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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | $1 billion | Xiaomi | Vicki Liu, Yvonne Ho (Partners)
Elaine Liu, Welber Yim (Associates) | |
Clifford Chance | Her Majesty's Treasury’s issue of fixed-rate bonds | RMB3.0 billion ($490 million) | The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury | David Dunnigan, Matt Fairclough, Dan Neidle (Partners)
Kate Vyvyan, Mark Chan (Senior associates)
Matteo Sbraga, Harriet Jarvis-Bicknell (Associates) |
Linklaters | $1 billion | Bank consortium consisting of 29 banks |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Ashurst | Mitsui’s acquisition of a minority stake in Tsit Wing International Holdings | HK$159 million ($20.5 million) | Mitsui & Co Ltd | Robert Ogilvy Watson (Hong Kong office managing partner)
Michael Sheng, Jonathan Hsui (Partners)
Chin Yeoh, Audrius Skeivys (Senior associates)
Mirror Zhou, Tian Zhou, Winnie Sinn (Associates) |
Ashurst | The Coca-Cola Co's investment in Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia in return for an equity ownership interest of 29.4 percent | $500 million | Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd | Mark Stanbridge, Joel Hogarth, Ratih Nawangsari (Partners) |
Baker & McKenzie | MCH Messe Schweiz (Basel) AG’s acquisition of the remaining 40 percent shares in Asian Art Fairs | Confidential | MCH Messe Schweiz (Basel) AG (MCH Swiss Exhibition [Basel] Ltd.) | Philippe Reich, Michael Horman (Partners) |
Deacons | Fulum Group Holdings’ IPO on the HKEx | HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Fulum Group Holdings Ltd | Ronny Chow (Partner) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Tata Motors’ Regulation S-only offering of 4.625 percent and 5.75 percent dual-tranche fixed-rate bonds | $750 million | Citicorp (Trustee for bondholders) | Alexander Aitken (Partner) |
Paul Hastings | Fulum Group Holdings’ IPO on the HKEx | HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Sole sponsor: Deutsche Securities Asia Ltd
Joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers: 1.Deutsche Bank AG (HK branch) 2.BOCI Asia Ltd |
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Paul Hastings | IBC Capital’s acquisition of Goodpack | $789 million (Total financing) | Banks: 1.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc 2.Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 3.Goldman Sachs Bank USA 4.Mizuho Bank Ltd 5.DBS Bank Ltd 6.Natixis (New York branch) 7.Natixis (SG branch) 8.Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc 9.KKR Capital Markets LLC 10.OCBC Ltd 11.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc 12.Credit Suisse AG (Cayman Islands branch) | Mike Michetti, Michele Cohen, Michael Baker, Brett King (Partners)
Shekhar Kumar, Seth Chandler, Katherine Forer, Natasha Chua Tan (Associates) |
Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel) | $1 billion | Bank consortium consisting of 29 banks |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Ashurst | Bank consortium’s loan agreement with the Government of Lao PDR to enable its investment in the Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company | $103.5 million | Bank consortium: 1.Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) 2.Export-Import Bank of Thailand 3.Bangkok Bank Public Company Ltd | Myles Mantle (Partner)
Andrew Smith, Chris Spalding (Senior associates)
Kristin Annexstad (Associate) |
Shearman & Sterling | Yahoo! Japan Corp’s acquisition of Carview Corp | JPY 5.02 billion (~$47 million) | Yahoo! Japan Corp | Masahisa Ikeda (Partner) |
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Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Paul Hastings | Hanjin International Corp’s notes issuance | $300 million | Hanjin International Corp | Dong Chul Kim, Alexander Lee (Partners)
Steve Kang, Young Hwan Ryu, Amy Lawrence (Associates) |