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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Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, BOCI Asia Limited and CLSA Limited in their capacity as placing agents for the placement of 1,000,000,000 shares (the “Placing Shares”)in Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited (“Goldpoly”) for a total consideration of approximately HK$1.7 billion.

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Sidley Austin has advised on Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.’s initial public offering (“IPO”) on the Philippines Stock Exchange.

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Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Ricky Yiu will be joining its Real Estate practice as a partner. Ricky has more than 20 years of experience working on real estate and development matters in Hong Kong, PRC and Macau, including on related property acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and finance projects.

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Global law firm K&L Gates has advised Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. on its successful initial public offering and listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange. The offering, which closed on November 11, raised US$622 million (prior to the exercise of the over-allotment option) and is one of the largest-ever IPOs in the Philippines.

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Davis Polk advised China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as initial purchasers of a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the company’s 8.75% additional senior notes due 2018. The additional notes will be consolidated and form a single series with the 8.75% senior notes due 2018 issued by the company on October 30, 2013.

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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin Carale has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as counsel in the Corporate Department. Carale has extensive experience in corporate and finance transactions, including international capital markets transactions. He has represented issuers and underwriters in international bond and equity issuances, including MTNs, IPOs, top-up equity placements, rights offerings and block trades.

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We are delighted to welcome two new partners to Kennedys – Kevin Yam in Hong Kong and Nick Francis in Singapore. This will strengthen our shipping, trade, professional indemnity and regulatory capabilities across Asia-Pacific.

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