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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel | Fosun International’s offer to acquire remaining stake in Ironshore Inc | $1.8 billion | Ironshore Inc |
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Clifford Chance | China Taiping Insurance’s top-up placement | $1.74 billion | Placing agents: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, CCB International Capital Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited and CMB International Capital Limited | Tim Wang, Jean Thio (Partners)
John Baptist Chan (Counsel)
Wu Hao, Claire Cao, Gehuan Liu (Associates)
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | CNOOC Finance Australia Pty Ltd’s 2.625% guaranteed notes due 2020 and 4.2% guaranteed notes due 2045, CNOOC Finance U.S.A.’s 3.5% guaranteed notes due 2025 | $3.8 billion | CNOOC Limited | James C. Lin, Eugene C. Gregor, Antony Dapiran, John D. Paton (Partners)
Faisal Baloch (Counsel)
Stephenie Fung, Ran Li, Annie Yan, Nicholas A. Machen (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Jingrui Holdings Limited’s Regulation S-only offering of its 13.25% senior notes due 2018 | $150 Million | Initial purchasers | William F. Barron (Partner)
Margie Chan, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Central China’s Real Estate Limited Regulation S offering | $300 Million | Initial purchasers | William F. Barron, John D. Paton (Partners)
Gerhard Radtke, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Dominic Foulkes (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | China Aoyuan Property Group’s 9.25% high-yield securities due 2018 | $100 Million | Harbor Sure Investments Limited (sole purchaser)
| William F. Barron (Partner)
Margie Chan (Counsel) |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Ingenico Group’s partnership with Fosun International |
| Ingenico Group | Drew Dutton (Partner)
Philippe Tengelmann (International Counsel) |
DLA Piper | Ping An Real Estate’s investment in Tishman Speyer's Pier 4 commercial real estate project | $500 million | Ping An Insurance | Ross Green, Lillian Duan, Stephen Cowan (Partners)
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DLA Piper | Fosun International’s offer to acquire remaining stake in Ironshore Inc | $1.8 billion | Fosun International |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Fosun International’s offer to acquire remaining stake in Ironshore Inc | $1.8 billion | Ironshore Inc and majority shareholders | Stephen Ritchie, Walter Holzer, Russell Light (Partners)
Jonathan Man, Alyssa Christensen (Associates) |
Latham & Watkins | China Galaxy Securities H Share placing | $3.1 billion | China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd | Cathy Yeung, William Woo, Eugene Lee (Partners)
Ning Li Alice Tsui (Associates) |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Tuniu Corp’s sale of $500 million in new shares to a group of investors led by JD.com | $500 million | JD.com | Jie (Jeffrey) Sun (Partner)
Chen Lu (Consultant) |
Paul Hastings | Secured term facility and revolving facility to Spring Real Estate Investment Trust’s wholly-owned RCA01
| $480 million | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch (mandated lead arrangers, underwriters, bookrunners) | Wayne Ma (Partner)
Sophie Han, Elyn He (Associates)
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior notes in five tranches | $4.8 billion | Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2015) Limited | Peter Huang, Edward Lam, Sean Shimamoto (Partners) |
Jurisdiction - Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (BVI counsel) | CNTD’s 5.5% senior guaranteed notes due 2018 | 1.3 billion yuan ($161 million) | China New Town Development Company Limited (CNTD)
| Judy Lee (Partner)
Maggie Kwok (Associate) |
Appleby (BVI and Bermuda counsel) | Yuexiu Transport’s wholly-owned subsidiary’s medium term note programme | $1 billion | Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure | Judy Lee (Partner)
Jo Lit (Counsel)
Joanne Loi (Associate) |
Chiu & Partners | Open offer of shares by Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings | HK$3,386 million ($437 million) | Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings |
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Clifford Chance (Hong Kong law) | CNTD’s 5.5% senior guaranteed notes due 2018 | 1.3 billion yuan ($161 million) | BOCI Asia Limited, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, ABCI Capital Limited, Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch and Haitong International Securities Company Limited (Sponsors and underwriters) |
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Deacons | Open offer of shares by Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings | HK$3,386 million ($437 million) | Haitong International Securities Company (Underwriter) | Kelvan Cheung (Partner)
Michelle Leung (Associate) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | New World Development Company’s proposed joint venture with HIP Company | $2.4 billion | New World Development Company | Teresa Ko (China Chair)
Christian Zeppezauer (Counsel) |
Global Law Office (PRC law) | CNTD’s 5.5% senior guaranteed notes due 2018 | 1.3 billion yuan ($161 million) | China New Town Development Company Limited (CNTD)
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Herbert Smith Freehills (Hong Kong law) | CNTD’s 5.5% senior guaranteed notes due 2018 | 1.3 billion yuan ($161 million) | China New Town Development Company Limited (CNTD)
| Kevin Roy (Partner)
Jackie Chen, Fei Mo, Ruth Lau, Eugene Lau (Associates) |
Howse Williams Bowers | Kong Sun Holdings Limited’s placing of shares | $180 million | CICC, First Shanghai, Kingston Securities, UOB Kay Hian | Brian Ho (Partner)
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Zhonglun Law Firm (PRC law) | CNTD’s 5.5% senior guaranteed notes due 2018 | 1.3 billion yuan ($161 million) | BOCI Asia Limited, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, ABCI Capital Limited, Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch and Haitong International Securities Company Limited (Sponsors and underwriters) |
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Jurisdiction - Korea
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | Intermediate Capital Group’s investment in Time Education Co. |
| Intermediate Capital Group | Andrew Whan, Andrew Hutchins (Partners)
Christina Hui, Grant McIntyre (Consultants)
Christopher Psathas (Associate) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Export-Import Bank of Korea’s investment in Indonesian Hydroelectric Power Plant |
| Export-Import Bank of Korea | Charles Whitney, Andrew Hart (Partners)
Claire Kim, Alexandra Jeffreys, Christina Jeong (Associates) |