Jurisdiction – China
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Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
$2.3 billion |
Lenovo |
Christopher Austin, Glenn McGrory, Freeman Chan (Partners) |
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Commerce and Finance Law Offices |
Fantasia Holdings Group’s Regulation S offering of its 10.625 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$300 million |
Initial purchasers |
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Commerce and Finance Law Offices |
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings’ issue of 5.5 percent bonds due 2018 |
CNY1.5 billion ($250 million) |
Placing agent: Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC |
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Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
$2.3 billion |
IBM |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Feishang Anthracite Resources’ spin-off and listing on the HKEx |
Undisclosed |
Joint sponsors: 1.Jefferies Hong Kong Ltd 2.Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd |
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Hogan Lovells |
$2.3 billion |
IBM |
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King & Wood Mallesons |
Fantasia Holdings Group’s Regulation S offering of its 10.625 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$300 million |
Fantasia Holdings Group Co Ltd |
|
|
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) |
Feishang Anthracite Resources’ spin-off and listing on the HKEx |
Undisclosed |
|
Greg Knowles (Partner) Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) |
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Paul Hastings |
China Overseas Grand Oceans Finance II’s issue of 5.125 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 |
$400 million |
Joint lead managers: 1.UBS 2.Merrill Lynch International 3.DBS Bank 4.ICBC International 5.Macquarie |
Raymond Li, David Grimm (Partners) Jordan Baggs, Joy Chen, Dane Johansen, May Lun (Associates) |
|
Paul Hastings |
Yuzhou Properties’ issue of 8.625 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$300 million |
Yuzhou Properties Company Ltd |
Raymond Li, David Grimm (Partners) Jordan Baggs, Joy Chen, Celia Chau, May Lun (Associates) |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell |
Feishang Anthracite Resources’ spin-off and listing on the HKEx |
Undisclosed |
China Natural Resources Inc |
Kay Ian Ng, William Chua, Gwen Wong, Davis Wang (Partners) Henry Li (Special counsel) Kung-Wei Liu, Kenny Chiu, Kevin Salinger, Kenny Chiu (Associates) |
|
Walkers |
Uni-President China Holdings’ bond offering |
RMB1 billion ($165 million) |
Uni-President China Holdings Ltd |
Kristen Kwok (Partner) Shirleen Tan (Senior associate) |
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI, Cayman Islands counsel) |
Fantasia Holdings Group’s Regulation S offering of its 10.625 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$300 million |
Fantasia Holdings Group Co Ltd |
|
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands counsel) |
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings’ issue of 5.5 percent bonds due 2018 |
CNY1.5 billion ($250 million) |
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell |
CIFI Holdings’ issue of 8.875 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$200 million |
Joint lead managers: 1.Standard Chartered Bank 2.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 3.Deutsche Bank AG (SG branch) 4.HSBC Ltd 5.Haitong International Securities Co Ltd |
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|
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Fantasia Holdings Group’s Regulation S offering of its 10.625 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$300 million |
1.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd 2.Merrill Lynch International 3.BNP Paribas (HK branch) 4.HSBC Ltd |
Eugene Gregor (Partner) Gerhard Radtke (Counsel-registered foreign lawyer) Jesse Gillespie (Registered foreign lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings’ issue of 5.5 percent bonds due 2018 |
CNY1.5 billion ($250 million) |
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd |
Paul Chow (Partner) Liang (Alex) Tao, Christine Xu (Associates) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) |
|
Kirkland & Ellis |
TPV Technology’s proposed acquisition of the remaining 30-percent stake in TP Vision |
Undisclosed |
TPV Technology Ltd |
Nicholas Norris, Steven Tran (Partners) Joey Chau (Associate) |
|
Linklaters |
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings’ issue of 5.5 percent bonds due 2018 |
CNY1.5 billion ($250 million) |
Placing agent: Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC |
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|
Maples and Calder (BVI, Cayman Islands counsel) |
CIFI Holdings’ issue of 8.875 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$200 million |
CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd |
Christine Chang (Partner) Lorraine Pao, Karen Zhang (Associates) |
|
Mayer Brown JSM |
CIFI Holdings’ issue of 8.875 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$200 million |
Trustee: Citicorp International Ltd |
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Mayer Brown JSM |
Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia’s issue of 10.00 percent notes due 2017 |
CNY700 million ($115.7 million) |
Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia LLC |
Jason Elder, James Taylor (Partner) Nishrin Hussain (Associate) Chenbo Zhang (Registered foreign lawyer) |
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Sidley Austin |
CIFI Holdings’ issue of 8.875 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$200 million |
CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd |
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Sidley Austin |
Fantasia Holdings Group’s Regulation S offering of its 10.625 percent senior notes due 2019 |
$300 million |
Fantasia Holdings Group Co Ltd |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
Honworld Group’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offering and HK IPO |
HK$894 million ($115 million) |
Underwriters: 1.Macquarie Capital Securities Ltd 2.First Shanghai Securities Ltd |
Chris Wong, Leiming Chen, Robert Holo (Partners) Felicia Lai, Tianyi Chen (Registered foreign lawyers) Taylor Alexander (Associate) |
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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