China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Overy | Hewlett-Packard’s joint venture with Tsinghua Holdings | $2.3 billion | Hewlett-Packard Corporation | Victor Ho, Benjamin Bai, Gary McLean, Paul McCarthy, Kenneth Rivlin, Cindy Lo (Partners)
Franҫois Renard (Counsel)
Karen Ho (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands law) | Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising | $920 million | Chongbang Holdings (International) Limited | Judy Lee (Partner)
Maggie Kwok (Associate) |
Baker & McKenzie | Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising | $920 million | APG Asset Management (Investor) |
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | Sinochem Offshore Capital Company’s Swiss-Franc bond offering | CHF250 million ($268 million) | Underwriters: UBS AG, HSBC Bank plc
| Rose Zhu, Angus Duncan, Nick Shiren, Adam Blakemore (Partners)
John Kim (Associate) |
Clifford Chance | China Merchants Land Limited’s issuance of convertible bonds | $290 million | Joint lead managers: Merrill Lynch Far East Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited and DBS Bank Ltd. |
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Clifford Chance
| Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising | $920 million | GIC |
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Commerce & Finance Law Offices | $925 million | Underwriters: China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | ICBCIL Finance Co.’s notes offering | RMB1.5 billion ($242 million) | Joint book-running managers and joint lead managers | Eugene C. Gregor, Paul Chow (Partners)
Margie Chan, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Ying Su (Registered foreign lawyer)
Lena X. Qiu (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Fantasia Holdings’ Regulation S offering
| $200 million | Initial purchasers | William F. Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke Ying Su (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Omer Harel (Associate) |
Deacons
| Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising | $920 million | Chongbang Holdings (International) Limited | Teresa Lau, Rhoda Yung (Partners) James Fairley (Registered foreign lawyer) Helen Wong, Zhong Xiaoming, Queena Chow, Jovita Law, Gilbert Chan, Farrah Lam (Associates) |
Fangda Partners | Hewlett-Packard’s joint venture with Tsinghua Holdings | $2.3 billion | Hewlett-Packard Corporation | Jeffrey Ding (Partner) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | China Merchants Land Limited’s issuance of convertible bonds | $290 million | Issuer and the guarantor |
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Jones Day
| Chongbang Holdings’ fundraising | $920 million | Ivanhoe Cambridge (Investor) | Christine Kim, Graham Lim, Haifeng Huang, Peter Wang, Fuli Cao (Partners)
Ji-Ung Kim, Lulu Zhang, Timothy Goh, Michelle Angela, Richard Zeng (Associates) |
Jones Day | Gigamedia’s acquisition of StrawberryNet
| $133 million | Gigamedia | John Lin, Julian Lin, Mae Shang Chong (Partners)
Li-Chen Wang, Susan Yu, Cybil Chan (Associates) |
Linklaters | Bank of China’s multibillion four-currency bond | $3.55 billion | Bank of China | William Liu, Michael Ng (Partners) |
Linklaters | China Life Insurance’s international offering of Core Tier 2 Capital Securities | $1.28 billion |
| William Liu (Partner)
Terence Lau (Associate)
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Llinks Law Offices | $925 million | Red Star Macalline Group Corporation Ltd. |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law) | China Merchants Land Limited’s issuance of convertible bonds | $290 million | Cosmos Boom Investment Limited | Mark Western (Partner)
Lorraine Pao (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands and BVI law) | Baidu’s public offering of 3% and 4.125% notes | $1.25 billion | Baidu, Inc. | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Baidu’s public offering of 3% and 4.125% notes | $1.25 billion | Baidu, Inc. | Julie Gao, Jonathan Stone (Partners)
Kenneth Chase (Counsel)
Shu Du, William Zhu, Weiwei Chen (Associates) |
White & Case | Melco Crown (Macau) Limited refinancing | $1.7 billion | Lead arrangers and bookrunners: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of China (Macau Branch), Deutsche Bank AG (Singapore Branch) | Eugene Man, Baldwin Cheng (Partners)
Gee Hou Tng, Jessica Tam (Associates) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Bermuda and Isle of Man law) | DNB Bank’s loan facility to Crystal Acquisition Company Limited | $300 million | DNB Asia Ltd. |
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Baker & McKenzie | Carnival Group’s acquisition of shares in Nice Race Management Limited | HK$253.41 million ($31 million) | Carnival Group International Holdings Limited | Christina Lee (Partner)
Betty Wong (Counsel) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Bermuda law) | Formation and licensing of ABR Re |
| ABR Re | Charles Collis (Partner)
Mary Ward (Counsel)
Jacqueline King (Associate) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI and Cayman Islands law) | Agile Property’s issuance of senior notes
| $500 million | Agile Property Holdings Limited | Paul Lim (Associate) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI law)
| AVIC International’s issuance of 3.30% bonds | $150 million | AVIC International Finance Limited | Anna Chong (Partner) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI and Cayman Islands law) | AAG Energy’s HK IPO
| HK$2.28 billon ($283 million) | AAG Energy Holdings Limited | Bernadette Chen (Partner) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | $925 million | Red Star Macalline Group Corporation Ltd. | Bonnie Y. Chan, Antony Dapiran,Li He (Partners)
Liang (Alex) Tao, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Bo Huang, Bingqing Pan, Yazhe Liu (Registered foreign lawyers)
Christine Xu, John Kwok (Associates) | |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | AAG Energy Holdings Limited’s IPO | HK$2.28 billion ($294 million) | underwriters | Howard Zhang, Bonnie Y. Chan, Paul Chow (Partners)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) Paul C. Marks and Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou (Registered foreign lawyers)
Yang Chu, Amanda Lau, Patrick Peng Nicholas A. Machen (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Ctrip.com International’s offering of Convertible Senior Notes | $1.1 billion | Initial purchasers | James C. Lin, Michael Farber, John M. Brandow (Partners)
Paul C. Marks (Registered foreign lawyer)
Jonathan Armstrong, Zoey Yi, Won Lee, Adam B. Perry, Veronica Orecharova (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | China Aoyuan Property’s private placement of high-yield securities | $100 million | Sole purchaser | William F. Barron (Partner)
Margie Chan (Counsel)
Han (Annie) Shen (Registered foreign lawyer) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | SOHO China Limited’s consent solicitation |
| Solicitation agents | William F. Barron Gerhard Radtke, Bingqing Pan (Registered foreign lawyers)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Omer Harel (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited’s placement of shares | HK$930 million ($119 million) | Sole placing agent | Paul Chow (Partner)
Peter Cheng, Terrence R. O’Donnell (Counsel)
Alejandro Vargas (Registered foreign lawyer)
Kitty Chan (Associate) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | China Merchants Securities’ top-up placement of shares in China Chengtong Development Group | HK$978 million ($126 million) | Placing agent: China Merchants Securities | Psyche Tai, Allan Yee (Partners)
Vicky Lam, Marco Cheng (Associates) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Issuance of new shares by South East Group Limited | HK$1.3 billion ($167 million) | HSBC | Psyche Tai (Partner)
Eva Tsui (Associate) |
Paul Hastings | $925 million | Underwriters: China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited | Raymond Li, Sammy Li, Steven Winegar, Edwin Kwok (Partners)
Lillian Cheung, Yingying Chen, Samson Suen, Lucy Lam (Associates) |
