Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

TutorGroup Holding

Rocky Lee

(Partners)

 

Alex Wang,

Charles Wu

(Associates)

Clifford Chance

China Shipping Overseas Finance 2013’s issue of 4.25 percent credit-enhanced bonds due 2019

$500 million

Joint lead managers and bookrunners:

1.Bank of China 2.Deutsche Bank 3.BofA Merrill Lynch

4.ANZ Group Ltd 5.Bank of Communications Co Ltd (HK branch) 6.Barclays Bank PLC

7.DBS Bank Ltd

8.ING Bank N.V. (SG branch)

Connie Heng

(Partner)

 

Linda Cheng,

Mark Chan,

Torrance Shi

(Associates)

Clifford Chance

Dongfeng Motor Group’s proposed equity investment in PSA Peugeot Citroen Group

1.6 billion euros

($2.2 billion)

Dongfeng Motor Group Co

Tim Wang,

Kelly Gregory,

Thierry Schoen,

Emmanuel

Durand

(Partners)

 

Yang Yi,

Zhang Hong

(Senior

associates)

 

Arnaud Félix,

Sue Palmer

(Counsel)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

Temasek Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

Miranda So

(Partner)

Fangda Partners

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

Temasek Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

 

Han Kun Law Offices

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

TutorGroup Holding

 

Han Kun Law Offices

Vipshop Holdings’ acquisition of 75 percent equity interest in Lefeng.com from Ovation Entertainment

Undisclosed

Ovation Entertainment Ltd

 

Morrison & Foerster

Global Logistic Properties’ agreement with a group of Chinese domestic institutions (Strategic Partners)

$2.5 billion

Global Logistic Properties

 

O’Melveny & Myers

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

Qiming Venture Partners

 

Sheppard Mullin

Richter & Hampton

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

Alibaba

Don Williams

(Shanghai managing partner)

Sidley Austin

Wanxiang Group’s bankruptcy auction for Fisker Automotive’s assets

$149.2 million

Wanxiang Group

John Box

(Partner)

Weil Gotshal & Manges

Global Logistic Properties’ agreement with a group of Chinese domestic institutions (Strategic Partners)

$2.5 billion

Strategic Partners

Li Li,

Steven Xiang, Anthony Wang (Partners)

 

Wenfeng Li

(Counsel)

 

Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

Two-tranche onshore offshore financing for certain entities being advised by Phoenix Property Investors

RMB3.4 billion

($558 million)

Joint coordinators: 1.Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd

2.Hang Seng Bank Ltd

Sally Hung

(Partner)

 

Charles Chen

(Special counsel)

Clifford Chance

(English counsel)

China Resources Land’s establishment of its medium-term note programme

$2 billion

Dealers and Trustee

 

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

China Resources Land’s establishment of its medium-term note programme

$2 billion

China Resources Land Ltd

Greg Knowles (Partner)

 

Derrick Kan

(Associate)

Slaughter and May

ICBC International Investment Management’s formation of a JV with Rueyyuan Holding Company

Undisclosed

ICBC International Investment Management Ltd

Lisa Chung

(Partner)

 

Alana Lam,

Simon Chan, Carmen Lau,

Brian Dew

(Associates)

Travers, Thorp & Alberga

(Cayman Islands counsel)

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

TutorGroup Holding

 

Walkers

(Cayman Islands counsel)

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

Temasek Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

 

Jurisdiction – Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Partners Group investment to develop a dedicated Japanese solar platform

$250 million

Partners Group

 

Norton Rose Fulbright

Partners Group investment to develop a dedicated Japanese solar platform

$250 million

Partners Group

Chris Viner

(Partner)

 

Katarina Svitekova (Senior associate)

 

Andrew Clarke, Christina Jeong

(Associates)

Sidley Austin

Partners Group investment to develop a dedicated Japanese solar platform

$250 million

Equis Funds Group

 

Jurisdiction – Taiwan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

Temasek Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

 

Meriholl Law

Firm

TutorGroup Holding’s completion of its Series B financing

Undisclosed

TutorGroup Holding

 

Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.

 

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