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Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | $1 billion | HKSAR Government | Yvonne Siew, Ken Aboud, (Partners)
William Leung, Louise Hennessey, Jacqueline Chan (Associates) | |
Appleby (Cayman Islands law) | Golden Power Group Holdings’ GEM listing
| HK$75.6 million ($9 million) | Golden Power Group Holdings |
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Ashurst | ITOCHU Corporation’s indirect investment in Bosideng International Holdings Limited | HK$1.55 billion ($200 million)
| ITOCHU Corporation | Jonathan Hsui, Michael Sheng (Partners)
Chin Yeoh, Arabella Dove (Counsel) |
Baker & McKenzie | Reorient Group Limited’s share subscription agreements with Yunfeng Financial Holdings Limited | HK$3.9 billion ($386 million) | Reorient Group Limited | Lawrence Lee, Christina Lee (Partners)
Taotao Ling (Special Counsel) |
Baker & McKenzie | Sixth Energy’s acquisition of 33.4% stake in Caspian Energy Inc. |
| The Sixth Energy Limited | Tracy Wut, Sonia Yung, Azamat Kuatbekov (Partners)
Brian Wong, Ling Ling Ng, Nurgul Abdreyeva, Alissa Inshakova Alex Farcas (Associates) |
Blakes | Sixth Energy’s acquisition of 33.4% Stake in Caspian Energy Inc. |
| Meridian Capital International Fund |
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Clifford Chance | Express (BVI) 2015’s issuance of 3.00% guaranteed notes due 2018
| $400 million
| Joint global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners: DBS Bank Ltd, Deutsche Bank |
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Eversheds | Yunnan Water Investment Co., Limited’s Hong Kong IPO | HK$1,508.7 million ($128 million) | Yunnan Water Investment Co., Limited | Stephen Mok, Jay Ze, Chief (Partners)
Kurt Lau, Sin Joh Chuang, Aaron Liu, Stanley Shi, Edith Ma, Shirley Chan, Tracey Ho and Anthea Leung (Associates) |
Freshfileds Bruckhaus Deringer | Hutchison’s spin-off of properties and hotel business of CKH Holdings group and Hutchison group to CK Property |
| Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
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| Initial purchasers: Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, UBS AG, |
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | $1.8 billion | NXP |
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Deacons | Golden Power Group Holdings’ GEM listing
| HK$75.6 million ($9 million) | RaffAello Capital Limited; underwriters | Rhoda Yung (Partner)
Samantha Chau, Helen Wong, Melody Ching, (Associates)
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Deacons | Issuance of sovereign bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC in Hong Kong | RMB14 billion ($2 billion) | Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch | Kevin Tong (Partner)
Icarus Yuen (Associate) |
Deacons | $1.8 billion | Jianguang Asset Management Co | Alexander Que, Kelvan Cheung, Catherine Zheng (Partners) | |
Fasken | Sixth Energy’s acquisition of 33.4% Stake in Caspian Energy Inc. |
| Firebird, RJ Credit, Platinum Partners, Giant Dragon Enterprises Limited, Acap Limited |
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Graf von Westphalen | Golden Power Group Holdings’ GEM listing
| HK$75.6 million ($9 million) | Golden Power Group Holdings |
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Houthoff Buruma | $1.8 billion | Jianguang Asset Management Co |
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Howse Williams Bowers | C Y Foundation Group Company Limited’s placement of new shares | HK$133 million | Placing agent: Haitong International Securities | Brian Ho (Partner) |
Howse Williams Bowers | Beijingwest Industries International Limited’s placement of new shares | HK$400 million | Placing agent: UOB Kay Hian | Brian Ho (Partner) |
Howse Williams Bowers | AID Partners Capital Holdings Limited’s placement of new shares | HK$900 million | Placing agent: UOB Kay Hian | Brian Ho (Partner) |
Latham & Watkins
| Express (BVI) 2015’s issuance of 3.00% guaranteed notes due 2018 | $400 million | Express (BVI) 2015 Ltd |
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Latham & Watkins | $37 billion | Avago Technologies | Christopher "Kit" Kaufman, Anthony Richmond, Luke Bergstrom, Anthony Klein, James Metz, William McGlone, David Raab, Michelle Kelban, Karl Karg, Jennifer Van Driesen, Manu Gayatrinath (Partners)
Chad Rolston, Riley Lochridge, Matthew Van Leeuwen, Mark Bekheit and Jennifer Cadet (Associates) | |
Linklaters | Hutchison’s spin-off of properties and hotel business of CKH Holdings group and Hutchison group to CK Property (CK Property listing) |
| Joint Sponsors: HSBC and Merrill Lynch |
