKEx HK$50 million ($6.5 million) JC Group Holdings Ltd Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) Boyaa Interactive International’s redomiciliation, IPO and share listing on the HKEx HK$986.5 million ($127.3 million) Boyaa Interactive International Ltd Christine Chang (Partner) Derrick Kan (Senior associate) Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) SINA Corp’s issue of 1 percent convertible senior notes due 2018 $700 million SINA Corp Greg Knowles (Partner) Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) Proskauer Rose Grifols’ acquisition of Novartis’ transfusion diagnostics unit $1,675 million Grifols Peter Samuels, Daniel Ganitsky, Ron Franklin, Daryn Grossman, Edward Kornreich, Sigal Mandelker, Andrea Rattner, Stuart Rosow, Eric Remensperger, Yuval Tal (Partners) Ellen Moskowitz, Gail Port (Senior Counsel) Yoon Suk Choo, Aliza Cinamon, Mina Farbood, Annie Kim, Julie Kim, Allen Loeb, Joshua Miller, Lorena Sarmiento, Jessica Weitzman (Associates) Shearman & Sterling SINA Corp’s issue of 1 percent convertible senior notes due 2018 $700 million Initial purchasers of the notes Alan Seem (Partner) Nathan Mee Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (HK, U.S. counsel) Boyaa Interactive International’s redomiciliation, IPO and share listing on the HKEx HK$986.5 million ($127.3 million) Boyaa Interactive International Ltd Celia Lam, Leiming Chen, Rob Holo (Partners) Kevin Zhang, Cora Lei, Vanessa Grieve (Associates) Jonathan Cantor (Counsel) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (U.S. counsel) SINA Corp’s issue of 1 percent convertible senior notes due 2018 $700 million SINA Corp Julie Gao, Michael Gisser, Yossi Vebman (Partners) Zhenyu (Vincent) Jiang (Associate)
Jurisdiction – Taiwan
Firm Deal Value Client Lawyer(s) involved Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) FocalTech Corp’s reorganisation and IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange NT$1.75 billion ($60 million) FocalTech Corporation Ltd Christine Chang (Partner) Derrick Kan (Senior associate) Tsar & Tsai Law Firm FocalTech Corp’s reorganisation and IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange NT$1.75 billion ($60 million) FocalTech Corporation Ltd
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