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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Qiyi.com’s issue of Series F preferred shares to Baidu Holdings, Xiaomi Ventures and Prominent TMT | Undisclosed | Qiyi.com Inc | Howard Zhang, Li He (Partners)
Annie Yan, Hong (Cathryn) Jin (Associates) |
DLA Piper | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company’s issue of H shares on the HKEx | $4.75 billion | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China | Liu Wei (Beijing office managing partner)
Roy Chan (Shanghai office managing partner)
Stephen Peepels (Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific)
Yeti Ho (Of counsel) |
DLA Piper | Sinopharm Group Company’s issue of new shares; its third H- share placement | HK$5.5 billion ($710 million) | Sinopharm Group Company Ltd | Liu Wei (Beijing office managing partner)
Stephen Peepels (Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific)
Vivian Liu (Of counsel)
Timothy Franklyn (Registered foreign lawyer)
Hai Ye Liu (Senior associate) |
Grandall Law Firm | Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp’s placement of H shares | HK$1.72 billion ($222 million) | Joint placing agents: 1.HSBC Ltd 2.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd 3.Another investment bank |
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Jun He Law Offices | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017 | RMB650 million ($105.7 million) | Initial purchasers: 1.BNP Paribas (Hong Kong branch) 2.CCB International Capital Ltd 3.ANZ Ltd 4.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 5.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd |
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King & Wood Mallesons | COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 | $800 million | Joint global coordinators: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 2.BOCI Asia Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.DBS Bank Ltd
Joint lead managers: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 2.BOCI Asia Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.DBS Bank Ltd 5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 6.ANZ Ltd 7.Bank of Communications Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch) 8.ICBC (Asia) Ltd 9.Wing Lung Bank Ltd |
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Paul Hastings | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company’s issue of H shares on the HKEx | $4.75 billion | Sole placing agent: Morgan Stanley |
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Sullivan & Cromwell | Sinopharm Group Company’s issue of new shares; its third H- share placement | HK$5.5 billion ($710 million) | Placing agents: 1.China International Capital Corp 2.UBS AG 3.Morgan Stanley | Kay Ian Ng, |
Zhong Lun Law Firm | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017 | RMB650 million ($105.7 million) | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017 | RMB650 million ($105.7 million) | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd |
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Appleby (Bermuda, BVI counsel) | COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 | $800 million | 1.COFCO Land Holdings Ltd 2.Double Rosy Ltd | Judy Lee (Partner)
Chris Cheng (Senior associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx | HK$114.5 million ($14.8 million) | EGL Holdings Company Ltd | Judy Lee (Partner)
Jo Lit (Senior associate)
Tiffy Wan (Associate) |
Ashurst | China Maple Leaf Education System's IPO on the HKEx | HK$962 million ($124.1 million) | Joint sponsors and global coordinators: 1.BNP Paribas 2.CLSA
| Jonathan Hsui, Stuart Rubin (Partners)
Ethan Perry (Counsel)
Tracy Li (Senior associate)
Alistair Tso, Kailing Li (Associates) |
Baker & McKenzie | China Gas Holdings’ proposed acquisition of Beijing Gas Development’s entire issued share capital of | HK$2.06 billion ($270 million) | China Gas Holdings Ltd | Christina Lee (Partner)
Taotao Ling (Special counsel) |
Cheung & Lee in association with Locke Lord (HK) | Centron Telecom International Holding’s acquisition of a club loan facility | $60 million | Centron Telecom International Holding Ltd | Alfred Lee (Partner)
Gloria Ting (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017 | RMB650 million ($105.7 million) | Initial purchasers: 1.BNP Paribas (Hong Kong branch) 2.CCB International Capital Ltd 3.ANZ Ltd 4.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 5.Haitong International Securities Company Ltd | William Barron, Paul Chow (Partners)
Gerhard Radtke (Counsel-registered foreign lawyer)
Margie Chan, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Terrence O'Donnell, Meng Ding (Registered foreign lawyers)
Hua Zhao, Lena Qiu (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 | $800 million | 1.COFCO Land Holdings Ltd 2.Double Rosy Ltd | Eugene Gregor, Paul Chow (Partners)
Liang (Alex) Tao (Counsel)
Lillian Lian, Ran Li (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp’s placement of H shares | HK$1.72 billion ($222 million) | Joint placing agents: 1.HSBC Ltd 2.Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd 3.Another investment bank | Paul Chow, Antony Dapiran, James Lin (Partners)
