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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allens | Bank of China (Sydney branch)’s note offering | CNY 2 billion ($320 million) | Bank of China Ltd (Sydney branch) | James Darcy (Partner)
Paul Cerche, Thomas McAuliffe (Senior associates) |
Beijing DHH Law Firm | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co’s credit enhanced bonds offering | RMB 850 million ($136.2 million) | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co Ltd |
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Commerce & Finance Law Offices | Times Property Holdings’ issue of 12.625 percent senior notes due 2019 | $80 million | Times Property Holdings Ltd |
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Global Law Office | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co’s credit enhanced bonds offering | RMB 850 million ($136.2 million) | Initial purchasers |
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Han Kun Law Offices | Cheetah Mobile’s IPO on the NYSE | $168 million | Cheetah Mobile Inc |
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Han Kun Law Offices | Sunfonda Group Holdings’ IPO on the HKEx | HK$542 million ($69.9 million) | J.P. Morgan (Sole sponsor)
Joint bookrunners: 1.J.P. Morgan 2.Guotai Junan International |
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King & Wood Mallesons | Times Property Holdings’ issue of 12.625 percent senior notes due 2019 | $80 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Haitong International Securities Co Ltd 2.BOCI Asia Ltd 3.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd |
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Linklaters | Bank of China (Sydney branch)’s note offering | CNY 2 billion ($320 million) | Bank of China Ltd (Sydney branch) | Michael Ng (Partner)
Sam Yip (Associate) |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | Times Property Holdings’ issue of 12.625 percent senior notes due 2019 | $80 million | Times Property Holdings Ltd |
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Clifford Chance | CLP Power HK’s acquisition of an additional 30 percent stake in Castle Peak Power Co and a 51 percent stake in Hong Kong Pumped Storage Development Co | HK$10 billion ($1.29 billion) | Underwriter, bookrunner and mandated lead arranger: HSBC Ltd | Matthew Truman (Partner)
Chris Wall (Registered foreign lawyer)
James Tong (Associate) |
Clifford Chance | $612 million | NWS Holdings Ltd | Cherry Chan (Partner)
Paul Chan, Samuel Mai (Associates) | |
Clifford Chance | Sunfonda Group Holdings’ IPO on the HKEx | HK$542 million ($69.9 million) | Sunfonda Group Holdings Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Cheetah Mobile’s IPO on the NYSE | $168 million | Representatives of the underwriters: 1.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 2.J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | James Lin, Bonnie Chan, Li He, John Paton (Partners)
Han (Annie) Shen, Bo Huang (Registered foreign lawyers)
Liang (Alex) Tao, Omer Harel (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | CNPC General Capital’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offer of senior notes due 2017 and 2019 | $1.5 billion | Joint global coordinators: 1.Standard Chartered Bank 2.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 3.BOCI Asia Ltd
Initial purchasers: 1.Standard Chartered Bank 2.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 3.BOCI Asia Ltd 4.Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank 5.Société Générale 6.ING Bank N.V. (SG branch) 7.HSBC Ltd 8.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 9.Deutsche Bank AG (SG branch) 10.ICBC International Securities Ltd 11.CCB International Capital Ltd 12.Natixis 13.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 14.Mizuho Securities USA Inc 15.DBS Bank Ltd 16.Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc | Eugene Gregor, John Paton (Partners)
Tae-Hun Kim, Ryan Grimm (Registered foreign lawyers)
Bate Yu, Ran Li, Ankang Li (Associates)
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Inotera Memories’ offer of 40,000,000 global depositary shares | $418.4 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse (HK) Ltd 2.Morgan Stanley Services Pty Ltd 3.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd 4.HSBC Ltd 5.CCB International Capital Ltd | James Lin, John Paton (Partners)
Paul Marks (Associate)
Patrick Sigmon, Vanessa Rakel (Associates)
Catherine Martin (Counsel) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co’s credit enhanced bonds offering | RMB 850 million ($136.2 million) | Managers: 1.ABCI Capital Ltd 2.Barclays Bank PLC | Paul Chow (Partner)
Margie Chan, Dominic Foulkes (Associates)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Times Property Holdings’ issue of 12.625 percent senior notes due 2019 | $80 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Haitong International Securities Co Ltd 2.BOCI Asia Ltd 3.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd | William Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke (Registered foreign lawyer-counsel)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) |
