Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Shuanghui International Holdings Limited (“Shuanghui”), the owner of China’s largest publicly-traded meat processing enterprise, in entering into a facilities agreement with Bank of China Limited, Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (also known as Rabobank International), Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, DBS Bank Ltd., Natixis, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, whereby Shuanghui will obtain approximately US$4 billion in debt financing to fund its pending acquisition of Smithfield Foods (“Smithfield”) (NYSE: SFD), the largest U.S. publicly-traded pork processor and hog producer.

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Allen & Overy has advised ING Group on the KRW1.84 trillion (approximately USD1.7bn) sale of its South Korean life insurance business, ING Life Korea, to private equity firm MBK Partners, South Korea’s largest private equity group.

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Allen & Overy has advised Dutch development bank Nederlanse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), as part of a consortium comprising Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Korean banks, on a USD90 million loan facility (subject to the exercise of a greenshoe option) to China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings (Singyes).

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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised ONGC Videsh Limited (“OVL”) on the US$2.64 billion acquisition of the ten percent participating interest (“Acquisition”) in the Rovuma Offshore Block in Mozambique (“Area 1”), from Anadarko Moçambique Area 1 Limitada (“Anadarko”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Ltd. (“CIMC”) on its wholly-owned subsidiary, China International Marine Containers (Hong Kong) Ltd. (“CIMC Hong Kong”) entering into a sale and purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with the Singapore-listed Pteris Global Limited (“Pteris”) on July 29, 2013, pursuant to which CIMC Hong Kong will sell the 70% equity interests in Shenzhen CIMC-TianDa Airport Support Ltd. (“CIMC-TianDa”) to Pteris and as consideration, Pteris will issue new shares to CIMC Hong Kong (or its nominee). Following the completion of the SPA, the equity interests of CIMC in Pteris are expected to increase from approximately 14.99% to approximately 63.88% (up to approximately 65.80%, subject to certain adjustment mechanisms). As a result, the Singapore-listed Pteris will become a subsidiary of CIMC.

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Davis Polk advised The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation as underwriter in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of US$250 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4% notes due 2016. The notes are consolidated and form a single class of notes with KDB’s US$750 million aggregate principal amount of 4% notes due 2016 issued on March 9, 2011.

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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Korea Development Bank, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% notes due 2018.

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Global law firm Proskauer represented CCB International as the lead initial investor in respect of a US$200,000,000 guaranteed secured senior notes issued by Zhuguang Holdings Group Company Limited, a property development and investment company based in Guangdong Province China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE). In consideration of the purchase of the senior notes, the Issuer also issued to the initial investors warrants representing aggregate exercise price of US$40,000,000.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the parent company of publically-listed PetroChina, on its acquisition of a 28.57% stake in Eni East Africa SpA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni SpA, for US$4.2 billion.

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Peter D. Cleary has joined the firm as Co-Head of its Asia Energy and Infrastructure Group, based in the Hong Kong office.  Mr. Cleary will share leadership of this Asian practice group with Co-Head Yoichi Katayama, who is based in Japan.

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