Shih-Jern Liang (Registered foreign lawyer)
Yang Chu (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | SP PowerAssets’ update of its global medium-term note programme | S$8 billion ($6.1 billion) | Arrangers and Dealers: 1.DBS Bank Ltd 2.Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte 3.Another investment bank
Dealers: 1.OCBC Ltd 2.HSBC Ltd | James Lin, John Paton (Partners)
Shih-Jern Liang (Registered foreign lawyer)
Paul Marks, Lena Qiu (Associates) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Hong Kong Aviation’s dim sum bond offering | RMB800 million ($130.1 million) | Underwriters | Kevin Roy (Partner)
Cindy Kao (Senior consultant)
George Wu, Alison Tsai (Associates) |
Kirkland & Ellis | Pokka Corp (Singapore)’s proposed sale of Pokka Corp (HK) and Pokka Coffee (Macau) to Million Rank | Undisclosed | Pokka Corp (Singapore) | Nicholas Norris, Jamii Quoc, Joey Chau, Douglas Murning (Partners) |
Latham & Watkins | SP PowerAssets’ update of its global medium-term note programme | S$8 billion ($6.1 billion) | SP PowerAssets Ltd |
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Li & Partners | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co’s Regulation S offer of its inaugural 8.3 percent guaranteed high-yield bonds due 2017 | RMB650 million ($105.7 million) | China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd |
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Linklaters | COFCO Land Holdings’ issue of 3.625 percent guaranteed notes due 2019 | $800 million | Joint global coordinators: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 2.BOCI Asia Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.DBS Bank Ltd
Joint lead managers: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 2.BOCI Asia Ltd 3.HSBC Ltd 4.DBS Bank Ltd 5.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 6.ANZ Ltd 7.Bank of Communications Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch) 8.ICBC (Asia) Ltd 9.Wing Lung Bank Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | China Maple Leaf Education System’s IPO on the HKEx | HK$962 million ($124.1 million) | China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of counsel)
Sophie Yu (Associate) |
Mayer Brown JSM | Centron Telecom International Holding’s acquisition of a club loan facility | $60 million | Lenders and Security agent |
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Mayer Brown JSM | EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx | HK$114.5 million ($14.8 million) | EGL Holdings Company Ltd | James Fong (Partner)
Angela Cheung (Senior associate) |
Paul Hastings | Haitong International (BVI)’s proposed acquisition of Japaninvest Group | Undisclosed | Haitong International (BVI) Ltd | Vivian Lam, Garrett Hayes (Partners)
Matthew Poxon, Bonnie Kong (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp’s placement of H shares | HK$1.72 billion ($222 million) | Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp Ltd |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Alibaba Group Holding’s debut offering of floating-rate notes due 2017, and 1.625, 2.5, 3.125, 3.6 and 4.5 percent senior unsecured notes due 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 and 2034 | $8 billion | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | Leiming Chen, Daniel Fertig, William Hinman, Daniel Webb, Katharine Moir (Partners)
David Lee, Bruce Sun (Registered foreign lawyers)
Kelli Schultz, Duncan Taylor, Noah Metz (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | China Maple Leaf Education System's IPO on the HKEx | HK$962 million ($124.1 million) | China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd | Julie Gao, Christopher Betts, Will Cai (Partners) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Goldman Sachs’ agreement to acquire Woowa Brothers Corp’s newly issued Series D redeemable convertible preferred shares | $40 million | Goldman Sachs (Lead investor) | Michael DeSombre, Eric Wang (Partners)
Joonkeun Yoo (Special counsel)
Jordan Oreck, Alan Kravitz (Associates) |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of 50 percent stake in Arteria Networks Corp | $150 million | CVC Capital Partners | Andrew Whan, Tatsuhiko Kamiyama (Partners)
Maiko Adachi, Masafumi Shikakura, Satoshi Mogi, Keisuke Wada, Clara Shirota (Senior associates) |
Soga Law Office | EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx | HK$114.5 million ($14.8 million) | EGL Holdings Company Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Paul Hastings | Samsung Electronics’ sale of its fibre optics business to Corning | Undisclosed | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | Daniel Sae-Chin Kim (Partner)
Woojae Kim (Of counsel)
Young Hwan Ryu (Associate) |
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Jurisdiction – Macau
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
DSL Lawyers | EGL Holdings Company’s listing on the HKEx | HK$114.5 million ($14.8 million) | EGL Holdings Company Ltd |
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