China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | China Yongda Automobiles’ proposed spinoff of its subsidiary, Shanghai Yongda Automobile |
| China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Limited | Bonnie Y. Chan, Paul Chow (Partners) Christine Xu, Kai Sun (Associates) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | JD.com’s SEC-Registered notes offering | $500 million | Joint bookrunners and the underwriters | William F. Barron, John D. Paton (Partners) Xuelin (Steve) Wang (Registered Foreign Lawyer) Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) Nicholas A. Machen (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering’s investment in Deca Technologies | $60 million | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering | James C. Lin, Frank J. Azzopardi (Partners) Sam Kelso (Counsel) Jason J. Bang (Associate) |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | HNA Tourism Group’s acquisition of Carlson Hotels | Approx. $2 billion | Carlson Hotels | Peter Lyons, Stephen Hewes (Partners) |
Hogan Lovells | HNA Tourism Group’s acquisition of Carlson Hotels | Approx. $2 billion | HNA Tourism Group’s
| Peter Ivanick, José Maria, Jun Wei (Partners) Philip Ehrlich (Counsel) |
Hogan Lovells | Towerbrook Capital Partners’ sale of AIM Altitude to China’s AVIC International |
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Macfarlanes | Towerbrook Capital Partners’ sale of AIM Altitude to China’s AVIC International |
| AVIC International | John Dodsworth (Partner) |
Kirkland & Ellis | Towerbrook Capital Partners’ sale of AIM Altitude to China’s AVIC International |
| Towerbrook Capital Partners | Chuan Li, Carl Bradshaw, Sarah Jordan (Partners) Shuting Qi (Associate) |
Lindahl | HNA Tourism Group’s acquisition of Carlson Hotels | Approx. $2 billion | HNA Tourism Group |
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Ropes & Gray | $3 billion | Sequoia Capital | Craig Marcus (Partner) | |
Shearman & Sterling | $3 billion | Special committee of independent directors | Stephanie Tang (Partner) | |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $3 billion | Alibaba | Kathryn Sudol (Partner) | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $3 billion | Momo’s chairman and other shareholders | Julie Gao, Haiping Li, Peter Huang Daniel Dusek (Partners) | |
Vinge | HNA Tourism Group’s acquisition of Carlson Hotels | Approx. $2 billion | Carlson Hotels |
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WilmerHale | Towerbrook Capital Partners’ sale of AIM Altitude to China’s AVIC International |
| AVIC International | Kenneth Zhou (Partner) |
Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Shearman & Sterling | Phoenix Healthcare’s acquisition of hospitals of CITIC Medical | $160 million | Phoenix Healthcare | Peter Chen (Partner) Vanessa Poon, Edward Bong (Counsel) Stephen Luo (Associate) |
