China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Berwin Leighton Paisner | Lease of optical fiber equipment from Huawei to Hungary’s Magyar Telecom | $36 million | ICBC Leasing | Justin Sun (Partner)
Rebecca Quayle (Counsel)
Harriet Fung (Associate) |
Haiwen & Partners | $4.85 billion | Guotai Junan | Yang Jingfang, Li Liping, Mu Jian (Partners) | |
Jia Yuan Law Offices
| $1.96 billion | Legend Holdings |
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JunHe | $1.96 billion | Underwriters |
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Paul Hastings | Mapletree’s acquisition of Shanghai’s Sandhill Plaza | $300 million | Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust | Vivian Lam (Partner)
Erika Wan, Gerard Pang (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Qihoo 360’s go- private proposal
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| Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd | Julie Gao, Peter Huang, Daniel Dusek (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Ourgame International’s acquisition of Peerless Media Limited | $35 million | Ourgame International Holdings Limited | John Adebiyi, Christopher Betts, Tim Sanders, Jose Esteves (Partners)
Enoch Wong, Kristin Davis (Counsel)
Qin Liu, Melanie Shaw, Kristen Greeley (Associates) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | Bharti Airtel Limited’s Rule 144A/Regulation S bond offering
| $2 billion | Bharti Airtel Limited | Amit Singh (Partner)
Garrick Merlo, Julie Song (Associates) |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | $1.96 billion | Legend Holdings | Freeman Chan, Sung K. Kang (Partners) | |
Clifford Chance
| China Great Wall’s issue of 2.50% credit enhanced bonds due 2018 | $1 billion | Joint Lead Managers: ABCI Capital Limited, Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch, BOCI Asia Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Société Générale, Standard Chartered Bank, Wing Lung Bank Limited, Bank of China Limited, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, CLSA Limited, China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | $1.96 billion | China International Capital Corp. and UBS AG (sponsors and global co-coordinators) | Antony Dapiran, Bonnie Chan, Li He (Partners) | |
Deacons | Vital Mobile Holding’s IPO
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| Sole sponsor: Haitong International Capital Limited; underwriters | Ronny Chow(Partner) |
DLA Piper | China Greenfresh’s listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong |
| Sponsor: Essence Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited Global coordinator: Essence International Securities (Hong Kong) Limited Joint bookrunners, joint lead managers: Essence International Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited Co-lead manager: SBI China Capital Financial Services Limited | Mike Suen (Partner)
Clark Chen (Foreign Registered Lawyer)
Amy Kong (Associate) |
Howse Williams Bowers (Hong Kong law) | Sunshine 1001 China Holdings Limited’s top up placement of new shares | $164 million | placing agent: Haitong International Securities | Brian Ho (Partner) |
Howse Williams Bowers | Excel Development’s acquisition of 75% interest by an independent third party, and general offer for all the shares of Excel | HK$647 million ($83 million) | Excel Development | Brian Ho (Partner) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | CITIC Securities Company Limited’s placement of new H shares | HK$27.1 billion ($3.4 billion) | CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, CLSA Limited | Richard Wang, Ken Martin (Partners) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | CITIC Securities Company Limited’s issuance of H-shares to China's social security fund |
| CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, CLSA Limited | Richard Wang, Ken Martin (Partners) |
Kirkland & Ellis | AAG Energy Holdings Limited’s IPO | HK$2.28 billion ($295 million) | AAG Energy Holdings Limited | Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Benjamin Su, Ben James, Henry Cheng (Partners) |
Latham & Watkins
| Establishment of medium term note programme; issue of 7.375% Notes due 2022 |
| VLL International, Inc. |
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Linklaters
| China Great Wall’s issue of 2.50% credit enhanced bonds due 2018 | $1 billion | China Great Wall International Holdings II Limited |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law) | Establishment of medium term note programme; issue of 7.375% Notes due 2022 |
| VLL International, Inc. | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Karen Zhang (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law) | China Great Wall’s issue of 2.50% credit enhanced bonds due 2018 | $1 billion | China Great Wall International Holdings II Limited | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Karen Zhang (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law) | Ctrip.com International’s offering of Convertible Senior Notes | $1.1 billion | Ctrip.com International, Ltd. | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of Counsel)
Sophie Yu (Associate) |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
| Establishment of medium term note programme; issue of 7.375% Notes due 2022 |
| Arrangers: DBS Bank Ltd, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
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Paul Hastings | Techtronic Industries’ establishment of medium term note programme | $300 million | Techtronic Industries | Brett King, David Grimm, Christian Parker (Partners)
James Ma (Of Counsel)
May Lun, Charlotte Brearley (Associates)
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Ctrip.com International’s offering of Convertible Senior Notes | $1.1 billion | Ctrip.com International, Ltd. | Julie Gao, Jonathan Stone, Haiping Li Yossi Vebman (Partners)
Jing Lin, Richard Chang (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Mascotte Holdings’ acquisition of control of Mascotte by Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited and Tencent Holdings Limited | HK$750 million ($96 million) | Mascotte Holdings Limited | Jonathan Stone, Edward Lam, Audrey Sokoloff, Stuart Levi, Joseph Yaffe, Tim Sanders (Partners)
Kristin Davis (Counsel)
Melanie Shaw, Jacqueline Tang, Ryan Tou (Associates) |