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Linklaters | Sale of shares in Sinotrans Limited by Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding | HK$1.09 billion ($128 million) | Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding |
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Linklaters | $1 billion | Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, CIMB Investment Bank Berhad, National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC | Andrew Malcolm, Kevin Wong (Partners)
Phill Hall, Gloria Cheung (Counsel) | |
Locke Lord | Huisheng International’s top-up placing and subscription of shares
| HK$100 million ($12 million) | Huisheng International Holdings Limited | Michael Fung (Partner)
Jeffrey Kung (Counsel)
Kevin Chan (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law) | Express (BVI) 2015’s issuance of 3.00% guaranteed notes due 2018 | $400 million | Express (BVI) 2015 Ltd | Richard Spooner (Counsel)
Sophie Yu (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law) | CIFI’s issuance of 7.75% senior notes due 2020 | $400 million | CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. | Mark Western (Partner)
Lorraine Pao (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law) | Hutchison’s spin-off of properties and hotel business of CKH Holdings group and Hutchison group to CK Property |
| CKH Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited | Mark Western (Partner)
Lorraine Pao (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands law) | Baozun Inc.’s IPO of American depositary shares listing on the NASDAQ | $110 million | Baozun Inc. | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan, Sophie Yu (Associates) |
Morrison & Foerster
| Evergrande Real Estate Group’s top-up placement
| $600 million | Placing agents: CLSA, Credit Suisse, Haitong International, Jeffries | Charles Chau (Partner)
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Morrison & Foerster | $37 billion | Henry Nicholas (Broadcom co-founder ) | Robert S. Townsend (Partner) | |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Sale of shares in Sinotrans Limited by Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding | HK$1.09 billion ($128 million) | HSBC | Psyche Tai, Allan Yee (Partners)
Vicky Lam (Associate) |
Nixon Peabody | Golden Power Group Holdings’ GEM listing
| HK$75.6 million ($9 million) | Golden Power Group Holdings |
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ONC Lawyers Partners | Golden Power Group Holdings’ GEM listing
| HK$75.6 million ($9 million) | Golden Power Group Holdings |
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Sidley Austin
| CIFI’s issuance of 7.75% senior notes due 2020 | $400 million | CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $4.5 billion | Joint Sponsors: Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, J.P.Morgan Securities plc, UBS AG Hong Kong Branch
Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners, Joint Lead Managers: Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, J.P.Morgan Securities plc, UBS AG Hong Kong Branch, ICBC International Securities Limited, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited | Celia Lam, Leiming Chen (Partners)
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Baozun Inc.’s IPO of American depositary shares listing on the NASDAQ | $110 million | Underwriters: Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, BofA Merrill Lynch | Leiming Chen (Partner)
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $37 billion | Broadcom Corp | Leif King, Kenton Kin (Partners) | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | WoWo’s acquisition of Join Me Group (HK) Investment Company Limited’s outstanding shares |
| WoWo Limited | Will Cai (Partner)
Yuling Geng (Associate)
Xueyin Zhong (International Legal Consultant) |
White & Case | Sixth Energy’s acquisition of 33.4% Stake in Caspian Energy Inc. |
| Caspian Energy Inc, Caspian Energy Limited |
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Woo Kwan Lee & Lo | Hutchison’s spin-off of properties and hotel business of CKH Holdings group and Hutchison group to CK Property |
| Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison |
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South Korea
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Partner(s) involved |
Fenwick & West | $1 billion | Coupang |
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Morrison & Foerster
| $1 billion | SoftBank Corp. | Ken Siegel, Ivan Smallwood (Partners) | |
Paul Hastings | $1 billion | SoftBank Corp. | David Wang, Daniel Sae-Chin Kim, Jia Yan (Partners)
Coral Yu, Young Hwan Ryu Jinkang Albert Nah (Associates) |
