Kirkland & Ellis represents J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, BOCOM International Securities Limited, CMB International Capital Limited and BOCI Asia Limited as the other joint bookrunners in a global offering, including the initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, of SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd., the leading oil refining, petrochemical and new coal chemical engineering company in China.

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Dana Gas PJSC, the largest independent oil and gas company in the UAE, has successfully completed the restructuring of its US$1 billion Trust Certificates (sukuk al-mudarabah). The restructuring, the first of its kind in the Middle East, was implemented through the exchange of Dana Gas’ existing sukuk certificates with two tranches of new sukuk certificates (one convertible and one non-convertible tranche), each with a 5 year tenor.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (“OGX”) on the sale of a 40% stake in two blocks in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil to Malaysian state oil and gas company PETRONAS.

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International law firm Locke Lord continues to improve upon its global capabilities and expanded profile through the addition of several lawyers and a litigation practice to its Hong Kong office. Corporate Partner Michael Fung and Litigation and Dispute Resolution Partner Adrian Taylor, along with an additional three lawyers – all Of Counsel – have joined Locke Lord’s international office in Hong Kong recently, making a team of 11 experienced Locke Lord lawyers on the ground in Asia who provide depth and breadth in banking and finance, corporate, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, mergers and acquisition work.

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King & Wood Mallesons has acted for BG Group on its binding agreements with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of certain additional interests in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project in Australia for $1.93 billion and for the supply of an additional 5 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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Baker & McKenzie is acting as counsel to Tian Ping Auto Insurance Company Limited (“Tian Ping”), the leading Property & Casualty insurance company in China, on its strategic alliance with AXA, as part of which AXA will acquire a 50% stake in Tian Ping for a total consideration of Euro 485 million.

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Sidley Austin has advised UBS as the sole global coordinator in connection with the recent follow-on offering by LT Group, a Philippine-listed conglomerate that raised approximately USD$912 million. The follow-on offering is the country’s largest ever equity sale, and is the second largest equity offering of any type in the Philippines.

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Latham & Watkins has assisted Asia Community Ventures (“ACV”), on a pro bono basis, in its incorporation and registration as a company limited by guarantee with the Companies Registry and its successful application for charity status under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) (the “Ordinance”). ACV is an independent, Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization supporting impact investing and social entrepreneurship in Hong Kong and Asia. Among its activities, ACV, working in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, has launched the “Impact Economy Innovations Fund” offering unconditional grants of up to a total of $400,000 to fund intermediaries that promote the growth of impact investing and social enterprise work in Asia.

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The Firm is representing Alibaba Group Holding Limited, China’s largest e-commerce company, in connection with its investment in Weibo Corporation and strategic alliance with SINA Corporation (NASDAQ GS: SINA). Alibaba, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has invested $586 million to purchase preferred and ordinary shares of representing approximately 18% of Weibo on a fully-diluted basis. SINA has also granted an option to Alibaba to enable Alibaba to increase its ownership in Weibo to 30% on a fully-diluted basis at a mutually agreed valuation within a certain period of time in the future.

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Baker & McKenzie is acting as counsel to Wheelock Properties Limited (“WPL”) on its HK$4.5 billion (US$580 million) sale of the West Tower at One Bay East, Kowloon East to Manulife (International) Limited (“Manulife”). According to property market analysts, the deal marks the largest single office tower sale & purchase transaction in Kowloon to date, and is also the second-highest price on record for a whole office tower in Hong Kong.

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