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China

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Paul Hastings

COSCO Shipping’s offer to buy Orient Overseas International

$6.3 billion

COSCO Shipping

Raymond Li (Partner)

 

Slaughter and May

COSCO Shipping’s offer to buy Orient Overseas International

$6.3 billion

Orient Overseas International (OOIL)

 

Kirkland & Ellis

COSCO Shipping’s offer to buy Orient Overseas International

$6.3 billion

UBS (COSCO’s financial adviser)

Nicholas Norris Derek Poon, Daniel Lindsey (Partners)

 

Paul Hastings

CSE’s acquisition of a photovoltaic solar power project in Gansu, China

$95 million

China Smarter Energy Group Holdings (CSE)

Raymond Li (Partner)

 

with support from of counsel Bonnie Kong (Counsel)

 

Matt Li, Andy Tam (Associates)

King & Wood Mallesons

Bond Connect scheme between China and Hong Kong

N/A

China Foreign Exchange Trade System & National Interbank Funding Centre (CFETS)

Jack Wang, Molly Su, Richard Mazzochi, Hayden Flinn, Minny Siu (Partners)

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Renault’s joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive

N/A

Renault

Guo Min (Partner)

 

Ronan Diot (Counsel)

 

Lea Han (Associate)

Howse Williams Bowers

Renault’s joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive

N/A

Renault

 

Shearman & Sterling

Renault’s joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive

N/A

Brilliance China Automotive

 

Jun He

Renault’s joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive

N/A

Brilliance China Automotive

 

 

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Hong Kong

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

IPO of China Literature, Tencent’s e-publishing unit

$800 million

 

China Literature

Julie Gao, Christopher Betts, Haiping Li (Partners)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

IPO of China Literature, Tencent’s e-publishing unit

$800 million

 

Tencent

 

Clifford Chance

IPO of China Literature, Tencent’s e-publishing unit

$800 million

 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley (Joint sponsors)

 

Tim Wang (China Co-Managing Partner)

 

Amy Lo, Fang Liu  (Partners)

Maples and Calder

IPO of China Literature, Tencent’s e-publishing unit

$800 million

 

China Literature

Mark Western,  Lorraine Pao (Partners)

Han Kun Law Offices

IPO of China Literature, Tencent’s e-publishing unit

$800 million

 

China Literature

 

Grandall Law Firm

IPO of China Literature, Tencent’s e-publishing unit

$800 million

 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley (Joint sponsors)

 

Clifford Chance

Richemont International Holdings’ sale of Shanghai Tang Group to Alessandro Bastagli and Cassia Investments

N/A

Cassia Investments

Neeraj Budhwani (Partner)

 

Maureen Ho (Senior Associate)

 

Brian Cheng, Kasia Lebiecki, Jo-Celine Tan (Associates)

 

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India

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

J. Sagar Associates

Proposed merger of Indian Commodity Exchange and National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India

N/A

Indian Commodity Exchange

Dina Wadia (Joint Managing Partner)

 

Manav Raheja (Partner)

 

Ronak Shah (Associate)

 

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Malaysia

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Wong & Partners

S P Setia’s acquisition of I&P Group

$800 million

S P Setia

Brian Chia (Partner)

Zainal Abidin & Co

S P Setia’s acquisition of I&P Group

$800 million

I&P Group

 

 

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Singapore

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Mayer Brown

Ho Bee Land’s purchase of the freehold interest in 67 Lombard Street, London

around $166.5 million (£129 million)

Ho Bee Land

Martin Wright, Sandy Bhogal (Partners)

 

Danielle Gerber, Patrick Hennessy (Senior Associates)

 

Christian Higham, Kitty Swanson

(Associates)

Latham & Watkins

Warburg Pincus’ investment in Trax

$64 million

Warburg Pincus

Amy Beckingham, Luke Grubb (Partners)

 

Jenny Qi, Edward Tang, Alison Joseph, Sally Murphy, Alexander Hendry (Associates)

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