Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Tian Yuan Law Firm

Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx

HK$120 million

($15.5 million)

Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company Ltd

Zhong Lun Law Firm

Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx

HK$120 million

($15.5 million)

Sole sponsor: Haitong International Capital Ltd

Underwriters:

Haitong International Securities Company Ltd

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx

HK$120 million

($15.5 million)

Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company Ltd

Judy Lee

(Partner)

Chris Cheng

(Senior associate)

Chiu & Partners

Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx

HK$120 million

($15.5 million)

Sole sponsor:

Haitong International Capital Ltd

Underwriters:

Haitong International Securities Company Ltd

Eversheds

Top-up placement of China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings’ existing shares held by Strong Eagle Holdings

HK$324 million

($41.8 million)

Sole placing agent:

BOCI Asia Ltd

Stephen Mok

(Head of Corporate, Asia)

Norman Hui (Partner)

Kurt Lau

(Associate)

Loong & Yeung Solicitors

Yongsheng Advanced Materials’ listing on the HKEx

HK$120 million

($15.5 million)

Yongsheng Advanced Materials Company Ltd

O'Melveny & Myers

(U.S. counsel)

Giant Interactive Group’s proposed go-private transaction

$2.8 billion

Giant Interactive Group Inc

Slaughter and May

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp’s issue of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

$200 million

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp

Benita Yu

(Partner)

William Ho, Amanda Ho,

Brian Dew

(Associates)

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Giant Interactive Group’s proposed go-private transaction

$2.8 billion

Baring Private Equity Asia

Akiko Mikumo

(Partner)

U-Hyeon (Billy) Kwon,

Dianna Lee

(Associates)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

(U.S. counsel)

Giant Interactive Group’s proposed go-private transaction

$2.8 billion

1.Mr. Yuzhu Shi (Giant Interactive Group’s Chairman)

2.Some of Mr. Shi’s affiliated entities

3.An affiliate of Baring Private Equity Asia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Ballard Sphar

(U.S. counsel)

Kuraray’s purchase of DuPont’s glass-laminating and vinyls businesses

$543 million

DuPont

Craig Circosta

(Partner)

Bingham McCutchen

Kuraray’s purchase of DuPont’s glass-laminating and vinyls businesses

$543 million

Kuraray Co

Kevin Sheridan,

Satoru Murase,

Scott Bluni,

Anthony Carbone,

Jeanie Cogill,

Rachelle Dubow,

Doug Schwarz,

Fred Gallo,

Axel Vogelmann, Tsugumichi Watanabe,

James Thompson, Matthew Puhar,

Vance Chapman (Partners)

Joe Castelluccio,

Tom Gray,

Bill Squires,

Sophie Jermine,

Stefan Gehrlein,

Charles Rogers

(Counsel)

Peter Batten,

Jill Weintraub,

Tony Barnes

(Of counsel)

Candace Martin,

Kate Kimball,

David Owen,

Kayleigh Pettit,

Dhruv Kaushal,

Joe Einav,

Hugo Webb,

Sophie Donnithorne-Tait,

Sonia Lor

(Associates)

Clifford Chance

Intermediate Capital Group’s 50:50 partnership with Nomura Holdings Inc

JPY10 billion ($99.3 million)

Intermediate Capital Group Plc

Andrew Whan,

Eiichi Kanda

(Partners)

Maiko Adachi

(Associate)

Yasuyuki Takayama

(Counsel)

Slaughter and May

Swiss Re’s acquisition of 4.9 percent shareholding in New China Life Insurance Company from Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

HK$3,821 million

($493 million)

Swiss Re Ltd

Neil Hyman

(Partner)

Roger Cheng

(Associate)

Squire Sanders

(U.S. counsel)

Kuraray’s purchase of DuPont’s glass-laminating and vinyls businesses

$543 million

Kuraray Co

Barry Pupkin

(Partner)

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Hermes Microvision’s offering of 10,000,000 global depositary shares

$291.7 million

Goldman Sachs

Chris Lin,

Robert Holo

(Partners)

Asher Hsu,

Sophie Staples,

Tse-Yu Su

(Associates)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Wisdom Marine’s Regulation S offering of zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018

$60 million

J.P. Morgan

Chris Lin

(Partner)

Asher Hsu

(Associate)