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Cleary, K&E on HK shoe retailer Belle’s $6.8 bln go-private deal

BY John Kang, Reuters |

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has acted for a consortium led by private equity firms Hillhouse Capital Group and CDH Investments on its take-private offer for Belle International, valuing the Hong Kong-listed shoe retailer at $6.8 billion.
K&E, Llinks Law advise on Yonghui’s $413 mln U.S. retail buy

BY Raj Gunashekar, Reuters |

Llinks Law Offices has acted for Chinese supermarket chain operator Yonghui Superstores, which joined forces with U.S.-based Bain Capital Private Equity to acquire Connecticut-based Daymon Worldwide for $413 million.
Skadden, Kirkland star in $630 mln IPO of Chinese photo-app maker

BY Raj Gunashekar, Reuters |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Jingtian & Gongcheng have advised Chinese photo app maker Meitu on its $630 million initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Kirkland & Ellis and Global Law Office representing the underwriters.
CC, Slaughters, K&E advise on $852 mln Coke bottling assets deal

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Slaughter and May and Fangda Partners are advising Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd on its agreement to buy Coca-Cola Co's bottling assets in China from Cofco Corp's China Foods Ltd unit for $852 million. Kirkland & Ellis and JunHe are advising the seller.
Skadden, K&E star in $4.4 bln privatisation of China’s Qunar

BY Chris Thomson |

Kirkland & Ellis has represented Chinese online trip-booking company Qunar in its $4.4 billion merger with Ocean Management Holdings, which turned to Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom for legal advice.
K&E, Skadden, JunHe, Zhong Lun on China’s biggest U.S. IPO since Alibaba

BY Chris Thomson, Reuters |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Maegher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis are acting on the planned IPO by Chinese logistics company ZTO Express on the New York Stock Exchange later this month.
North Asia Deals: Week of July 18

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Freshfields, Davis Polk, MoFo, Slaughter and May on SoftBank’s $32 bln acquisition of ARM Holdings, Linklaters advises Bank of China on $3 bln multi-currency green bond, and more in this week’s North Asia deals table.
North Asia Deals: Week of June 27

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Han Kun, KWM, Sidley Austin star in China Digital Video’s HK IPO, Kirkland & Ellis acts on China Grand Automotive’s partial offer for Baoxin Auto Group, and more in this week’s North Asia deals table.
HK: Latham hires PE specialist from K&E

BY Ashima Ohri |

Latham & Watkins has hired China-focused private equity specialist Frank Sun from Kirkland & Ellis as partner in its corporate department in Hong Kong.
North Asia Deals: Week of May 9

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Freshfields and Hogan Lovells star in HNA Tourism Group’s purchase of Carlson Hotels for around $2 bln, Ropes & Gray, Shearman, STB and Skadden lead on Chinese dating app Momo’s $3 bln go-private deal, and more in this week’s North Asia deals table.