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Jurisdiction – China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

Minsheng Financial Leasing’s business jet financing

Undisclosed

Minsheng Financial Leasing Co Ltd

Harvey Lau

(Partner)

 

Ding Yi

(Associate)

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Times Property Holdings’ issue of 10.375 percent senior notes due 2017

RMB900 million

($145.2 million)

Times Property Holdings Ltd

 

Dacheng Law Offices

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

HK$60 million

($7.74 million)

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings Ltd

 

Daugherty, Fowler, Peregrin, Haught & Jenson

Minsheng Financial Leasing’s business jet financing

Undisclosed

The Export and Import Bank of the United States

 

Holland & Knight

Minsheng Financial Leasing’s business jet financing

Undisclosed

Apple Bank

 

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Broad Greenstate International’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$280 million

($36.13 million)

Underwriters:

1.Kim Eng Securities

2.BOCOM International 3.Haitong International 4.Industrial Securities Hong Kong

 

Jincheng Tongda & Neal

Broad Greenstate International’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$280 million

($36.13 million)

Broad Greenstate International

 

King & Wood Mallesons

Minsheng Financial Leasing’s business jet financing

Undisclosed

The Export and Import Bank of the United States

 

King & Wood Mallesons

Times Property Holdings’ issue of 10.375 percent senior notes due 2017

RMB900 million

($145.2 million)

Initial purchasers

 

robert wray PLLC

Minsheng Financial Leasing’s business jet financing

Undisclosed

The Export and Import Bank of the United States

 

Vinson & Elkins

Noble Energy and Energy Development Corp (China)’s sale of the latter’s interest in the Chengdaoxi Contract Area in China to Genting CDX Singapore

Undisclosed

1.Noble Energy Inc 2.Energy Development Corporation (China) Inc

Paul Deemer,

Xiao Yong

(Partners)

 

Tom Calvert,

Yin Tingting,

Jason Wu,

Ji Yun

(Associates) 

 

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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allen & Overy

ONGC Videsh’s issue of 3.250 percent, 4.625 percent and 2.750 notes due 2019, 2024 and 2021

$2.2 billion

Joint lead managers and bookrunners:

1.BNP Paribas 2.Citigroup

3.Deutsche Bank

4.The Royal Bank of Scotland

5.Standard Chartered Bank

Andrew Harrow, Amit Singh

(Partners)

 

Garrick Merlo, Emily Dong,

Julie Song,

Debolina Saha

(Associates)

Appleby

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

HK$60 million

($7.74 million)

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings Ltd

Judy Lee

(Partner)

 

Chris Cheng

(Senior associate)

Appleby

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Times Property Holdings’ issue of 10.375 percent senior notes due 2017

RMB900 million

($145.2 million)

Times Property Holdings Ltd

Judy Lee

(Partner)

 

Chris Cheng

(Senior associate)

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Forbes’ sale of a majority stake of its media business to a Hong Kong-based group of investors

Undisclosed

Forbes Media

Chris Cox,

William Mills, Gregory Patti Jr, David Miller, Richard Nugent, Dorothy Auth,

Dale Turza

(Partners)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Times Property Holdings’ issue of 10.375 percent senior notes due 2017

RMB900 million

($145.2 million)

Initial purchasers:

1.Haitong International Securities Co Ltd

2.BOCI Asia Ltd

3.BNP Paribas

(Hong Kong branch)

William Barron

(Partner)

 

 Margie Chan

(Counsel)

 

 Xuelin (Steve) Wang

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Lena Qiu

(Associate)

Hastings & Co

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

HK$60 million

($7.74 million)

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings Ltd

 

Herbert Smith Freehills

Sinotrans’ placement of 357,481,000 new H shares

HK$1,716 million

($221.4 million)

Placing agent:

Deutsche Bank AG

(Hong Kong branch)

 

Howse Williams Bowers

Kate China Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

Undisclosed

Sole sponsor:

Altus Capital Ltd

 

Sole bookrunner and sole lead manager:

Kingston Securities Ltd

Brian Ho

(Partner)

 

Karen Lam

(Senior associate)

 

Sherman Wong

(Associate)

LKP Global Law

Forbes’ sale of a majority stake of its media business to a Hong Kong-based group of investors

Undisclosed

Investor group:

Integrated Whale Media Investments

Kevin Leung,

Francis Chen

(Partners)

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Broad Greenstate International’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$280 million

($36.13 million)

Broad Greenstate International

 

Morrison & Foerster

Broad Greenstate International’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$280 million

($36.13 million)

Underwriters:

1.Kim Eng Securities

2.BOCOM International 3.Haitong International 4.Industrial Securities Hong Kong

Ven Tan

(Hong Kong managing partner)

 

Samuel Ng

(Of counsel)

Norton Rose Fulbright

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

HK$60 million

($7.74 million)

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings Ltd

 

Paul Hastings

 

Unitech Enterprises Group’s acquisition of 61.56 percent of Ford Glory Group Holdings’ entire issued share capital

HK$258 million

($33.3 million)

Unitech Enterprises Group Ltd

Raymond Li,

Catherine Tsang

(Partners)

 

May Lun

(Associate)

Reed Smith

Richards Butler

Rising Development and Linkage Group’s sale and purchase agreement to acquire and to sell 10,000 shares in Rander International’s issued share capital

HK$620 million

($80 million)

Rising Development Holdings Ltd

Delpha Ho

(Partner)

 

Michelle Wong

(Associate)

Reed Smith

Richards Butler

Sinotrans’ placement of 357,481,000 new H shares

HK$1,716 million

($221.4 million)

Sinotrans Ltd

Delpha Ho

(Partner)

 

Albert Cheung, Michelle Wong

(Associates)

Robertsons Solicitors

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

HK$60 million

($7.74 million)

Sponsors and Underwriters

 

Sidley Austin

Times Property Holdings’ issue of 10.375 percent senior notes due 2017

RMB900 million

($145.2 million)

Times Property Holdings Ltd

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Cogobuy Group’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$1.375 billion

($180 million)

Cogobuy Group

Christopher Betts, Will Cai

(Partners)

 

Ivy Wong

(Counsel)

 

Anthony Pang, Wentao Yuan, Yuanjing Chen, Patrick Jiang

(Associates)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Forbes’ sale of a majority stake of its media business to a Hong Kong-based group of investors

Undisclosed

Investor group:

Integrated Whale Media Investments

Daniel Dusek,

Jonathan Stone,

Howard Ellin,

Steven Matays,

Stephanie Teicher,

Ivan Schlager (Partners)

 

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Jurisdiction – Taiwan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Lee and Li

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings’ Hong Kong IPO

HK$60 million

($7.74 million)

Millennium Pacific Group Holdings Ltd

 

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