China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Ashurst | investment in EDF Energy’s nuclear project in the UK
| $9 billion
| China General Nuclear | David Wadham, Robert Ogilvy Watson, Christopher Bates, Nikhil Markanday, Nicholas Gardner (Partners) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman counsel) | Orient Hongtai Capital’s acquisition of China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group’s in going-private merger | $700 million | Orient Hongtai Capital Management (Beijing) Co. Ltd. | Richard Hall (Partner)
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (Cayman counsel) | WuXi PharmaTech Inc.’s buyout | $3.3 billion | New WuXi Life Science Ltd |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | The People’s Bank of China’s issuance of 3.10% bonds due 2016 | RMB5 billion ($786 million) | Joint lead managers | Paul Chow, Antony Dapiran (Partners)
Liang (Alex) Tao (Counsel) |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Anbang Insurance’s acquisition of Fidelity & Guaranty Life | $1.57 billion | Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd | Eric R. Dinallo, David Grosgold, John M. Vasily (Partners)
Eugene Benger, Stuart J. Valentine (Counsel) |
Fangda Partners | WuXi PharmaTech Inc.’s buyout | $3.3 billion |
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Hogan Lovells | Alstom’s disposal of its energy business to General Electric | €12.4 billion ($13.8 billion) | Alstom | Adrian Emch (Partner)
Lu Zhou (Counsel)
Sherry Hu, Andy Huang, Qing Lyu, Delida Wong, Sarah Zhang, Xiaoyi Zhao (Associates) |
Jones Day | Tsinghua University affiliate’s acquisition of a 25% interest in Powertech Technology Inc. | $600 million | Powertech Technology Inc. |
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King & Wood Mallesons | Orient Hongtai Capital’s acquisition of China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group’s by way of a going–private merger | $700 million |
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King & Wood Mallesons | China Clean Energy Development’s issuance of 4.00 per cent. bonds due 2025 |
| China General Nuclear Power Corporation | Hao Zhou, Richard Mazzochi, Yujia Pan (Partners)
Lu Tan, Anran Zhou, Michael Lu (Associates) |
Kirkland & Ellis | $4.6 billion | Financial advisor: J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited | Jesse Sheley (Partner)
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Lee and Li | Tsinghua University affiliate’s acquisition of a 25% interest in Powertech Technology Inc. | $600 million | Tsinghua University affiliate |
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Paul Hastings | Fosun International’s rights issue
| $1.5 billion | CMB International Capital Limited | Sammy Li, Zhaoyu Ren (Partners)
Eric Chow, Lucy Lam (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | China Life’s partnership Global Logistic Properties and Asian global institutional investors in the acquisition of a U.S. logistics portfolio | $4.5 billion | China Life | David Blumenfeld, Paul Guan, Robert Carlson (Partners)
Meka Meng, Carolyn Nguyen (Associates) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Tsinghua University affiliate’s acquisition of a 25% interest in Powertech Technology Inc. | $600 million | Tsinghua University affiliate | Chris Lin, Jin Park (Partners) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Anbang Insurance’s acquisition of Fidelity & Guaranty Life | $1.57 billion |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Anbang Insurance’s acquisition of Fidelity & Guaranty Life | $1.57 billion |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Mindray Medical International Limited’s going-private transaction | $3.3 billion | Buyer group: Xiting Li, Hang Xu, Minghe Cheng | Peter Huang, Clive Rough (Partners)
Andre Zhu (Counsel)
Yeping Huang, Ning Dong, Yin Lin Ma (Associates) |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | WuXi PharmaTech Inc.’s buyout | $3.3 billion |
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Weil Gotshal & Manges | WuXi PharmaTech Inc.’s buyout | $3.3 billion |
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Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Jia Yuan Law Offices | Wenzhou Kangning Hospital’s HKSE IPO
| HK$681 million ($88 million) | Underwriters: Citigroup, Citic CLSA |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Wenzhou Kangning Hospital’s HKSE IPO
| HK$681 million ($88 million) | Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co., Ltd | Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Benjamin Su, Stephanie Lau, Peng Qi (Partners) |
Shearman & Sterling | Wenzhou Kangning Hospital’s HKSE IPO
| HK$681 million ($88 million) | Underwriters: Citigroup, Citic CLSA |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | KKR’s acquisition of a minority stake in CA Media and creation of Emerald Media | $300 million | KKR | Katie Sudol, Adam Furber, Chris Bell, Katharine Moir (Partners) |
Tian Yuan Law Firm | Wenzhou Kangning Hospital’s HKSE IPO
| HK$681 million ($88 million) | Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co., Ltd |
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Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance’s triple IPO | $12 billion |
| Hironori Shibata, Kagayaki Funakoshi (Partners) |
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto | Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance’s triple IPO | $12 billion | Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance | Toru Ishiguro, Katsumasa Suzuki (Partners) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance’s triple IPO | $12 billion | Joint global coordinators: Goldman Sachs Japan, JPMorgan Securities Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Nomura Securities | Alan Cannon (Partner) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance’s triple IPO | $12 billion | Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance | Izumi Akai (Partner) |
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