Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Kirkland & Ellis | iSoftStone Holdings’ acquisition by its chairman and CEO, Tianwen Liu, and China Everbright | $0.57 per ordinary share of the company | iSoftStone Holdings Ltd’s board of directors’ independent committee | David Zhang, Jesse Sheley, Stephanie Tang (Partners) |
Paul Hastings | Forterra Trust’s disposition of its Beijing property, Beijing Logistics Park | Undisclosed | Forterra Trust | Wayne Ma (Partner)
Elyn He, Kay Cai (Associates) |
Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | Chalco Hong Kong Investment Co’s issue of 6.25 percent senior perpetual capital securities | $400 million | Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company Ltd |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | A.S. Watson’s sale of a 24 percent stake to Temasek Holdings | $5.7 billion | A.S. Watson |
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Linklaters | Chalco Hong Kong Investment Co’s issue of 6.25 percent senior perpetual capital securities | $400 million | Joint global coordinators: 1.HSBC 2.ANZ Banking Group Ltd 3.UBS |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | A.S. Watson’s sale of a 24 percent stake to Temasek Holdings | $5.7 billion | A.S. Watson | Greg Knowles, Gareth Griffiths (Partners)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) | Chalco Hong Kong Investment Co’s issue of 6.25 percent senior perpetual capital securities | $400 million | Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company Ltd | Christine Chang (Partner)
Lorraine Pao (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | Leju Holdings’ IPO of 10,000,000 ADSs on the NYSE | $100 million | Leju Holdings Ltd | Mark Western (Partner)
Lorraine Pao (Associate) |
O'Melveny & Myers | Leju Holdings’ IPO of 10,000,000 ADSs on the NYSE | $100 million | Underwriters |
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Reed Smith Richards Butler | Ceneric (Holdings)’ acquisition of entire interest in La Palazzo Hotel, Maoming, PRC | HK$725 million ($93.6 million) | Ceneric (Holdings) Ltd | Patrick Wong (Partner)
Oscar Kwok Keung Wong (Associate) |
Reed Smith Richards Butler | Sale of a controlling stake in Cheong Ming Investment by Harmony Link Corp to Maureen Holdings | HK$910 million ($117.4 million) | Cheong Ming Investment Ltd | Delpha Ho (Partner)
Angela Yan Kei Hui (Associate) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Leju Holdings’ IPO of 10,000,000 ADSs on the NYSE | $100 million | Leju Holdings Ltd |
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