China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Conyers Dill & Pearman | $9.3 billion | Consortium |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Bona Film’s going-private transaction
| $1 billion | Financial adviser to the independent committee | Miranda So (Partner)
Sam Kelso (Counsel)
Meng Ding (Registered foreign lawyer) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Yanzhou Coal Mining and Yancoal International’s cash tender offer for outstanding guaranteed notes | $550 million | Sole dealer manager | William F. Barron (Partner)
Margie Chan, , Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Bingqing Pan, Ying Su Lin Ma (Registered Foreign Lawyers)
Lina X (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Postal and Savings Bank of China’s sale of shares to investors | $7 billion | Postal and Savings Bank of China | Howard Zhang, Li He (Partners)
Xiaoton (Lisa) Yuan, Jiangshan (Jackson) Tang, Ge Wang (Associates) |
Deacons | The Wharf’s block trade sale of its entire 5.925% interest in Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited | HK$2.2 billion ($283 million) | The Wharf (Holdings) Limited | Ronny Chow (Partner)
Samantha Chau (Associate) |
DeHeng Law Offices | $9.3 billion | Consortium | Cheng Bo(George) (Partner)
Wan Shiyao (Associate) | |
Fangda Partners | $9.3 billion | Consortium |
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Hogan Lovells | HNA Group’s debt and equity financing in the acquisition of Swissport Group | €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) | HNA Group | Sylvain Dhennin, Gordon Wilson, Alexander Premont (Partners) |
Jun He Law Offices | $9.3 billion | Special Committee |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Bona Film’s going-private transaction
| $1 billion | Buyer group | David Zhang, Jesse Sheley (Partners) |
Kirkland & Ellis | $9.3 billion | Consortium |
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Latham & Watkins | $9.3 billion | Qihoo |
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Maples and Calder | $9.3 billion | Special Committee |
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Mayer Brown JSM | Bayline Global’s acquisition of Shanghai Corporate Avenue 3 from Shui On Land Limited | RMB 5.7 billion ($885 million)
| Bayline Global Limited | Alan Yip, David Ellis (Partners)
Cherie Leung, Jane Du, Jessica Ip (Associates) |
Shearman & Sterling | Bona Film’s going-private transaction
| $1 billion | Independent committee of the board of directors | Stephanie Tang, Larry Crouch, Richard Hsu, Stephen Hibbard (Partners)
Daniel Stellenberg (Counsel)
Richard Ou, Shan Wu, Weina Guan, Jenny Fan, Kyle Philips, Benjamin Peterson (Associates) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Bona Film’s going-private transaction
| $1 billion | Bona Film | Chris Lin (Partner) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Yirendai’s listing on the NYSE |
| Yirendai Ltd. | Julie Gao, Sean Shimamoto (Partners)
Kenneth Chase (Counsel)
Shu Du, Jie Zhang, Su Da (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd’s going private prposal | $45 million | Buyer group | Julie Gao, Peter Huang, Clive Rough (Partners)
Jing Lin, Katharine Reynolds (Associates) |
Slaughter and May | COSCO Pacific’s acquisition of China Shipping Ports Development Co., Limited | RMB7.63 billion ($1.18 billion) | COSCO Pacific Limited | Lisa Chung (Partner)
Roger Cheng, Alison Tsoi, Justin Chan (Associates) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Allen & Gledhill | Establishment of CITIC Envirotech Ltd’s multicurrency perpetual securities issuance programme | $750 million | DBS Bank Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch , Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., DB International Trust (Singapore) Limited | Margaret Chin, Sunit Chhabra, Glenn David Foo (Partners)
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Baker & McKenzie | Global offering of CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corporation Limited | HK$2.79 billion ($359 million) | CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corporation Limited | Jackie Lo (Partner)
Wang Hang (Counsel) |
Baker & McKenzie | Tencent Holdings Limited and Huayi Brothers’ agreements to subscribe for new shares of Jiuhao Health Industry Corporation Limited | HK$547 million ($69 million)
| Jiuhao Health | Lawrence Lee, Christina Lee, (Partners)
Eve Chan, Chris Tsao (Associates) |
Clifford Chance | Huaneng Power International’ share placement
| $730 million | Huaneng Power International | Fang Liu, Virginia Lee (Partners)
