China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | HNA Capital’s bond offering | $30 million |
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Clifford Chance | $750 million | COFCO | Terence Foo, Raymond Tong, Richard Blewett (Partners)
Bai Yong (Counsel)
Angel Yao, Seow Tzi-Yang, Tina Wu (Associates) | |
Clifford Chance | China Construction Bank's issuance of preference shares | $3.05 billion | China Construction Bank Corporation | Angela Chan, Connie Heng, Fang Liu (Partners)
Song Yue, Torrance Shi, Vivian Li (Associates) |
Dacheng Law Offices | HNA Capital’s bond offering | $30 million |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell | Deutsche Bank’s sale of its 19.99 percent stake in Hua Xia Bank to PICC Property and Casualty Company | RMB25.7 billion ($3.9 billion) | The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited | Antony Dapiran (Partner)
Yang Chu, Vanessa Chan, Patrick Peng (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Redco Properties Group Limited’s consent solicitation |
| Sole solicitation agent | William F. Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke, Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel)
Xuelin (Steve) Wang (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
Lena X. Qiu (Associate) |
DeHeng Law | E-Town Dragon’s acquisition of Mattson |
| E-Town Dragon | David Chen, George Cheng (Partners)
Wan Shiyao, Jessie Dong (Associates) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Deutsche Bank’s sale of its 19.99 percent stake in Hua Xia Bank to PICC Property and Casualty Company | RMB25.7 billion ($3.9 billion) | Deutsche Bank | Melissa Thomas, Heiner Braun, Alan Wang (Partners) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | CS Container’s acquisition of equity interests in 10 target companies |
| China Shipping Container Lines Company Limited | Teresa Ko, Richard Wang, Calvin Lai, David Ludwick, Thomas Ng, Andrew Heathcote (Partners)
Jason Xu (Counsel) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | CS Development’s acquisition of Dalian Ocean Shipping Company Limited from COSCO Company |
| China Shipping Development Company Limited | Teresa Ko, Richard Wang, Calvin Lai, David Ludwick, Thomas Ng, Andrew Heathcote (Partners)
Jason Xu (Counsel) |
Haiwen & Partners | Deutsche Bank’s sale of its 19.99 percent stake in Hua Xia Bank to PICC Property and Casualty Company | RMB25.7 billion ($3.9 billion) | Deutsche Bank | Lan Jie (Partner)
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Hogan Lovells |
| Duff & Phelps |
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JunHe | Deutsche Bank’s sale of its 19.99 percent stake in Hua Xia Bank to PICC Property and Casualty Company | RMB25.7 billion ($3.9 billion) | PICC Group | Yu Yongqiang (Partner)
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King & Wood Mallesons
| HNA Capital’s bond offering | $30 million | Joint lead managers
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Kirkland & Ellis |
| Consortium led by Michael Xiangyu Chen | David Zhang, Jesse Sheley, Amie Tang (Partners) | |
Linklaters
| $750 million | Noble Group |
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Linklaters
| HNA Capital’s bond offering | $30 million | Joint lead managers & trustee
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Linklaters
| Deutsche Bank’s sale of its 19.99 percent stake in Hua Xia Bank to PICC Property and Casualty Company | RMB25.7 billion ($3.9 billion) | PICC Property and Casualty Company | P.H. Chik, Soo Jeong Hwang (Partners)
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Maples and Calder |
| Special Committee of iDreamSky Technology Limited |
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Paul Hastings | China VAST’s secured guaranteed convertible bonds and notes issuance |
| China VAST | Edwin Kwok (Partner)
James Ma (Counsel)
Lillian Cheung (Associate) |
Paul Hastings | Carlyle Group’s acquisition of an office property in Shanghai |
| The Carlyle Group | Wayne Ma (Partner)
Eugenie Hui (Associate) |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | E-Town Dragon’s acquisition of Mattson |
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Shearman & Sterling | iDreamSky's going private transaction
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| Special Committee of iDreamSky Technology Limited | Paul Strecker, Larry Crouch, Richard Hsu (Partners)
Daniel Stellenberg (Counsel)
Richard Ou, Shan Wu, Jenny Fan, Kyle Phillips, Benjamin Petersen (Associates) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Yirendai’s NYSE IPO | $75 million | Underwriters: Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, China Renaissance and Needham | Chris Lin (Partner)
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Walkers |
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Walkers | HNA Capital’s bond offering | $30 million | HNA Capital Group Co., Ltd., BL Capital Holdings Limited, China United SME Guarantee Corporation | Kristen Kwok (Partner) Melissa Chiu (Associate) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Hogan Lovells | Five-year term and revolving facilities to Tencent Asset Management Limited | $2.45 billion | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, China Merchants Bank, Off-Shore Banking Center, Citibank N.A., Hong Kong Branch, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Mizuho Bank Limited, Citicorp International Limited | Owen Chan (Partner)
Salam Bassili (Associate) |
King & Wood Mallesons | Bank of Zhengzhou’s IPO | $655 million | Bank of Zhengzhou Co., Ltd. |
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Latham & Watkins | Wongs Investment’s disposal of shares in China Kingstone Mining |
| Liquidators | Howard Lam, Simon Powell (Partners)
Dickson Ng, Hong Cheong Wong, Rainbow Au-Yeung, Tony Wong (Associates) |
Morrison & Foerster | Genscript Biotech Corporation’s IPO | HK$524 million ($67 million) | Haitong International Capital Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, KGI Capital Asia Limited, RHB Securities Hong Kong Limited | Charles Chau (Partner) |
Paul Hastings | Holly Futures’ Global Offering and H-share IPO | $63 million | Holly Futures Co | Raymond Li, Nan Li, Zhaoyu Ren (Partners)
Vincent Wang (Counsel)
Catherine Chu, Liming Xu, Vivian Lee, Crystal Liu (Associates) |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | Xinte Energy Co’s IPO | $166.3 million | Underwriters | Chris Wong, Leiming Chen (Partners) |