Credentials

Capital Markets

  • JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) and China International Capital Corporation as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners on the HK$9.98 billion (US$1.28 billion) global offering and Hong Kong IPO of Sinotruk (Hong Kong), one of the largest heavy truck manufacturers in mainland China
  • Goldman Sachsand Morgan Stanley as joint global coordinators and joint sponsors in relation to the HK$13.74 billion (US$1.77 billion) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of Sino-Ocean Land Holdings, one of the largest real estate companies in Beijing
  • Credit Suisseand Morgan Stanley as joint global coordinators on the HK$3.2 billion (US$410 million) offering of Honghua Group, the second largest land rig manufacturer in the world and the largest in China, in a Hong Kong IPO and a Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering
  • Morgan Stanleyas the sole global co-ordinator and sponsor on the HK$3.64 billion (US$466 million) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of ANTA Sports Products, a leading Chinese footwear manufacturer
  • Goldman Sachs (Asia)as sole global co-ordinator and sponsor on the HK$1.62 billion (US$208 million) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering of Delta Networks, a Taiwan-based original design manufacturer of networking products
  • Fosun International, one of China's largest privately owned conglomerates, on the HK$13.27 billion (US$1.7 billion) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Reg S international offering, one of the largest IPOs in Hong Kong in 2007. Morgan Stanley, UBS and China International Capital Corporation were joint bookrunners and lead managers for the offering
  • Merrill Lynch and Macquarie Bank as joint lead managers on the US$169.8 million convertible bond offering by Thai-listed Thoresen Thai Agencies, the second-largest integrated shipping company in Thailand

M&A

  • Smart Triumph Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pioneer Iron & Steel Group, in relation to the voluntary conditional offer and the related acquisition financing facility by an external bridging loan, a mezzanine facility and a loan from their ultimate shareholder, for the entire issued share capital of China Oriental Group Company, a steel manufacturing company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • SAIF Partners,Hony Capital (a subsidiary of Legend Holdings) and IDG Technology Venture Partners on the HK$2.7 billion (US$350 million) management buyout and mandatory takeover offer for Digital China Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed IT services company based in mainland China. This was one of the largest management buyouts in the PRC IT sector
  • Blackstone on Hong Kong aspects of the US$26 billion acquisition of the Hilton Hotels Corporation

Private Equity

  • Goldman Sachs (Asia) in relation to their investment in Guangdong Weihua Corporation, a leading Chinese fibre board and forestry manufacturer
  • Goldman Sachs ASSG in relation to the US$80 million preferred stock financing of Yuema International, an industrial paper manufacturer based in the PRC. Yuema is a subsidiary of Long Chen Paper, a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and one of the leading paper manufacturers in Taiwan 

Investment funds

  • the Hong Kong subsidiaries of a leading PRC domestic bank on their corporate restructuring and on Hong Kong licensing and other securities regulatory issues
  • the fund distribution arm of Hong Kong's largest independent financial adviser in its successful application for a dealing licence, and related securities regulatory advice

Energy

  • a confidential company on a multi billion dollar project in the Middle East including gas purchase, tolling and project development agreements for a gas gathering and liquefaction project
  • China Development Bank on the project financing of a US$1.34 billion iron ore mining project in Western Australia
  • BP in relation to the US$2 billion refinancing of SECCO, a petrochemical joint venture business in China between BP, Sinopec and Shanghai Petrochemical Company
  • Three oil and gas companies in relation to the preparation of a gas lifting and balancing agreement in respect of a gas project in India

Contentious

  • defending a prominent HK and Macau businessman in a minority shareholders' petition brought by his sister pursuant to s.168A of the Companies Ordinance. The petition was issued against a listed company in Hong Kong, our client and two other individuals of the company, alleging that the company should commence legal proceedings for the recovery of dividends which were allegedly underpaid by a Macau entity, and against (inter alia) our client for breach of duties
  • acting for Yahoo! Hong Kong and Yahoo! Inc. as interested parties in an appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board brought by the family of Shi Tao (a journalist who was imprisoned in the PRC) against a decision of the Hong Kong Commissioner for Data Privacy
  • a leading local law firm in Hong Kong on the defence of a major IP-related professional negligence claim
  • a senior civil servant in respect of disciplinary proceedings brought by the Civil Service Bureau in Hong Kong
  • two individuals in relation to an insider trading investigation in New York

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