Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | Chinese consortium’s acquisition of Peru-based Las Bambas Copper Project’s complete equity interests from Glencore Xstrata | $5.85 billion | CITIC Metal | Bee Chun Boo (Partner) and other lawyers from Baker & McKenzie’s Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai offices |
Clyde & Co | Sanpower Group's acquisition of 89 percent stake in House of Fraser | $800 million | Sanpower Group Co Ltd | Lynia Lau (Partner) and 19 other lawyers from Clyde & Co’s Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Guildford, Dubai and Paris offices |
Fangda Partners | $1.5 billion | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd |
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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | $1.5 billion | Lazard |
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Haiwen & Partners | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of five-tranche senior notes |
$5 billion | China Petrochemical Corp |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | BAIOO Family Interactive’s IPO and HKEx listing | HK$1.5 billion ($195.8 million) | Underwriters |
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Jun He Law Offices | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | 51job Inc |
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Jun He Law Offices | BAIOO Family Interactive’s IPO and HKEx listing | HK$1.5 billion ($195.8 million) | BAIOO Family Interactive Ltd |
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King & Wood Mallesons | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 2.J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the |
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Kirkland & Ellis | $1.5 billion | AutoNavi Holdings Ltd | David Zhang, Jesse Sheley, Stephanie Tang (Partners) | |
Linklaters | Sanpower Group's acquisition of 89 percent stake in House of Fraser | $800 million | House of Fraser | Simon Branigan (Partner)
Kanyaka Ramamurthi (Managing associate) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $1.5 billion | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Sanpower Group's acquisition of 89 percent stake in House of Fraser | $800 million | Nanjing Cenbest | Derek Baird, Shaolin Luo (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $1.5 billion | AutoNavi Holdings Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust’s acquisition of a secured syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility | HK$1.8 billion ($230 million) | Mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners: 1.ANZ Group Ltd 2.Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank 3.HSBC Ltd 4.Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp |
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Appleby (BVI counsel) | Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust’s acquisition of a secured syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility | HK$1.8 billion ($230 million) | Mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners: 1.ANZ Group Ltd 2.Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank 3.HSBC Ltd 4.Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp | Jeffrey Kirk (Partner)
Rupen Shah (Senior associate) |
Baker & McKenzie | CPPIB’s venture with China Vanke for investment in the Chinese residential market | $250 million | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) | Dorothea Koo, Jason Ng, Michael Horman (Partners) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI counsel) | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of five-tranche senior notes | $5 billion | China Petrochemical Corp |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 2.J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the | James Lin, John Brandow, John Paton (Partners)
Melissa Glass, Paul Marks, Robert Stewart, Omer Harel, Katharine O’Banion (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | BAIOO Family Interactive’s IPO and HKEx listing | HK$1.5 billion ($195.8 million) | Joint sponsors, joint global coordinators: 1.Deutsche Bank AG (HK branch) 2.Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd | Bonnie Chan, James Lin, John Paton (Partners)
Bingqing Pan, Michael Yu (Registered foreign lawyers)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Lillian Lian, Wilson Chan, Rhiannon Nakano (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 5.125 percent bonds due 2019 | $500 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.HSBC Ltd 3.Standard Chartered Bank | William Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke (Registered foreign lawyer-counsel)
Tae-Hun Kim (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Dao Fu (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of five-tranche senior notes | $5 billion | Joint global coordinators and representatives to initial purchasers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.HSBC Ltd 3.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 4.CCB International Capital Ltd 5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc | Eugene Gregor, John Paton (Partners)
Jesse Gillespie (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel, Jeanine McGuinness (Counsel)
Bate Yu, Ran Li, Ankang Li (Associates) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Shunfeng Photovoltaic International’s acquisition of Wuxi Suntech Power Co | RMB3 billion ($482 million) | Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Ltd | Jason Sung, Veronica O'Shea, Graeme Preston, Lewis McDonald, Tony Damian (Partners)
Kwok Hon Yee (Of Counsel)
Steven Harwood (Senior associate)
Ruth Lau, Eugene Lau, Jessica Leung (Associates)
Ashley Carlstein, Dana Kim |
Kirkland & Ellis | BAIOO Family Interactive’s IPO and HKEx listing | HK$1.5 billion ($195.8 million) | BAIOO Family Interactive Ltd | Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Benjamin Su, Henry Cheng (Partners) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | $1.5 billion | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | 51job Inc | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan, Sophie Yu (Associates) |
Mayer Brown JSM | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | Trustee: The Bank of New York Mellon |
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 5.125 percent bonds due 2019 | $500 million | Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
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Proskauer Rose | RRJ Capital and OCBC’s investments in Nature Packaging Group | $65 million | 1.RRJ Capital 2.OCBC | Jay Tai (Partner) |
Reed Smith Richards Butler | CPPIB’s venture with China Vanke for investment in the Chinese residential market | $250 million | China Vanke Co Ltd |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | 51job Inc |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of five-tranche senior notes | $5 billion | China Petrochemical Corp |
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Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel) | 51job’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of 3.25 percent convertible senior notes due 2019, and a zero-strike call option | $172.5 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 2.J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges | CPPIB’s venture with China Vanke for investment in the Chinese residential market | $250 million | Kinetic Investment Partners |
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