DLA Piper today announces the appointment of Carolyn Dong as a partner in the firm’s Greater China practice. Carolyn will join the Finance and Projects group along with a team of four other lawyers.

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Davis Polk is advising Unitas Capital Pte. Ltd. on its proposed acquisition of a majority-stake equity interest in Shenzhen ZTE NetView Technology Co., Ltd. (ZNV), an indirect subsidiary of ZTE Corporation. The definitive agreements were entered into on December 28, 2012, and the transaction is expected to close in January 2013.

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Cadwalader), a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, today announced that Rose Zhu, an established attorney with deep inroads throughout China, has joined the firm’s Corporate Group as a partner. Rose is the fourth partner to join the Firm’s Asia practice since 2012 and she will reside in the Beijing office.

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On 27 December, 2012, the leading Chinese automotive and equipment manufacturer Weichai Power Co., Ltd. (“Weichai Power”), a subsidiary of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, represented by King and Wood Mallesons has successfully completed the transaction with Kion Group (“Kion”), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial trucks and a global leader in hydraulic technology.

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A team of Loeb & Loeb LLP attorneys represented Beijing-based Fushi Copperweld, Inc., in a $366 million management buyout by its Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer and affiliated entities. Under the terms of the deal, which closed on December 27, 2012, all Fushi shareholders who were not members of the buyout group received $9.50 in cash for each share of Fushi common stock. As a result of the buyout, Fushi is now a privately-held company.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in Beijing represented China Development Bank Corporation (CDB), a joint lead arranger and senior lender, in connection with its participation in a loan of US$390 million to Sociedad Concesionaria Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional S.A. – Opain S.A. of Colombia (Opain). The total financing consisted of US$1.1 billion and was used for the expansion and redevelopment of the El Dorado international airport in Bogotá, Colombia, one of Latin America’s largest airports. Milbank in Washington, DC also represented CDB and the other participating banks, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Corporacion Andina De Fomento (CAF).

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Davis Polk advised UBS AG and Morgan Stanley & Co International plc as placing agents on the $375 million placing of H shares by China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Ltd.

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The firm is representing Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Xiabu Xiabu”) in connection with the sale of Xiabu Xiabu shares by Actis to General Atlantic.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the underwriters UBS, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank on Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Company Limited’s IPO. The company sold 221,122,000 H shares at HK$10.38 each raising approximately US$296 million (HK$ 2.295 billion).

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Simpson Thacher is representing Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co., Ltd. in connection with its US$75 million acquisition of 70% equity interest in HBA International, a world leader in interior design services for the hospitality industry. The transaction is expected to close by the end of this year, subject to Chinese regulatory approvals.

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