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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | APG purchase of a 20 percent stake in e-Shang | $650 million | e-Shang |
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Beijing DHH Law Firm | Rizhao Port’s issue of credit enhanced bonds | RMB 850 million ($136.5 million) | Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co Ltd
Joint lead arrangers: 1.Agricultural Bank of China International 2.Barclays Bank |
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Grandall Law Firm | Qingdao Port International’s IPO and listing on the HKEx | HK$2,493.2 million ($321.6 million) | Underwriters |
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Haiwen & Partners | People's Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance’s issue of sovereign bonds in Hong Kong | RMB16 million ($2.6 million) | Issuing and Lodging agent: Bank of Communications Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch) |
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Jia Yuan Law Offices | Qingdao Port International’s IPO and listing on the HKEx | HK$2,493.2 million ($321.6 million) | Qingdao Port International Co Ltd |
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Morrison & Foerster | Global Logistic Properties’ closing of China consortium agreement with group of strategic partners | $1.6 billion | Global Logistic Properties Ltd | Eric Piesner, Marcia Ellis, Maria Wang, Jeremy Hunt, Michelle Jewett, Leo Aguilar (Partners) |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | APG purchase of a 20 percent stake in e-Shang | $650 million | APG | Jason Ng (Partner) |
Clifford Chance | COFCO Meat’s strategic partnership with KKR-led private equity investors consortium | $270 million | COFCO Meat | Terence Foo, Neeraj Budhwani (Partners)
Julie Zhu, Raymond Ng (Senior associates)
Menghan Wang, Janet Jiang (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Qingdao Port International’s IPO and listing on the HKEx | HK$2,493.2 million ($321.6 million) | Qingdao Port International Co Ltd | Bonnie Chan, Antony Dapiran, Li He, John Paton (Partners)
Jeanine McGuinness (Counsel)
Stephenie Fung, Qin Zou, Ran Li, Lulu Lin, Rhiannon Nakano, Vanessa Rakel (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Rizhao Port’s issue of credit enhanced bonds | RMB 850 million ($136.5 million) | Joint lead arrangers: 1.Agricultural Bank of China International 2.Barclays Bank |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Tencent Holdings’ purchase of JD.com’s 139,493,960 Class A ordinary shares | $1.3 billion | Tencent Holdings Ltd | Kirtee Kapoor (Partner)
Abhishek Kolay, Rishab Kumar (Associates) |
Deacons | People's Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance’s issue of sovereign bonds in Hong Kong | RMB16 million ($2.6 million) | Issuing and Lodging agent: Bank of Communications Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch) | Kevin Tong (Partner)
Icarus Yuen |
DLA Piper | Rizhao Port’s issue of credit enhanced bonds | RMB 850 million ($136.5 million) | 1.Rizhao Port (Hong Kong) Co Ltd 2.Rizhao Port Group Co Ltd | John Shi, Paul Lee, Ben Sandstad, Jeffrey Mak (Partners)
David Cheng, Yao Chi (Associates)
Andrew Nicholls (Solicitor) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Qingdao Port International’s IPO and listing on the HKEx | HK$2,493.2 million ($321.6 million) | Underwriters |
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Herbert Smith Freehills | LIM Advisors’ Korean real estate acquisition via a joint investment with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts | N/A | LIM Advisors Ltd | Nicola Yeomans (Partner)
Stephen Newby (Of counsel)
Eliza Coleman (Senior associate) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Range Resources’ Integrated Master Services Agreement with LandOcean Energy Services | $400 million | Range Resources Ltd | Hilary Lau, Simon Reed, John Balsdon (Partners) |
Linklaters | People's Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance’s issue of sovereign bonds in Hong Kong | RMB16 million ($2.6 million) | People's Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Tencent Holdings’ purchase of JD.com’s 139,493,960 Class A ordinary shares | $1.3 billion | JD.com Inc |
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Mourant Ozannes (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | APG purchase of a 20 percent stake in e-Shang | $650 million | APG | Alex Last (Partner)
Bronwyn King (Senior lawyer) |
Mourant Ozannes | CVC Capital Partners’ launch of its latest Asia Pacific Fund called CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV | N/A | CVC Capital Partners | Felicia de Laat (Partner)
Rachel Candler (Associate) |
Paul Hastings | COFCO Meat’s strategic partnership with KKR-led private equity investors consortium | $270 million | HOPU Investments Co Ltd | Nan Li (Partner) |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | COFCO Meat’s strategic partnership with KKR-led private equity investors consortium | $270 million | KKR-led private equity investors consortium | Jack Lange (Partner)
Vivek Baid, Stanley Li (Associates) |
Sidley Austin | Goodbaby International Holdings’ acquisition of the Evenflo Company | Undisclosed | Goodbaby International Holdings Ltd | John Box, Constance Choy (Partners) |
Sidley Austin | NetDragon Websoft’s acquisition of Cherrypicks International Holdings | $30.5 million | NetDragon Websoft Inc | Gloria Lam (Partner)
Nicholas Chan (Counsel) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | CVC Capital Partners’ launch of its latest Asia Pacific Fund called CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV | N/A | CVC Capital Partners |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Baidu’s public offering of 2.750 percent notes due 2019 | $1 billion | Baidu Inc | Julie Gao, Jonathan Stone, Michael Beinus (Partners)
Shu Du, James McCurley, William Zhu, Brett Willis (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Tencent Holdings’ purchase of JD.com’s 139,493,960 Class A ordinary shares | $1.3 billion | JD.com Inc |
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Slaughter and May | Chalco Hong Kong Investment Company’s issue of 6.25 percent senior perpetual capital securities | $400 million | Hong Kong- incorporated subsidiary guarantors | Benita Yu (Partner)
Daryl Yip, Alison Tsoi (Associates) |
Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel) | APG purchase of a 20 percent stake in e-Shang | $650 million | e-Shang |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges | COFCO Meat’s strategic partnership with KKR-led private equity investors consortium | $270 million | Baring Private Equity Asia | Akiko Mikumo (Managing partner)
Daniel Yeh (Senior associate)
Josephine Yung (Associate) |
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