Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited (“Sino-Ocean Land”), one of the leading property developers in China whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on a 3-year multi-currency term loan facility in the principal amount of approximately US$600 million-equivalent, with US dollar, HK dollar and RMB tranches.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, on its acquisition of Sweden’s Nanoradio AB, a developer of ultra low power Wireless LAN chipsets for high-speed wireless access in mobile phones.

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Hogan Lovells has advised a consortium of banks on the sale of First Engineering Limited (“First Engineering“) to Australia-based private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners (“Anchorage“), including advising Mizuho Corporate Bank, one of the selling banks, in connection with the financing being provided to Anchorage for the acquisition.

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Sidley Austin successfully represented Petron Corporation, the Philippines’ largest oil refining and marketing company and a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, in connection with the financing of its US$577.3 million acquisition of ExxonMobil’s downstream oil business in Malaysia.

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China United Network Communications Group, the parent company of China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited, on its proposed acquisition of part of Telefónica’s shareholding in China Unicom.

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is pleased to announce the arrival of two new China Corporate Group partners, Mathew Lewis and Seung Chong, further strengthening the breadth and depth of the firm’s market-leading capital markets and M&A capabilities in the region.

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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised Chinese state owned enterprise, Chinatex Corporation (Chinatex), on the subscription of 34% shares in Fountain Set (Holdings) Limited for HK$511 million and the application to the Securities and Futures Commission for a whitewash waiver.  Fountain Set (Holdings) Limited is engaged in the textile and garment business and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised China Development Bank (CDB) on its commitment of up to US$750 million to fund the procurement, construction, installation and operation of solar power projects in New Jersey, USA with a total installed capacity of up to 300MW. The financing comprises both secured EPC financing to be provided to SPI Solar and secured long-term financing to be provided to KDC Solar.

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A team of Akin Gump attorneys has been retained by a special committee of Chinese copper products manufacturer and producer of biodiesel Gushan Environmental Energy Limited in its agreement to merge with Trillion Energy Holdings Limited and Trillion Energy Investments Holdings Limited. Trillion Energy Holdings Limited is wholly owned by Gushan’s chairman and principal executive officer, Jianqiu Yu. He also currently owns 34.8 percent of Gushan’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares.

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Leading international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised Barclays and HSBC as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on a US$250 million offering of 8.0% Notes Due 2017 by Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank), the country’s second-largest bank by market capitalization. A benchmark transaction for Vietnam, the deal is the first successfully completed international bond offering by a Vietnamese state-owned bank.

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