China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | $500 million | Universal Pictures | Stephen Tsoneff (Partner) | |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | $500 million | Perfect World Pictures | Lindsay Conner (Partner) | |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Refinancing relating to two LNG vessels |
| ICBC Financial Leasing | Fei Kwok, David Johnson, Davide Barzilai, Michael Flamenbaum (Partners)
Harold Tin (Of Counsel)
Simon Barrell (Associate) |
Paul Hastings | Allied Cement’s acquisition of 60% equity interests of Beijing Ziguang Pharmaceutical from Shenzhen Waranty Asset Management | $44 million | Allied Cement Holdings Limited | Raymond Li, Pei Fang (Partners)
Bonnie Kong, (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | Plus Global Limited’s acquisition of all the shares of SEA (BVI) Limited | $1.3 billion | Profit Plus Global | Vivian Lam (Partner)
Bonnie Kong, Matt Li, Jeff Lee (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Citigroup’s sale of stake in China Guangfa Bank to China Life Insurance Company | $3 billion | Citigroup | Rajeev Duggal, Jonathan Stone, Stuart Finkelstein, Brian Krause, Erica Schohn, Peter Huang, Chris Betts (Partners)
Jonathan Wisebrod (Counsel)
Mike Kung, Olivia Odell, Valarie Ney, Diana Backhouse (Associates) |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Anheuser-Busch InBev’s sale of SABMiller plc’s (U.K.) 49% interest in China Resources Snow Breweries to China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co. Ltd. | $1.6 billion | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | Michael G. DeSombre, Frank Aquila, George H. White (Partners)
Yeqing Zheng John Horsfield-Bradbury (Associates) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Paul Hastings | Horizon Ventures’ Series A Financing of Blockstream | $55 million | Horizons Ventures Limited | Victor Chen (Partner)
Karen Wong (Associate) |
Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | gumi Inc’s investment in VR Fund, L.P. and its joint venture with Marco DeMiroz and Tipitat Chennavasin |
| gumi Inc. | Heather Cruz
Nels Hansen
Boris Rappoport |
