China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | Bright Food Group’s acquisition of Miquel Alimentacio Grup in Spain | $123.15 million | Bright Food Group | Danian Zhang, Enrique Valera (Partners) |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Unisplendour’s proposal to invest in U.S. data-storage business Western Digital | $3.78 billion | Unisplendour | Adam Fleisher, Matthew Salerno, Neil Whoriskey (Partners) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | $15 billion | Meituan |
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Han Kun Law Offices | $15 billion |
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Hogan Lovells | Unisplendour’s proposal to invest in U.S. data-storage business Western Digital | $3.78 billion | Unisplendour | Agnes Dover, Jan McDavid, Michelle Harrington, Steven Robinson, Jun Wei, Glenn Campbell, Liz Donley, Warren Gorrell (Partners)
Lu Zhou, Brian Curran, Norm Coleman (Counsel)
Les Reese, Katherine Tyson, Roy Liu, Xin Tao, Robert Baldwin, Dimitris Vallindas, John Embleton (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $15 billion | Dianping | Julie Gao, Haiping Li, Will Cai (Partners) | |
Zhong Lun Law Firm | BOCHK’s issuance of First International Commercial Bank Panda bonds | RMB 1 billion ($158 million) | Bank of China (Hong Kong) | Shirley Wang (Partner)
Samuel He, Grace Chen (Associates) |
Zhong Lun Law Firm | Unisplendour’s proposal to invest in U.S. data-storage business Western Digital | $3.78 billion |
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Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Cayman Islands counsel) | REF Holdings Limited’s listing on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange | HK$30.5 million ($3.9 million) | REF Holdings Limited | John Melia (Partner)
Vincent Chan, Joanne Loi (Associates) |
Appleby (BVI Islands counsel) | CSCI Finance’s issuance of 3.125 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2020 | $200 million | CSCI Finance (2015) Co. Ltd | Judy Lee (Partner)
Jo Lit (Counsel)
Yorkie Au Yeung (Associate) |
Commerce & Finance Law Offices | $248 million | IMAX China |
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman Islands counsel) | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited’s IPO | $213.2 million | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited |
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Clifford Chance | CSCI Finance’s issuance of 3.125 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2020 | $200 million | Joint lead managers, trustee |
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Deacons | Rights issue by First Credit Finance Group Limited | HK$631.4 million ($81.4 million) | Underwriter: Haitong International Securities Company Limited | Ronnie Bow (Partner)
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Debevoise & Plimpton | AIA Insurance Lanka PLC’s sale of AIA General Insurance Lanka Limited to Janakashi Insurance PLC | $22 million | AIA Insurance Lanka PLC | E. Drew Dutton (Partner)
Edwin Northover, Jayne So (Associates) |
Deheng Law Offices | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited’s IPO | $213.2 million | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited |
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Fangda Partners | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited’s IPO | $213.2 million | Sole sponsor, sole global coordinator and joint bookrunner: Morgan Stanley; CLSA |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $248 million | IMAX China | Teresa Ko, Ken Martin, Richard Bird, Peter Lyons (Partners) | |
Jincheng Tongda & Neal | CSCI Finance’s issuance of 3.125 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2020 | $200 million | Joint lead managers, trustee |
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Haiwen & Partners | $248 million | Underwriters: Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited |
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King & Wood Mallesons | CSCI Finance’s issuance of 3.125 percent credit enhanced bonds due 2020 | $200 million | CSCI Finance (2015) Co. Ltd |
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Locke Lord | Thelloy Development’s placement of 200 million shares on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | HK$39.1 million ($5 million)
| Underwriters: Innovax Capital Limited, South China Securities Limited |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Thelloy Development’s placement of 200 million shares on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | HK$39.1 million ($5 million)
| Thelloy Development Group Limited | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | Advanced Card Systems Holdings’ transfer of listing of all the shares from GEM to the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
| Advanced Card Systems Holdings Limited | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Juno Huang (Associate)
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands counsel) | $248 million | IMAX China | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Derrick Kan (Associate) | |
P.C. Woo & Co | Thelloy Development’s placement of 200 million shares on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | HK$39.1 million ($5 million)
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Paul Hastings | China Media Capital and FountainVest’s share sale in IMAX China’s HK IPO |
| China Media Capital, FountainVest Partners | Victor Chen, Douglas Freeman, Sammy Li, Steven Winegar (Partners)
Tim Sung (Of counsel) |
Robertsons | REF Holdings Limited’s listing on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange | HK$30.5 million ($3.9 million) | REF Holdings Limited |
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Shearman & Sterling | $248 million | Underwriters: Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited | Colin Law, Kyungwon (Won) Lee (Partners)
Jayesh Wadhwani (Counsel)
Leo Wong, Clement Jiang, Marshall Chu (Associates) | |
Sidley Austin | REF Holdings Limited’s listing on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange | HK$30.5 million ($3.9 million) | Sponsor and underwriters |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited’s IPO | $213.2 million | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited | Chris Wong, Chris Lin, Robert Holo, John Creed (Partners)
Heather Tsai (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
Marjory Ding, Martina To, George Davis (Associates) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited’s IPO | $213.2 million | Sole sponsor, sole global coordinator and joint bookrunner: Morgan Stanley; CLSA |
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Vietnam International Law Firm | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited’s IPO | $213.2 million | Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited |
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Taiwan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Baker & McKenzie | TECO Electric & Machinery’s acquisition of Italian manufacturing company, Motovario SpA |
| TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. | Marco Marazzi, Louis Liu (Partners)
Chiara Marinozzi (Associate) |
Clifford Chance | EDF’s bond issue in Taiwan | $1.5 billion | Arranging banks | Cédric Burford (Partner)
Alexander Tollast , Andrew McCann (Associates) |
Hogan Lovells | EDF’s bond issue in Taiwan | $1.5 billion | EDF | Sharon Lewis
Vincent Fidelle (Counsel)
Marouane El Idrissi (Associate)
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Lee & Li | EDF’s bond issue in Taiwan | $1.5 billion | EDF |
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