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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | AMP’s acquisition of a 19.99 percent stake in China Life Pension Company | AUD$240 million ($208.4 million) | AMP Ltd | Terence Foo (Partner) |
Commerce & Finance Law Offices | Fulum Group Holdings’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | Up to HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Fulum Group Holdings Ltd |
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Haiwen & Partners | Huaneng Power International’s placement of H shares | HK$3.14 billion ($405 million) | Huaneng Power International Ltd |
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King & Wood Mallesons | Austar Lifesciences’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | HK$390 million ($50.3 million) | Sponsor |
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King & Wood Mallesons | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 3.5 percent notes due 2019 | $3 billion (MTN programme)
$650 million (Notes issue) | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co Ltd |
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King & Wood Mallesons | King Power Capital’s Regulation S only offering of 3.875 percent and 5.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 and 2024 | $1 billion | King Power Capital Ltd (Issuer)
China Travel Service (Holdings) Hong Kong Ltd (Guarantor) |
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King & Wood Mallesons | New World China Land’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 5.375 percent notes due 2019 | $1.5 billion (MTN programme)
$900 million (Notes issue) | Dealers: 1.BOCI 2.HSBC |
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Jia Yuan Law Offices | Austar Lifesciences’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | HK$390 million ($50.3 million) | Austar Lifesciences Ltd |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | China Hongqiao Group’s Regulation S offering of 6.875 percent high-yield senior notes due 2018 | $300 million | Initial purchasers: 1.ANZ Banking Group Ltd 2.Merrill Lynch International 3.BOCI Asia Ltd 4.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 5. Deutsche Bank |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 3.5 percent notes due 2019 | $3 billion (MTN programme)
$650 million (Notes issue) | Arrangers: 1.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd 2.Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd 5.Another investment bank
Joint lead managers |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | Fulum Group Holdings’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | Up to HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Sponsor |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | Huaneng Power International’s placement of H shares | HK$3.14 billion ($405 million) | Joint placing agents: 1.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd 2.A leading investment bank in China (Hong Kong branch) |
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Jun He Law Offices | King Power Capital’s Regulation S only offering of 3.875 percent and 5.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 and 2024 | $1 billion | Joint lead managers: 1.HSBC Ltd 2.CCB International Capital Ltd 3.ABCI Capital Ltd 4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd 5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 6.Another investment bank |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Danone’s acquisition of a 25 percent stake in Yashili International Holdings | $550 million | Danone | Douglas Markel, Qi Yue (Partners)
Venus Lo (Counsel) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Danone’s acquisition of a 25 percent stake in Yashili International Holdings | $550 million | Yashili International Holdings Ltd | Kay Ian Ng, Gwen Wong (Partners)
Vivian Tse (Associate) |
Zong Heng Law Firm | China Hongqiao Group’s Regulation S offering of 6.875 percent high-yield senior notes due 2018 | $300 million | China Hongqiao Group Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | Hong Kong Aviation’s issue of 7.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2016 | CNY800 million ($130.4 million) | Hong Kong Aviation Ltd |
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 3.5 percent notes due 2019 | $3 billion (MTN programme)
$650 million (Notes issue) | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co Ltd |
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Clifford Chance | China Hongqiao Group’s Regulation S offering of 6.875 percent high-yield senior notes due 2018 | $300 million | Initial purchasers: 1.ANZ Banking Group Ltd 2.Merrill Lynch International 3.BOCI Asia Ltd 4.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 5. Deutsche Bank | Richard Lee (Partner)
Yue Song (Associate) |
Clifford Chance | Conifer Holdings’ purchase of Asia Outsourcing US | $235 million | Asia Outsourcing Gamma Ltd | Neeraj Budhwani, Benjamin Sibbett, Michael Seaton (Partners)
Isaac Stewart, Bryan Koo (Senior associates)
Maureen Ho (Associate) |
Clifford Chance | New World China Land’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 5.375 percent notes due 2019 | $1.5 billion (MTN programme)
$900 million (Notes issue) | Dealers: 1.BOCI 2.HSBC |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | Austar Lifesciences’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | HK$390 million ($50.3 million) | Austar Lifesciences Ltd |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | China Hongqiao Group’s Regulation S offering of 6.875 percent high-yield senior notes due 2018 | $300 million | China Hongqiao Group Ltd |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands counsel) | Fulum Group Holdings’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | Up to HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Fulum Group Holdings Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | China Hongqiao Group’s Regulation S offering of 6.875 percent high-yield senior notes due 2018 | $300 million | China Hongqiao Group Ltd | William Barron, Antony Dapiran, Paul Chow (Partners)
Faisal Baloch, Margie Chan, Peter Cheng, John Taylor, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Meng Ding (Registered foreign lawyer)
Stephenie Fung, Lena Qiu (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 3.5 percent notes due 2019 | $3 billion (MTN programme)
$650 million (Notes issue) | Arrangers: 1.CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd 2.Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd 5.Another investment bank | Eugene Gregor, Paul Chow, John Paton (Partners)
Margie Chan, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Bingqing Pan, Bo Huang (Registered foreign lawyers)
