Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China Metal Resources Utilization Limited on a HK$698.8 million Hong Kong initial public offering.

Herbert Smith Freehills represented China Metal Resources Utilization Limited (“CMRU”) on its HK$698.8 million Hong Kong public offering and Regulation S global offering. The issuer’s Hong Kong public offering was very significantly over-subscribed by 17.92 times.  The issuer’s shares commenced trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 February 2014.

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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Howard Lam has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Finance Department. Lam’s practice focuses on banking, cross-border debt restructuring and insolvency work, and complex financing transactions. Lam has advised banks, private equity funds and corporates in Hong Kong and mainland China on high profile financings and restructurings across Asia and Europe.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Nomura, Bank of Taiwan, Cathay United Bank, Co., Ltd., ICBC International Capital Limited and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad as mandated lead arrangers in the US$330 million term loan facility for AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.’s (“AsiaInfo “) US$890 million going-private transaction managed by a consortium led by Chinese private equity company CITIC Capital Partners (“CITIC”). AsiaInfo is China’s leading provider of telecommunication software solutions.

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Davis Polk advised CITIC Capital Partners in connection with the $890 million going-private acquisition of Nasdaq-listed AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. by a consortium led by CITIC Capital Partners and that includes Edward Tian, a co-founder and significant stockholder of AsiaInfo-Linkage. The transaction was completed on January 15, 2014.

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Global law firm Proskauer announced today that David Chu will join the firm as a partner to lead its Asia litigation practice, resident in Hong Kong.  Mr. Chu is both U.S. and Hong Kong qualified and has a wealth of experience advising on securities-related litigation, regulatory compliance and commercial litigation.  His addition expands the firm’s prominent Litigation and White Collar Defense & Investigations practices into Asia.

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Appleby acted as Cayman counsel for China Wood Optimization (Holding) Limited (China Wood) in relation to its listing on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of placing on 6 January 2014, with net proceeds of approximately HK$210 million.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that James Grandolfo, a leading capital markets lawyer known for his work across an array of equity and debt capital markets products throughout Asia, has joined the firm as a partner in the Hong Kong office effective December 16th. He will become a member of Milbank’s Global Securities group.

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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), practicing in Hong Kong in association with Lau, Leong & Co., is pleased to announce that it has advised Nordea Bank Norge ASA as Facility Agent for a syndicate of 14 lenders on the provision of a US$866,070,430 facility to the BW Group to refinance eight LNG carriers and for general working capital purposes.

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Davis Polk advised ICICI Bank Limited, acting through its Dubai branch, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.8% notes due 2019. Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Standard Chartered Bank were the joint lead managers and dealers for the offering.

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Simpson Thacher is representing KKR in connection with its approximately US$200 million acquisition of a minority stake in Gland Pharma Limited (“Gland Pharma”).  The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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