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China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Allens

Barrick Gold’s sale of Cowal gold mine to Evolution Mining Limited and sale of a 50% interest in Barrick (Niugini) Limited to Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd

$844 million

Evolution Mining Limited

 

Baker & McKenzie and FenXun Partners

Osram’s sale of its 13.5 percent stake in Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co., Ltd to a subsidiary of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd

$391 million

Osram

 

Tracy Wut

Wang Yingzhe,

Wen Jianli

(Partners)

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Barrick Gold’s sale of Cowal gold mine to Evolution Mining Limited and sale of a 50% interest in Barrick (Niugini) Limited to Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd

$844 million

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd

 

DeHeng Law Offices

China National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund’s strategic investment in Bdstar Navigation Corp. via private placement

$240 million

China National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund

Bo Cheng(George)

(Partner)

 

Dong Chen, Qi Ji, Betty Bai

(Associates)

DLA Piper

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Development’s controlling stake in Keystone Lodging Holdings

$1.3 billion

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels

 

Fenwick & West 

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Development’s controlling stake in Keystone Lodging Holdings

$1.3 billion

Keystone Lodging Holdings

 

Herbert Smith Freehills

Barrick Gold’s sale of Cowal gold mine to Evolution Mining Limited and sale of a 50% interest in Barrick (Niugini) Limited to Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd

$844 million

Barrick Gold Corporation

Tony Damia

(Partner)

 

Clayton James

(Associate)

 

Philip Cooper

(Solicitor)

 

Kirkland & Ellis

Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd’s going private prposal

 

Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd

David Zhang, Jesse Sheley

(Partners)

 

O’Melveny & Myers

China Media Capital’s joint venture with Warner Bros. Entertainment to launch a new movie studio

 

Warner Bros. Entertainment

 

Paul Hastings

China Media Capital’s joint venture with Warner Bros. Entertainment to launch a new movie studio

 

 

China Media Capital

David Hernand, David Wang, Jia Yan, Douglas Schaaf, Scott Hataway, Nathaniel Edmonds, Tiffany Lee

(Partners)

 

Tim Sung

(Of Counsel)

 

Olga Marshall,

Adam Young

(Associates)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Carlyle Group’s investment in SouFun Holdings Limited

 

Carlyle Group

Greg Miao, Peter Huang, Daniel Dusek, Brian Breheny, Clive Rough

(Partners)

 

Olivia Odell, Mike Kung, Ye Sun

(Associates)

 

Ted Yu

(Counsel)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Development’s controlling stake in Keystone Lodging Holdings

$1.3 billion

The Carlyle Group Inc., Actis LLC, Sequoia Capital China

Gregory Miao, Peter Huang, Daniel Dusek

(Partners)

 

Andre Zhu

(Counsel)

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Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clayton Utz

Swisse Wellness’ sale of an 83% interest  to Biostime International Holdings Ltd

$1.2 billion

Biostime International Holdings

Rory Moriarty, Niro Ananda, Alex Schlosser

(Partners)

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Swisse Wellness’ sale of an 83% interest  to Biostime International Holdings Ltd

$1.2 billion

 

Simon Weller,  

Daniel French 

(Partners)

 

Herbert Smith Freehills

Swisse Wellness’ sale of an 83% interest  to Biostime International Holdings Ltd

$1.2 billion

Swisse Wellness

Raji Azzam

(Partner)

 

Kam Jamshidi

(Associate)

Norton Rose Fulbright

CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company’s conversion financing sale and leaseback facility FLNG unit Golar Hilli

 

$1.2 billion

CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Ltd

Gervais Green

(Partner)

 

Russel Low

(Of Counsel)

 

Gregory Xu

Llian Williams, Cyril Chew

(Associates)

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South Korea

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Herbert Smith Freehills

Energy Development Corporation’s contracts with Hyundai Engineering Co. Inc. and Galing Power & Energy Construction Co. Inc in construction of geothermal power plant in Philippines

 

Energy Development Corporation

Toby Anderson

(Partners)

 

Daniel Ficyk, Adeline Pang

(Associates)

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Taiwan

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

 Appleby

Kee Song Bio-Technology’s issuance and listing of NTD250 million convertible bonds on the GreTai Securities Market

 

Kee Song Bio-Technology Holdings Limited

Frances Woo

(Partner)

 

Vincent Chan

(Associate)

Grand Trust International Law Offices

Kee Song Bio-Technology’s issuance and listing of NTD250 million convertible bonds on the GreTai Securities Market

 

Kee Song Bio-Technology Holdings Limited

 

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