Mayer Brown JSM announced today that it advised MIE Holdings Corporation (MIE) on the US$100 million acquisition of Sino Gas & Energy Limited (Sino Gas). MIE is listed in Hong Kong specialising in oil and gas exploration, development and production. Sino Gas is an Australian company focused on the exploration and development of unconventional gas assets in the Ordos Basin in the northern province of Shanxi.

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Mayer Brown JSM is pleased to announce that it has advised Hanergy Holding Group Limited (Hanergy), the largest privately-owned clean-energy developer in China on its acquisition of Solibro, a manufacturer of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) co-evaporation technology and thin-film unit of insolvent German solar group Q-Cells SE (QCE).

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Huadian Fuxin Energy Corporation on its issuance of 1.5 billion H shares at HK$1.65 (US$0.21) each. The IPO raised approximately HK$2.48 billion (US$319 million). CITIC Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UBS and CLSA acted as joint global bookrunners.

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Linklaters has advised China Development Bank on its EUR350 million project financing of a 300MW mine mouth coal fired power plant in Stanari, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first ever project financing led by a Chinese bank in Europe, this transaction is also one of the largest independent power projects in the region and the first large scale power project to be constructed by Chinese contractors in Europe.

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A team from the Beijing and London offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Group has advised trading and investment group Energy Financing Team (EFT) on the project financing of a €550 million, 300MW thermal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Herbert Smith has recently advised Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) on its issuance of RMB2 billion (US$318 million) bonds. This transaction follows China Eximbank’s successful offering of two- and three-year bonds in March with a total size of RMB4 billion, on which Herbert Smith also acted.

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Asia’s powerhouse law firm, King & Wood Mallesons, has announced the recruitment of three senior lawyers to its Beijing office. The hires reinforce the firm’s Energy & Resources capability, a pillar of the strategy that underpinned the recent combination of the leading firms in China and Australia earlier this year.

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KazMunaiGas, Kazakhstan’s state oil and gas company, secured a $1.13 billion Chinese loan on Wednesday to complete an upgrade that will enable its Atyrau oil refinery to produce cleaner fuels. Morgan Lewis advised KazMunaiGas on the transaction.

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Morgan Lewis today announced that it will expand in China with the addition of Ingrid Zhu-Clark—a well-respected energy transactions practitioner and former office managing partner at two international firms—who will join the firm as a partner in its Business and Finance practice, resident in Beijing. Along with Lucas S. Chang, Ph.D., senior partner of the firm’s Greater China practice, Zhu-Clark will be a Co-Managing Partner of the Beijing Office. The firm’s planned growth in Beijing comes on the heels of announcements that the firm has drawn dozens of attorneys internationally in recent weeks, including a significant expansion in London, a litigation team in Paris, and corporate and energy lawyers who practice in Russia and Kazakhstan.

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International law firm Morgan Lewis has widened its scope in China by hiring Ingrid Zhu-Clark for a Beijing legal job, according to a press release.

Formerly the office managing partner at two other international law firms, Zhu-Clark joins the firm as a partner in the business and finance practice. She will be co-managing partner of the office in Beijing, one of several recent legal recruitments at the firm during the past few weeks.

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