China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Commerce & Finance Law Offices | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xueda Education Group |
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DeHeng Law Offices | Framework agreement with Vnesheconombank | $8 billion | China Development Bank | Wei (David) Chen, Zhang Xu (Partners) |
DLA Piper | Wal-Mart Stores’ purchase of the 49 percent stake in Yihaodian that it did not already own |
| Ping An | Kit Kwok, Roy Chan (Partners) |
Han Kun Law Offices | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xueda Education Group founders: Xin Jin, Rubin Li, Jinbo Yao |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xueda Education Group founders: Xin Jin, Rubin Li, Jinbo Yao | David Zhang, Jesse Sheley, Benjamin Su, Amie Tang (Partners) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Independent Committee |
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Morrison & Foerster | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | Charles Comey, Michael O’Bryan, Sherry Yin (Partners) |
Morrison & Foerster | Wal-Mart Stores’ purchase of the 49 percent stake in Yihaodian that it did not already own |
| Wal-Mart |
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Paul Hastings | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Financial advisor: Lazard Asia (Hong Kong) Limited |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xueda Education Group |
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Travers Thorp Alberga (Cayman Islands counsel) | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. |
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Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel) | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xueda Education Group |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Independent Committee |
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Zhong Lun Law Firm | Xueda Education Group’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. | $350 million | Xiamen Insight Investment Co., Ltd. |
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Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | Xinming China’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
| Xinming China Holdings Limited | Judy Lee (Partner)
Chris Cheng (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | Purapharm’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
| Purapharm Corporation Limited | Judy Lee (Partner)
Jo Lit (Counsel)
Yorkie Au Yeung (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | KPM Holding’s listing on the Growth Enterprise Market Board of HKEx |
| KPM Holding Limited | Judy Lee (Partner)
Chris Cheng (Associate) |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | Zhongzhi Pharmaceutical’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
| Zhongzhi Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited | Judy Lee (Partner)
Chris Cheng (Associate) |
Davis Polk | China Minsheng Investment Corp.’s Regulation S-only credit enhanced bonds offering
| $300 million | Joint global coordinators | Paul Chow (Partner)
Liang (Alex) Tao, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Han (Annie) Shen (Registered foreign lawyer)
Yang Chu, Patrick Peng, Nicholas A. Machen (Associates) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Jupai’s IPO of 5,300,000 American depositary shares | $53 million | Jupai Holdings Limited | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Counsel)
Sophie Yu (Associate)
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O'Melveny & Myers | Jupai’s IPO of 5,300,000 American depositary shares | $53 million | Underwriters: Credit Suisse, China Renaissance |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Jupai’s IPO of 5,300,000 American depositary shares | $53 million | Jupai Holdings Limited |
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Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co’s purchase of StanCorp Financial Group Inc | $5 billion | Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co | Jiro Toyokawa, Craig Roeder, Kiyoshi Endo, Toshio Ibaraki, Jakub Teply, Maura Ann McBree, Thomas May (Partners)
Yasutaka Orihara, Hiroyuki Hamai, Satoshi Abe, Ryan Ferris, Michael Poland (Associates) |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co’s purchase of StanCorp Financial Group Inc | $5 billion | StanCorp |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $1.3 billion | Pearson | Oliver Lazenby, Simon Marchan (Partners) | |
Herbert Smith Freehills | Yahoo! JAPAN’s joint venture with Skyscanner Ltd
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| Yahoo! JAPAN | Graeme Preston, Damien Roberts (Partners)
Elisa Hayashi (Associate) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | HORIBA’s acquisition of MIRA Ltd |
| HORIBA, Ltd., | Graeme Preston, Gavin Davies (Partners)
Andy Young, Joseph Fisher, Candice Lambeth (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $1.3 billion | Nikkei | Mitsuhiro Kamiya, Scott Hopkins (Partners) |