Tianning Xiang, Corey Zhang, Stanley Tan, Claire Cao (Associates) |
Clifford Chance | Sale of Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited to Cinda Financial | HK$68 billion ($8.77 billion) | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited | Cherry Chan, Virginia Lee (Partners)
Shan Huang, Ervin Chan, Grace Huang, Rae Guo (Associates) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman | Modern Dental’s IPO | HK$1.05 billion ($135 million) | Modern Dental |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Sale of Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited to Cinda Financial | HK$68 billion ($8.77 billion) | Cinda Financial |
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Herbert Smith Freehills | TCL Multimedia’s tie-up with LeTV | HK$2.27 billion ($230 million) | TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited | Tom Chau (Partner)
Lawrence Wang, Isaac Chen (Associates) |
Howse Williams Bowers | Nga Chun’s takeover | HK$1 billion ($128 million) | Nga Chun Holdings Limited | Brian Ho (Partner)
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King & Wood Mallesons | Sale of Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited to Cinda Financial | HK$68 billion ($8.77 billion) | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited |
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Jingtian & Gongcheng | Modern Dental’s IPO | HK$1.05 billion ($135 million) | Modern Dental |
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Maples and Calder | BTG Hotels and Homeinns Hotel Group’s definitive merger agreement | $1.7 billion | Special committee of the Board of Directors of Homeinns Hotel Group | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Richard Spooner (Of counsel) |
Pang & Co, Loeb & Loeb | Modern Dental’s IPO | HK$1.05 billion ($135 million) |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Modern Dental Group Limited's IPO | HK$1.05 billion ($135 million) | Underwriters: Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, CIMB Securities Limited, Mizuho Securities Asia Limited, ING Bank N.V., RHB Securities Hong Kong Limited | Christopher Betts, Alec Tracy, Will Cai (Partners)
Anthony Pang, Richard Chang, Eric Lai (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | China Hengshi Foundation Company Limited's IPO | HK$469 million ($59 million) | Sole sponsor, sole global coordinator and a joint bookrunner: Morgan Stanley | Christopher Betts, Will Cai (Partners)
Jing Lin, Xing Lin (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Modern Dental’s IPO | HK$1.05 billion ($135 million) | Underwriters: Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, CIMB Securities Limited, Mizuho Securities Asia Limited, ING Bank N.V., RHB Securities Hong Kong Limited | Christopher Betts, Alec Tracy, Will Cai (Partners)
Anthony Pang, Richard Chang, Eric Lai (Associates) |
Zhong Lun | Sale of Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited to Cinda Financial | HK$68 billion ($8.77 billion) | Cinda Financial |
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Zhong Lun | Modern Dental Group Limited's IPO | HK$1.05 billion ($135 million) | Underwriters: Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, CIMB Securities Limited, Mizuho Securities Asia Limited, ING Bank N.V., RHB Securities Hong Kong Limited |
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Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | Japan's first major airport privatisation | JPY2.2 trillion ($18 billion)
| VINCI Airports S.A.S | Ross Howard, Matthew Buchanan (Partners)
Yusuke Abe, Natsuko Sugihara, Satoshi Mogi (Counsel)
Akihiko Takamatsu, Amelia Hanscombe, Yoko Kumegawa, Danielle Delbridge, Luna Hiraoka (Associates) |
Linklaters | Nippon Solar Services’ construction of a utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plant in Kyushu | JPY12.1 billion ($102 million) |
| John Maxwell, Hirofumi Taba (Partners) |
Mongolia
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | Project financing for Oyu Tolgoi mining project | $5.4 billion | Lender group | Phillip Fletcher (Partner) |
Shearman & Sterling | Project financing for Oyu Tolgoi mining project | $5.4 billion | Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi | Matthew Bersani, Andrew Ruff, Etienne Gelencsér (Partners)
Crystal Chen (Associate) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Project financing for Oyu Tolgoi mining project | $5.4 billion | Rio Tinto |
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