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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