Jurisdiction – China
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Gide Loyrette Nouel |
ICICLE’s establishment of two subsidiaries and acquisition of premises in France |
N/A |
ICICLE |
Fan Jiannian, David Boitout, Arnaud Michel (Partners) |
|
Gide Loyrette Nouel |
TTF’s setting up of a flagship store and on establishing a design centre in France |
N/A |
TTF |
Fan Jiannian, David Boitout (Partners) |
|
Pinsent Masons |
Beijing Jangho’s acquisition of 70 percent interests in Steve Leung Designers |
HK$350 million ($45.2 million) |
Beijing Jangho Curtain Wall Co Ltd |
Kenneth Chong (Partner) Sylvia Zee (Senior associate) |
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
|
Firm |
Deal |
Value |
Client |
Lawyer(s) involved |
|
Cravath, Swaine & Moore (U.S. counsel) |
Unilever N.V’s issue of 2.95 percent fixed-rate notes due 2017 |
RMB300 million ($49 million) |
Unilever |
|
|
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Huai River Investment’s investment in Dianping Holdings |
Undisclosed |
Huai River Investment Ltd |
Kirtee Kapoor (Partner) Abhishek Kolay(Registered foreign lawyer) |
|
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Dutch counsel) |
Unilever N.V’s issue of 2.95 percent fixed-rate notes due 2017 |
RMB300 million ($49 million) |
Unilever |
|
|
DLA Piper |
Fosun International’s investment in, and partnership with, Secret Recipe |
RMB210.5 million ($34.4 million) |
Fosun International |
Heng Loong Cheong (Partner) Angela Cheung (Registered foreign lawyer) Farrah Saleem (Corporate lawyer) Janice Ma |
|
Loong & Yeung |
CNQC Development’s acquisition of 75 percent of Sunley Holdings’ issued share capital |
HK$540 million ($69.7 million) |
Sunley Holdings Ltd |
|
|
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) |
Alibaba Group Holdings’ acquisition of AutoNavi Holdings Ltd |
$1.58 billion |
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd |
Greg Knowles (Partner) Richard Spooner (Of Counsel) |
|
Norton Rose Fulbright |
CNQC Development’s acquisition of 75 percent of Sunley Holdings’ issued share capital |
HK$540 million ($69.7 million) |
CNQC Development Ltd |
Psyche Tai (Partner) Vicky Lam (Senior associate) Tiffany Ip (Associate) |
|
Paul Hastings |
CDH Investments’ acquisition of a 20 percent interest in the Eastern Dragon project |
$40 million |
CDH Investments |
Vivian Lam, Nan Li (Partners) Fang Pei, Qian Hu (Of Counsel) Celia Chau, Erika Wan (Associates) |
|
Slaughter and May |
Dongfeng Motor Group’s subscription for shares in Peugeot and its further partnership with Peugeot |
800 million euros ($1.1 billion) |
Dongfeng Motor Group Company Ltd |
Benita Yu (Partner) Frank Bi, Kevin Ip (Associates) |
|
Slaughter and May |
Unilever N.V’s issue of 2.95 percent fixed-rate notes due 2017 |
RMB300 million ($49 million) |
Unilever |
Peter Lake, Matthew Tobin (Partners) Roger Cheng, Richard Mailey (Associates) |
|
Sidley Austin |
China LVGEM Property Holdings’ acquisition of a 64.83 percent equity interest in New Heritage Holdings |
HK$945 million ($121 million) |
New Heritage Holdings Ltd |
Gloria Lam (Partner) Nicholas Chan (Counsel) |
Where exact value is not known, ALB will use an approximate value based on available market data or coverage.
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