Jurisdiction – China
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
China Hydroelectric’s take-private transaction |
$3.51 per ADS |
Special committee of China Hydroelectric Corp’s board of directors |
Kirtee Kapoor, Mark Lehmkuhler, Jean McLoughlin (Partners) Sam Kelso, Alon Gurfinkel, Betty Moy Huber (Counsel) Amit Kataria, Chaoyuan Charles Shi (Associates) Xuelin (Steve) Wang (Registered foreign lawyer) |
|
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
China Vanke’s Regulation S issue of 4.5 percent and 4.05 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 and 2016 |
RMB 2 billion ($330 million) |
Bestgain Real Estate Lyra Ltd |
Paul Chow (Partner) Liang (Alex) Tao, Yang Chu (Associates) |
|
Paul Hastings |
Financing for Wandoujia |
$120 million |
SoftBank Corp |
David Wang (Partner) David Li (Associate) |
|
O’Melveny and Myers |
China Hydroelectric’s take-private transaction |
$3.51 per ADS |
China Hydroelectric Corp |
|
|
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
China Hydroelectric’s take-private transaction |
$3.51 per ADS |
NewQuest Capital Partners |
Akiko Mikumo (Partner) Daniel Yeh, Jeremiah Phillips (Associates) |
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Appleby Global (Cayman Islands counsel) |
China Hydroelectric’s take-private transaction |
$3.51 per ADS |
China Hydroelectric Corp |
|
|
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands counsel) |
China Hydroelectric’s take-private transaction |
$3.51 per ADS |
NewQuest Capital Partners |
|
|
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI counsel) |
China Vanke’s Regulation S issue of 4.5 percent and 4.05 percent guaranteed notes due 2018 and 2016 |
RMB 2 billion ($330 million) |
China Vanke Co Ltd |
|
|
Eversheds |
New World China Land’s acquisition of Penta Hotel Holdings |
13.5 million euros ($18.4 million) |
New World China Land Ltd |
Stephen Mok, Alexander Honrath, Thomas Ziegler (Partners) Kristie Law, Kirstin McCracken, Ulf Marhenke, Sabiene Wagner, Axel Listle (Associates) Philipp Turnwald (Counsel) |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell |
China Mengniu Dairy Company’s purchase of shares in YuanShengTai Dairy Farm |
$60 million |
China Mengniu Dairy Company Ltd |
Kay Ian Ng (Partner) Jessica Li (Associate) |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell |
Sale of CML’s entire issued share capital to Willis Group Holdings |
Undisclosed |
1.Charles Steven Monat 2.Charles Monat Ltd (CML) |
Michael DeSombre (Partner) Kenny Chiu, Tim Ruan (Associates) |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell |
Yashili International Holdings’ pending sale of Yashili (Zhengzhou) Nourishment (China) |
$62 million |
Yashili International Holdings Ltd (China) |
Gwen Wong (Partner) Daniel Tang, Jessica Li (Associates) |
|
Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel) |
China Hydroelectric’s take-private transaction |
$3.51 per ADS |
Special committee of China Hydroelectric Corp’s board of directors |
|
Jurisdiction – Japan
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
$16 billion |
Suntory Holdings Ltd |
Paul Shim, Benet O’Reilly (Partners) |
|
|
Clifford Chance |
Otsuka Medical Devices’ credit grant to MicroPort Scientific Corp |
$200 million |
Otsuka Medical Devices Co Ltd |
|
|
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) |
Otsuka Medical Devices’ credit grant to MicroPort Scientific Corp |
$200 million |
MicroPort Scientific Corp |
Greg Knowles (Partner) Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
Otsuka Medical Devices’ credit grant to MicroPort Scientific Corp |
$200 million |
MicroPort Scientific Corp |
Dale Caldwell (Partner) Adrian James, Markus Glodek (Associates) |
|
Sidley Austin |
$16 billion |
Beam Inc |
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Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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