Xiao Zhang, Sarah Joy (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Huaneng Power International’s placement of H shares | HK$3.14 billion ($405 million) | Joint placing agents: 1.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd 2.A leading investment bank in China (Hong Kong branch) | Antony Dapiran, James Lin (Partners)
Yang Chu (Associate)
Terrence O'Donnell (Registered foreign lawyer) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | King Power Capital’s Regulation S only offering of 3.875 percent and 5.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 and 2024 | $1 billion | Joint bookrunners and joint lead managers: 1.HSBC Ltd 2.CCB International Capital Ltd 3.ABCI Capital Ltd 4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd 5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 6.Another investment bank | Paul Chow (Partner)
Margie Chan, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Jesse Gillespie, Ying Su (Registered foreign lawyers)
Hua Zhao, Dominic Foulkes (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | QuEST Global Engineering Services’ acquisition of Network Systems and Technologies | Undisclosed | QuEST Global Engineering Services Pvt Ltd | Kirtee Kapoor (Partner)
Amit Kataria, Jiangshan Tang (Associates)
Margie Chan (Counsel) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Rolta Americas’ offer to exchange any and all of the outstanding 10.75 percent senior notes due 2018 of Rolta held by eligible holders for its newly issued 8.875 percent senior notes due 2019 | $200 million | Dealer managers: 1.Barclays Bank 2.Another investment bank | William Barron, John Paton (Partners)
Gerhard Radtke (Counsel-registered foreign lawyer)
Bo Huang (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Sarah Joy, Shih-Jern Liang (Associates) |
Deacons | Austar Lifesciences’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | HK$390 million ($50.3 million) | Sole sponsor: Haitong International Capital Ltd and the underwriters | Sabrina Fung (Partner)
Catherine Kwan, Carole Mok, Charles Wang, Stephen Fung, Erin Wang, Kellie Sun (Associates) |
Deacons | Fulum Group Holdings’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | Up to HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Fulum Group Holdings Ltd | Ronny Chow (Partner)
Maynard Leung, Doris Leung, Queena Chow (Associates)
Wilson Kan Vannessa Lai |
Debevoise & Plimpton | AXA’s agreement with The Principal Financial Group to sell its Mandatory Provident Fund and Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance business in Hong Kong | N/A | AXA Group | E. Drew Dutton, John Vasily, Richard Ward, Satish Kini (Partners)
Phil Rohlik (International counsel)
Edwin Northover, Danielle de Zorzi, Parveet Singh Gandoak, James Olsen, Ceinwen Rees, Jayne So (Associates) |
Dorsey & Whitney | Fulum Group Holdings’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | Up to HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Fulum Group Holdings Ltd |
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Eversheds | New World China Land’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 5.375 percent notes due 2019 | $1.5 billion (MTN programme)
$900 million (Notes issue) | New World China Land Ltd | Kingsley Ong, Stephen Mok (Partners)
Sandy Yeung, Aaron Liu (Registered foreign lawyers)
Janice Yip, Joanne Chong (Associates)
Natalie Jiang |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Hong Kong Aviation’s issue of 7.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2016 | CNY800 million ($130.4 million) | Joint lead managers: 1.Guotai Junan 2.CLSA 3.DBS 4.Wing Lung Bank Daiwa 5.Hong Kong International Securities Ltd |
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Herbert Smith Freehills | Huaneng Power International’s placement of H shares | HK$3.14 billion ($405 million) | Huaneng Power International Ltd |
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King & Wood Mallesons | China Travel Service (Holdings) Hong Kong’s Regulation S issue of 3.875 percent and 5.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 and 2024 | $1 billion | China Travel Service (Holdings) Hong Kong Ltd | Hao Zhou, Richard Mazzochi, Zhang Yi, Jason Qiu (Partners) |
Latham & Watkins (U.S., UK, UAE counsel) | Rolta Americas’ offer to exchange any and all of the outstanding 10.75 percent senior notes due 2018 of Rolta held by eligible holders for its newly issued 8.875 percent senior notes due 2019 | $200 million | Rolta India Ltd | Rajiv Gupta, Timothy Hia, Jiyeon Lee-Lim (Partners)
Louis Rabinowitz, Raymond Holst (Counsel)
Jennifer Poh, Nicole Wong (Associates) |
Leung & Lau | Austar Lifesciences’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | HK$390 million ($50.3 million) | Austar Lifesciences Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (BVI and Cayman Islands counsel) | Hong Kong Aviation’s issue of 7.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2016 | CNY800 million ($130.4 million) | Hong Kong Aviation Ltd | Christine Change (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Maples and Calder | New World China Land’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 5.375 percent notes due 2019 | $1.5 billion (MTN programme)
$900 million (Notes issue) | New World China Land Ltd | Christine Chang (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Ogier (BVI counsel) | King Power Capital’s Regulation S only offering of 3.875 percent and 5.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 and 2024 | $1 billion | King Power Capital Ltd (Issuer)
China Travel Service (Holdings) Hong Kong Ltd (Guarantor) |
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Paul Hastings | Fulum Group Holdings’ global offering and listing on the HKEx | Up to HK$539.5 million ($69.6 million) | Sponsor |
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Walkers (BVI counsel) | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co’s establishment of its MTN programme and issue of 3.5 percent notes due 2019 | $3 billion (MTN programme)
$650 million (Notes issue) | CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | Listing and offering of 185,063,000 stapled securities in Frasers Hospitality Trust, comprising Frasers Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust and Frasers Hospitality Business Trust on the SGX | S$367.9 million ($284.1 million) | REIT Manager, Trustee-Manager and Sponsor |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Miraca Holdings’ joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine | N/A | Miraca Holdings Inc | Mitsuhiro Kamiya, Michael Mies, Matthew Zisk, Jennifer Bragg, Sean Shimamoto, John Furfaro (Partners) |