DLA Piper | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co’s credit enhanced bonds offering | RMB 850 million ($136.2 million) | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co Ltd |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Sunfonda Group Holdings’ IPO on the HKEx | HK$542 million ($69.9 million) | Underwriters |
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Gide Loyrette Nouel | SMCP’s acquisition of AZ Retail’s entire share capital | Undisclosed | Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and Sandro Men (SMCP) | Gilles Cardonnel (Partner)
Gallien Lefevre (Associate) |
Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent | SMCP’s acquisition of AZ Retail’s entire share capital | Undisclosed | AZ Retail Ltd | Maëva Slotine (Partner) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Fosun International’s rights issue | HK$4.88 billion ($629.5 million) | Fosun International Ltd | Gary Lock (Partner)
Sherry Lai (Senior associate)
Jackie Chen, Jessica Leung (Associates) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Maoye International Holdings’ Rule 44A/Reg S issue of 7.75 percent high-yield bonds due 2017 | $300 million | Maoye International Holdings Ltd | Kevin Roy (Asia U.S. securities head)
Jason Sung (Partner)
Cindy Kao (Senior consultant)
Jin Kong, Elisa Leung, Lawrence Wang (Associates) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Cheetah Mobile’s IPO on the NYSE | $168 million | Cheetah Mobile Inc | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan, Sophie Yu (Associates) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Sunfonda Group Holdings’ IPO on the HKEx | HK$542 million ($69.9 million) | Sunfonda Group Holdings Ltd | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Lorraine Pao, Karen Zhang (Associates) |
Oldham, Li and Nie | SMCP’s acquisition of AZ Retail’s entire share capital | Undisclosed | AZ Retail Ltd |
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Shearman & Sterling | CNPC General Capital’s Rule 144A/ Regulation S bond offering on the HKEx | $1.5 billion | CNPC General Capital Ltd | Matthew Bersani, Philip Urofsky, Lorna Chen (Partners)
Alan Yeung, Eileen O’Pray (Counsel)
Daying Zhang, Wanda Woo, Wei Fang, Alison Welcher (Associates)
Xiuqin Cao (International specialist)
Shan Wu (Special associate) |
Sidley Austin | Times Property Holdings’ issue of 12.625 percent senior notes due 2019 | $80 million | Times Property Holdings Ltd |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Cheetah Mobile’s IPO on the NYSE | $168 million | Cheetah Mobile Inc |
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Walkers | China Cinda Asset Management’s issue of 4.00 percent and 5.625 percent guaranteed senior notes due 2019 and 2024 | $1 billion (due 2019)
$500 million (due 2024) | China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd | Kristen Kwok (Partner)
Evelyn Liu (Senior associate) |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | $612 million | Suez Environment | Akiko Mikumo (Asia Managing Partner)
Henry Ong (Partner)
Billy Kwon, Dianna Lee (Associates) | |
White & Case | ICBC and BOC’s syndicated senior secured loan grant to Millennium Gain | 550 million euros ($752.7 million) | 1.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) 2.Bank of China (BOC) | Baldwin Cheng, David Li (Partners)
Frank Shu (Senior legal consultant)
Mengbi Xu (Associate) |
White & Case | $612 million | BNP (Escrow agent) |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s loan grant to Suntory Holdings for the buyout of Beam Inc | $12.5 billion | The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd | Gavin Raftery, Shinichiro Kitamura (Partners)
Yasuhisa Takatori, Takuya Wada (Associates) |
Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) | Marubeni Corp’s acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Temsa İş Makinaları İmalat Pazarlama ve Satış A.Ş. | Undisclosed | Marubeni Corp | Ismail Esin, Aslı Yiğit (Partners)
Mina Arai-Ito (Of Counsel)
Sıtkı Can Tulay, Beelian Tay, Seiji Tomimoto, Masahiro Inaba (Associates) |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s loan grant to Suntory Holdings for the buyout of Beam Inc | $12.5 billion | Suntory Holdings Ltd |
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K&L Gates | NEC Corp’s acquisition of A123 Energy Systems’ electric grid storage business | $100 million | NEC Corp | Ryan Dwyer, John Allison (Partners) plus 25 partners across Asia, U.S., and Europe. |
Nishimura & Asahi | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s loan grant to Suntory Holdings for the buyout of Beam Inc | $12.5 billion | Suntory Holdings Ltd |
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