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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Beijing Dacheng Law Offices | HK$12.1 billion ($1.42 billion) | Joint sponsors, joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners: 1.HSBC 2.Morgan Stanley 3.Deutsche Bank 4.CITIC Securities 5.UBS |
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Commerce & Finance Law Offices | Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017 | $250 million | Logan Property Holdings Co Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016 | Undisclosed | Solicitation agents: 1.DBS Bank Ltd 2.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc | William Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Steve Wang, Kevin Zhang, Omer Harel (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs | $619 million | Representatives of the underwriters: 1.Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc 2.Another investment bank | James Lin, John Paton (Partners)
Liang (Alex) Tao, Marcie Goldstein (Counsel)
Jiangshan (Jackson) Tang, Lena Qiu (Associates) |
Haiwen & Partners | Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017 | $250 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd 2.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 3.HSBC Ltd 4.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 5.VTB Capital plc 6.Another investment bank |
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JiaYuan Law Offices | HK$12.1 billion ($1.42 billion) | BAIC Motor Corp |
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Jun He Law Offices | JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs | $619 million | Representatives of the underwriters: 1.Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc 2.Another investment bank |
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Shearman & Sterling | China Lodging Group’s strategic alliance with Accor | Undisclosed | China Lodging Group Ltd | Lee Edwards (Partner) |
Shearman & Sterling | E for L Aim Public Co’s acquisition of Wutthisak Clinic Inter Group’s share capital | Undisclosed | Wise Thai Company Ltd | Sidharth Bhasin (Partner) |
Sidley Austin | Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016 | Undisclosed | Central China Real Estate Ltd |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs | $619 million | JD.com Inc |
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Tianyuan Law Firm | Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd |
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Zhong Lun Law Firm | JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs | $619 million | JD.com Inc |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby | Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd | Judy Lee (Partner)
Jo Lit (Senior associate) |
Clifford Chance | HK$12.1 billion ($1.42 billion) | BAIC Motor Corp | Tim Wang, Jean Yu, Fang Liu (Partners)
Xiang Tianning (Senior associate)
Wu Hao, Corey Zhang, Lawrence Zhang (Associates) | |
Clifford Chance | Wumei Holdings’ proposed purchase of a 70 percent stake in B&Q China from Kingfisher | 140 million pounds (~$218 million) | Wumei Holdings Inc | Neeraj Budhwani (Partner)
Bryan Koo (Senior associate) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016 | Undisclosed | Central China Real Estate Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Baidu’s investment in minority stakes in Uber Technologies and in Uber's newly launched China business | Undisclosed | Baidu Inc |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017 | $250 million | Initial purchasers: 1.Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd 2.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 3.HSBC Ltd 4.J.P. Morgan Securities plc 5.VTB Capital plc 6.Another investment bank | William Barron, John Paton (Partners)
Faisal Baloch, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Han (Annie) Shen, Ryan Grimm (Registered foreign lawyers)
Cheryl Wong, Sarah Joy (Associates) |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Hanwha SolarOne’s acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS Investment | $1.2 billion | Hanwha SolarOne Co Ltd |
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Hogan Lovells | Nirvana Asia’s Rule 144A placement of shares and HK IPO | $261 million | Underwriters: 1.UBS AG (Hong Kong branch) 2.DBS Asia Capital Ltd 3.CIMB Securities Ltd | Jamie Barr, Thomas Tarala (Partners)
Nelson Tang (Consultant)
Sheryl Cheung (Senior associate)
Jianhao Zheng (Associate) |
Kirkland & Ellis | Qihoo 360 Technology’s strategic partnership with Coolpad Group | $409.05 million | Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd | David Zhang, Frank Sun, Jamii Quoc, Min Wang (Partners) |
Li & Partners | Central China Real Estate’s solicitation of consents of its 10.75 percent senior notes due 2016 | Undisclosed | Central China Real Estate Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Hanwha SolarOne’s acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS Investment | $1.2 billion | Hanwha SolarOne Co Ltd | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of counsel)
Sophie Yu (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | JD.com’s secondary offering of 26,003,171 ADSs | $619 million | JD.com Inc |
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Norton Rose Fulbright | HK$12.1 billion ($1.42 billion) | Joint sponsors, joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners: 1.HSBC 2.Morgan Stanley 3.Deutsche Bank 4.CITIC Securities 5.UBS | Psyche Tai, Winnie Chan (Partners)
Allan Yee (Of counsel)
Doris Ng (Senior associate)
Jaycen Liao, Sarah Guo (Associates) | |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Renhe Commercial Holdings’ “trilogy” transactions (proposed rights issue, bank financing and tender offers) under the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect | Gross proceeds of the rights issue: HK$3.4 billion ($436 million) | Renhe Commercial Holdings Co Ltd | Psyche Tai, Peter Haslam (Partners)
Harold Tin (Of counsel)
Rachel Chan, David Milligan (Senior associates)
Marco Cheng, Rick Wei (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | Hanwha SolarOne’s acquisition of Hanwha Q CELLS Investment | $1.2 billion | Hanwha Q CELLS Investment Co Ltd |
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Reed Smith Richards Butler | Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties’ listing on the HKEx | Undisclosed | Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd |
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Shearman & Sterling | The Asian Development Bank’s loan grant to Sound Global | $300 million | The Asian Development Bank | Sean Wang (Partner) |
Sidley Austin | Logan Property Holdings’ Regulation S offering of 9.75 percent high-yield notes due 2017 | $250 million | Logan Property Holdings Co Ltd |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Alibaba Group Holding’s further investment in Momo as part of a concurrent private placement with Momo’s NASDAQ IPO | $50 million | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | Leiming Chen (Partner)
David Lee (Registered foreign lawyer) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings’ HK IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of approximately 227,100,000 shares | HK$1.07billion ($137.7 million) | Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co Ltd | Chris Lin, Christopher Wong, Robert Holo (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Baidu’s investment in minority stakes in Uber Technologies and in Uber's newly launched China business | Undisclosed | Baidu Inc | Julie Gao, Thomas Ivey, Michael Mies (Partners)
Hongtao Lu (Associate) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Fortune Dynasty’s proposed acquisition of Fortune Oil | 388 million pounds ($606 million) | Fortune Dynasty | Shaun Lascelles, Clive Rough, Tim Sanders (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Tuniu Corp’s issue and sale of newly issued class A ordinary shares to a group of investors | $148 million | Tuniu Corp | Julie Gao, Will Cai (Partners) |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Herbert Smith Freehills | SoftBank Corp’s investment in GrabTaxi Holdings | $250 million | SoftBank Corp | Graeme Preston (Tokyo Corporate Head)
Joe Fisher, Sally Austen (Senior associates)
Mark Robinson (Senior consultant) |
Shearman & Sterling | Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp | 107.2 billion yen ($1.05 billion) | Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp | Masahisa Ikeda (Partner) |
Shearman & Sterling | The Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s (JBIC) shareholders' agreement with JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp, JX Nippon Oil Exploration and JX Nippon Oil Exploration to acquire JX EOR’s preferred shares |
$90.6 million | The Japan Bank for International Cooperation | Etienne Gelencsér, Kenneth Lebrun, Robert Freedman (Partners) |
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Jurisdiction – Korea
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Hahn & Co’s pending acquisition with Hankook Tire of a 70 percent stake in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp from Visteon Corp | Undisclosed | Hahn & Co | Peter Feist (Asia Private Equity head)
Soo-Jin Shim (Asia head of leveraged finance)
Albert Cho (Partner) |
