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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Chinese consortium’s bid to take OmniVision Technologies private | $1.7 billion | Chinese consortium (consisting of Hua Capital Management Ltd and Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co Ltd) |
Fang Xue, Joseph Barbeau (Partners)
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | China Housing & Land Development’s going-private | Undisclosed | Special committee of independent directors | Fang Xue, Dora Arash, James Moloney, Brian Lutz (Partners)
Yi Sun, Jennifer Wang (Associates) |
Jingtian & Gongcheng | China VAST Industrial Urban Development’s HK IPO | HK$1.02 billion ($132 million) | China VAST Industrial Urban Development Co Ltd |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | China Housing & Land Development’s going-private | Undisclosed | Duff & Phelps (Financial adviser to Special committee of independent directors) |
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Chinese consortium’s bid to take OmniVision Technologies private | $1.7 billion | OmniVision Technologies Inc |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | Glory Flame Holdings’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Glory Flame Holdings Ltd | Judy Lee (Partner)
Chris Cheng (Senior associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | King Force Security Holdings’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | King Force Security Holdings Ltd |
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Baker & McKenzie | Allied World Assurance Company’s acquisition of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance’s Singapore and Hong Kong operations | $215 million | Allied World Assurance Company Ltd | Andrew Martin (Principal and Head of Corporate and Securities practice)
Tracy Wut (Partner)
Alex Tan (Senior associate) |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel | Fosun International’s acquisition of 20 percent stake in Ironshore | $464 million | Ironshore | Susanna Suh, Kimberly Petillo-Décossard (Partners)
Ross Sturman (Associate) |
CFN Lawyers in association with Broad & Bright | King Force Security Holdings’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Underwriters |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands counsel) | China VAST Industrial Urban Development’s HK IPO | HK$1.02 billion ($132 million) | China VAST Industrial Urban Development Co Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | iDreamSky Technology’s IPO of 8,855,000 American depositary shares | $132 million | Underwriters |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Morgan Stanley’s SEC-registered offering of fixed-rate redeemable senior notes due 2044 | $950 million | Morgan Stanley | Christopher Schell, Po Sit (Partners)
Gerhard Radtke (Counsel-registered foreign lawyer)
Vidal Vanhoof, Andrew Pusar, Andrew Smith, Andrew Fei, Vanessa Rakel (Associates) |
DLA Piper | Fosun International’s acquisition of 20 percent stake in Ironshore | $464 million | Fosun International | Paul Chen (Partner)
Spencer Markel, Jamil McClintock, Yang Du (Associates) |
Fenwick & West | Actions Semiconductor’s tender offer to purchase up to 60,000,000 of its ordinary shares | $2.80 per ADS | Actions Semiconductor Co Ltd |
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Hogan Lovells | Sale of 26 million H shares in New China Life Insurance Company | $93.9 million | Standard Chartered Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd (Sole bookrunner and placing agent) | Terence Lau, Thomas Tarala (Partners)
Priscilla Lee (Senior associate)
Don Chan (Associate) |
Kirkland & Ellis | iDreamSky Technology’s IPO of 8,855,000 American depositary shares | $132 million | iDreamSky Technology Ltd |
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Loong & Yeung | Glory Flame Holdings’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Glory Flame Holdings Ltd |
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Loong & Yeung | King Force Security Holdings’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | King Force Security Holdings Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Actions Semiconductor’s tender offer to purchase up to 60,000,000 of its ordinary shares | $2.80 per ADS | Actions Semiconductor Co Ltd | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of counsel) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | iDreamSky Technology’s IPO of 8,855,000 American depositary shares | $132 million | iDreamSky Technology Ltd | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of counsel)
Sophie Yu (Associate) |
Morrison & Foerster | China VAST Industrial Urban Development’s HK IPO | HK$1.02 billion ($132 million) | China VAST Industrial Urban Development Co Ltd | Charles Chau, Melody He-Chen (Partners) |
Pang & Co. in association with Loeb & Loeb LLP Solicitors | Glory Flame Holdings’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Underwriters |
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Paul Hastings | China VAST Industrial Urban Development’s HK IPO | HK$1.02 billion ($132 million) | Underwriters: 1.Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd 2.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd 3.ICBC International Securities Ltd 4.CCB International Capital Ltd 5.DBS Asia Capital Ltd 6.First Shanghai Securities Ltd 7.GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Ltd 8.Celestial Securities Ltd |
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Sidley Austin | Morgan Stanley’s SEC-registered offering of fixed-rate redeemable senior notes due 2044 | $950 million | Underwriters: 1.CTBC Bank Co Ltd 2.Cathay United Bank Co Ltd |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | KKR Portfolio Company China Rundong Auto Group’s HK IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering | HK$877 million ($113.2 million) | Underwriters
| Christopher Wong, Chris Lin, Robert Holo (Partners)
Felicia Lai (Registered foreign lawyer)
Yu Wang, Taylor Alexander (Associates)
Martina To |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian | Murata Manufacturing’s acquisition of Peregrine Semiconductor Corp’s entire equity interest | $465 million | Peregrine Semiconductor Corp |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Murata Manufacturing’s acquisition of Peregrine Semiconductor Corp’s entire equity interest | $465 million | Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd | David Sneider, Daniel Clivner, Peter Thomas, Tristan Brown, Katharine Moir (Partners)
Noritaka Kumamoto, Sayo Takizawa, Denis Griffin, Ravi Sharma, David Shogren, Elliot Weingarten, Thomas Asmar, Leah Segall, Noah Metz, Jason Vollbracht (Associates) |
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Jurisdiction – Taiwan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law | Morgan Stanley’s SEC-registered offering of fixed-rate redeemable senior notes due 2044 | $950 million | Morgan Stanley |
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