International law firm Locke Lord has raised its global profile through expansion of its Hong Kong presence through association with the Hong Kong law firm of Cheung & Lee. Five experienced Partners from Cheung & Lee – Balbir Bindra, Wing Cheung, Alfred Lee, Tej Mahil and Matthew Wong – will form the initial core team of Locke Lord’s expanded international footprint in Hong Kong and boost the Firm’s capabilities to serve clients on a number of fronts.

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Appleby acted as Cayman counsel for Oi Wah Pawnshop Credit Holdings Limited in relation to its listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with gross proceeds of approximately HK$98 million.

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International legal practice Norton Rose has advised Shun Tak Holdings Limited on the establishment of a US$1 billion Guaranteed Medium Term Note Program and the initial issuance of US$400 million 5.70% Guaranteed Notes due 2020 under the Program. Shun Tak was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1973, and is principally engaged in the property, transportation, hospitality and investment businesses in Hong Kong and Macau.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has added to its track record of advising lenders on financing buyouts of US-listed Chinese companies, with two separate transactions signing since the beginning of the year.

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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes corporate and securities partner David Johnson and commercial disputes partner Samuel C. S. Ngo in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Johnson arrives at K&L Gates from Allen & Overy LLP, while Ngo joins from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce the arrival of Ing Loong Yang to the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Litigation Department. A senior litigator with more than 25 years’ experience, Yang’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation matters and international arbitration proceedings, particularly on cross-border disputes with Greater China elements. Originally from Singapore, Yang, who is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, has practiced extensively throughout Asia, with particularly deep experience in Singapore, Beijing and Hong Kong.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd. (“Mapletree”), a leading real estate development, investment and capital management company based in Singapore, as Sponsor and Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Management Ltd. as Manager in the US$1.3 billion initial public offering of Singapore-based REIT Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (“MGCCT”). The successful closing of this transaction marks the largest-ever REIT initial public offering in Singapore.

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A cross-border team of lawyers at international law firm Dechert LLP advised OCI Solar Power, an emerging leader in the solar sector and an indirect subsidiary of Korean chemicals company OCI Company Ltd., on the financing of the first phase of its 400MW solar power plant development project in the City of San Antonio. Debt financing for the first phase, comprised of a 41MW solar power plant on more than 700 acres in the southern part of San Antonio, was arranged by Korean Finance Corporation and the Korea Development Bank acting as joint financial arrangers.

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A team of Akin Gump attorneys spearheaded by Hong Kong-based corporate partners Gregory Puff and Zach Wittenberg has been retained by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., which is serving as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Feihe International.

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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that Gene Buttrill has joined as a Capital Markets Practice partner. Formerly a partner with Proskauer Rose LLP, Mr. Buttrill will be based in the Firm’s Hong Kong Office as a foreign registered lawyer. Jones Day welcomes Mr. Buttrill to its growing Capital Markets Practice in Hong Kong, alongside the recent hires of Chris Swift and Joelle Lau from Allen & Overy and the promotion of Julian Lin to partner in January of this year.

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