The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented Swire Properties Limited and John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, as the selling shareholder, in connection with secondary offerings by John Swire & Sons of shares of Swire Properties with aggregate gross proceeds of US$1.3 billion.

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Loeb & Loeb LLP is expanding its international presence in Asia with the launch of an office in Hong Kong. This will be Loeb & Loeb’s second office in Asia, following the opening of the firm’s Beijing office in 2009. The firm’s Hong Kong office has entered into an exclusive association with Hong Kong-based solicitors’ firm Pang & Co. The Law Society of Hong Kong has approved the association, as well as Loeb & Loeb’s registration as a foreign law firm.

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The Firm recently represented CHC Helicopter S.A. (“CHC Helicopter”) in an offering of $200 million aggregate principal amount of additional 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S.

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Dechert LLP announced today that Lewis Ho has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice. Ho was most recently a resident partner in the Beijing office at Simmons & Simmons LLP.

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On October 1, 2012, Gazprom announced that the Russian energy company had signed a landmark deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to GAIL (India) Limited. This marks the first long-term sale of LNG by Gazprom — through its subsidiary Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore (GMTS) — into the　Indian market.

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Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Jeremy Hunt has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the corporate practice. Mr. Hunt represents private equity firms and other investors and advisors in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and related matters.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is representing Famous Commercial Ltd (“Famous”), a subsidiary of Shanghai-listed Gemdale Corporation, in its acquisition of an approximately 56% stake in Hong Kong-listed Frasers Property (China) Limited (“Frasers Property”), a subsidiary of Singapore’s Fraser & Neave Ltd, at a total consideration of approximately HK$1.65 billion.

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Leading international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised Japanese mobile and ADSL telecom provider eAccess on its purchase by Japanese mobile and Internet carrier Softbank Corp. for $2.3 billion. The deal was signed today.

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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2017. The notes are consolidated and form a single class of notes with the $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% notes due 2017 issued on August 7, 2012.

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DLA Piper has advised APG Asset Management on its US$130 million investment in the hotel assets of Lemon Tree Hotel Holdings Limited (“Lemon Tree”), one of India’s largest mid-market and upscale hotel developers and operators.

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