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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Ashurst

Itochu Corp’s tie-up with Charoen Pokphand Group

$1 billion

Itochu Corp

Robert Ogilvy Watson

(Managing partner)

 

Daniel Öhvall

(Counsel)

 

Derek Leung, Winnie Sinn

(Associates)

Baker & McKenzie

EQT Partners’ acquisition of Dataflow Verification Services

Undisclosed

EQT Partners

Tracy Wut,

Tom Thraya

(Partners)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Anstock II’s issue of guaranteed bonds due 2017

$300 million

Joint bookrunners:

1.HSBC Ltd 2.Citigroup Global Markets Ltd

3.DBS Bank Ltd

James Lin,

Paul Chow,

John Paton

(Partners)

 

Faisal Baloch,

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

 

Meng Ding

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 

Lena X

(Associate)

Deacons

Broad Greenstate International Company’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$279.24 million

($36 million)

Broad Greenstate International Company Ltd

 

Li & Partners

Baidu’s offer of  2.750 percent notes due 2019

$1 billion

Baidu Inc

 

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Anstock II’s issue of guaranteed bonds due 2017

$300 million

Anstock II Ltd

 

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Broad Greenstate International Company’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$279.24 million

($36 million)

Broad Greenstate International Company Ltd

Christine Chang

(Partner)

 

Lorraine Pao

(Associate)

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Tsinghua Unigroup’s acquisition of RDA Microelectronics Inc

$907 million

Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd

Greg Knowles

(Partner)

 

Richard Spooner

(Of counsel)

McDermott Will & Emory

EQT Partners’ acquisition of Dataflow Verification Services

Undisclosed

Founders

 

Morrison & Foerster

Broad Greenstate International Company’s Hong Kong IPO

HK$279.24 million

($36 million)

Underwriters

 

Morrison & Foerster

Tsinghua Unigroup’s acquisition of RDA Microelectronics Inc

$907 million

Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd

Christopher Forrester,

Michael O'Bryan,

Charles Comey

(Partners)

 

Celeste Ferber

(Corporate attorney)

 

Thomas Anderson

(Associate)

Ropes & Gray

Suzlon Energy’s restructuring of approximately foreign currency convertible bonds

$580 million

Ad hoc committee of bondholders

Daniel Anderson,

James Douglas (Partners)

 

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Jurisdiction – Japan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Ashurst

Development of a new LEGOLAND® theme park in Japan

$320 million

Merlin Entertainments

 

Clifford Chance

Development of a new LEGOLAND® theme park in Japan

$320 million

KIRKBI Invest A/S

Eiichi Kanda,

Leng-Fong Lai

(Partners)

Colin Ng & Partners

Yamato Holdings’ acquisition of Tidiki Express

Undisclosed

Yamato Holdings Co Ltd

Bill Jamieson (Partner)

 

Manisha Rai (Associate) 

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba

Yamato Holdings’ acquisition of Tidiki Express

Undisclosed

Yamato Holdings Co Ltd

Shuichi Namba (Partner)

 

Yohei Yamada (Associate)

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Itochu Corp’s tie-up with Charoen Pokphand Group

$1 billion

Itochu Corp

 

Morrison & Foerster

Itochu Corp’s tie-up with Charoen Pokphand Group

$1 billion

Charoen Pokphand Group

Randy Laxer, Mitsutoshi Uchida, Jeremy Hunt, Jonathan Gowdy

(Partners)

 

 Aki Bayz

(Of counsel)

 

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Jurisdiction – Taiwan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Baker & McKenzie

Anstock II’s issue of guaranteed bonds due 2017

$300 million

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc

 

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