The Asia capital markets practice of international law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has brought aboard three additional attorneys to fill Hong Kong legal jobs.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Cadwalader), a leading counsellor to global financial institutions and corporations, today announced a substantial addition to its Asia capital markets practice by adding three new attorneys with nearly 50 years of collective experience in the region.

International law firm Harneys brought aboard a new attorney to fill one of its Hong Kong legal jobs.

Davis Polk is advising TPG Rave Holdings, L.P. (TPG Rave), an affiliate of TPG, in connection with its investment in China Ruifeng Galaxy Renewable Energy Holdings Limited (China Ruifeng). TPG Rave and Diamond Era Holdings Limited, a substantial shareholder of China Ruifeng, have agreed to respectively subscribe for 8% convertible bonds due 2017 and warrants issued by China Ruifeng with TPG Rave subscribing for an aggregate principal amount of $60 million of bonds and warrants with an exercise value of $15 million. The aggregate proceeds from the transaction will be used to increase China Ruifeng’s indirect holding in Hebei Hongsong Wind Power Co., Ltd. to no less than 51%. The transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including shareholders and regulatory approval.

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Tan-Eu Capital (“Tan-Eu”), the Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm, with respect to Sotan China Real Estate I, LP’s first investment – the acquisition of a 1 million square foot development site in Wuqing, Tianjin from a local investor. A mixed-use development comprised of retail and residential space is planned for the site.

Leading international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised Nord Anglia Education (UK) Holdings plc on its side-by-side US$325 million offering of senior secured high yield notes and entry into a new “super senior” revolving credit facility. Underwriters for the transaction were Goldman Sachs and Barclays.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised global private markets investment manager Partners Group on the acquisition of Trimco International Holdings Limited, a global provider of garment label solutions to the garment manufacturing industry, on behalf of its clients. The acquisition, which was completed on 25 April, was structured as a leveraged buyout with the founder and senior management team of Trimco reinvesting a significant portion of their sale proceeds into the new company. Concurrently with the transaction, Trimco was negotiating a bolt-on acquisition of a UK-based international label solution provider, which completed shortly after the principal transaction closed and was funded as part of that transaction.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is pleased to announce that capital markets and M&A lawyer Christopher W. Betts has joined the firm as a partner.

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Alpha Investment Partners Limited, a real estate investment advisory firm headquartered in Singapore and managing various real estate funds across Asia, in the completion of the sale of Shama Serviced Apartments Causeway Bay at No.8 Russell Street, Hong Kong by its subsidiary, Pogain Limited, to Panasia International Limited.