Davis Polk is advising CNOOC Limited on its approximately $15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, will be completed by way of scheme of arrangement and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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The London, Beijing and Sydney offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Group have advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) on their US$85 million debt financing of Mongolia’s first renewable energy independent power project. The project reached financial close on 17 July 2012.

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SNR Denton announced today that Sarah Zeng has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Beijing office.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Company, Limited, (Yitai Coal) on its issuance of 161,465,100 H shares at US$5.54 (HK$43.00) each raising approximately US$861.2 million (HK$6.679 billion). China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, BOCI Asia Limited, ICBC International Capital Limited, Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch Far East, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited and Macquarie Capital Securities Limited acted as underwriters.

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Mayer Brown JSM announced the expansion of its Corporate practice in Mainland China with the addition of Henry Wang and Billy Au. Their arrival will further expand the firm’s capability in the areas of mergers and acquisitions as well as public and private offerings of equity and debt securities.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has boosted its China Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of new partner Tao Lan in Beijing. Tao’s practice supports the Firm’s strategic goals of strengthening its Global M&A Practice and increasing its capabilities in China. He joins the Firm from Dewey & LeBoeuf in Beijing, and he was previously a partner at King & Wood.

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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Roger C. Peng has joined the firm as a partner in its Beijing, China, office. Peng was most recently a partner in the Beijing office of Paul Hastings, prior to which he served as managing partner of Hogan & Hartson’s (now Hogan Lovells) Beijing office.

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International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Beijing Jangho Curtain Wall Co., Ltd. (Beijing Jangho) on its acquisition of an 85% stake in Sundart Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Sundart International Holdings Limited (Sundart International), for HK$493 million (£40 million).

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised China Aluminum International Engineering Corporation Limited (Chalieco) on its IPO which listed today. The company issued 363,160,000 H shares at HK$3.93 (US$0.51) each. The IPO raised approximately HK$1.427 billion (US$184 million). China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited and GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Limited acted as joint bookrunners.

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Troutman Sanders LLP today announced the opening of an office in Beijing, the law firm’s third office in China since it entered the world’s most populous nation in 1997.

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