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deals of the year Hong Kong In-House Team of the Year WINNER
Debt Market Deal of the Year WINNER
Deutsche Bank
FINALISTS • COSCO Pacific • Goldman Sachs • Hutchison Whampoa Properties • MTR Corp • PCCW • Prudential • TOM Group Why: • The 31-lawyer in-house team is led by Joe Longo and has been incredibly busy • Notable transactions include Vedanta Resources plc US$500m 8.75% Bonds due 2014 and US$750m 9.50% Bonds due 2018. This 144A High Yield bond was the first corporate bond from India since Nov 07, largest corporate deal in Asia in 2008 • Currently ranked No.1 year-to-date in IPOs in Asia and No. 2 over the last 12 months in G3 Debt issuance in Asia; and in last 18 months has done over 17 private financing deals with a value of approximately US$3bn
China Development Bank Hong Kong bond issue
Firms: Clifford Chance; Haiwen & Partners; Sidley Austin Banks: Bank of China; HSBC Accountants: PwC
FINALISTS • CITIC Resources high yield debt offering • Country Garden convertible bond offering and synthetic share re-purchase • Neo-China bond offering • Sinopec convertible bond offering • Suntech Power convertible notes offering Why: • First RMB bond issue in Hong Kong • Value of RMB5bn, split into institutional and retail bond issue • Involved both mainland and Hong Kong regulators • Legal work underpinned “exciting milestone” in development of China’s bond markets
L-R: Richard Kwok (AXA Asia Pacific Holdings); Gaven Cheong (Sidley Austin)
Hays Legal Award Equity Market Deal of the Year
L-R: Nghia Luu, Simon Man (Deutsche Bank); Iris Ma (ALB)
WINNER
Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year WINNER
Gillian Meller, MTR Corp
FINALISTS • Bharat Sundavadra, Noble Group • Brett Graham, Morgan Stanley • Ella Wong, Star HK • Karen Li, CITIC Capital • Philana Poon, PCCW • Sandy Yung, Sun Hung Kai Properties • Tim Steinert, Alibaba Why: • Over the last 12 months, Gillian Meller played a key role in the negotiation and documentation of MTR Corp’s merger with the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation • Also directly responsible for the provision of legal advice to the bid team on the Corporation’s first successful European franchise bid (London Overground) • Advising MTR Corp on its negotiations with Government in relation to the design and construction of six new railway lines in Hong Kong
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Alibaba.com Hong Kong IPO
Firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Fangda; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Haiwen & Partners; Maples and Calder; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher; Slaughter and May; Sullivan & Cromwell Banks: Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley Accountants: PwC
FINALISTS • China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Hong Kong IPO • China Railway Group H-share listing • SOHO China Hong Kong IPO• Want Want China Hong Kong IPO Why: • Latest technology sector IPO in Hong Kong ever and second largest globally • Drew more subscriptions in dollar terms than any other Hong Kong IPO • US$1.7bn successful listing of PRC B2B e-commerce company • Largest-ever equity offering from internet sector in Asia ex-Japan
L-R: Yong Jae Chang (Lee & Ko); Gillian Meller (MTR Corp)
L-R: Charlotte Hogue (Hays Legal); Leiming Chen, Dan Fertig (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett); Jaclyn Jhin (Morgan Stanley); Nghia Luu (Deutsche Bank); John Trehey (Maples and Calder); David Lamb (Conyers Dill & Pearman); Tim Steinert (Alibaba.com); Gareth Bater (Goldman Sachs)
Asian Legal Business ISSUE 8.11