Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Macquarie Capital Securities Limited and ICBC International Capital Limited in relation to their role as the joint sponsors of Kangda International Environmental Company Limited’s (“Kangda”) HK$1.4 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Kangda is a leading wastewater treatment service provider in the People’s Republic of China. The company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 4 July 2014.

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Deacons advises Broad Greenstate International Company Limited (Broad Greenstate), the second landscape architecture service provider seeking a Main Board listing in Hong Kong. Broad Greenstate’s Main Board IPO is expected to raise up to approximately HK$436.5 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option) for Broad Greenstate and the selling shareholders.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited (“Sino-Ocean Land”), one of the largest real estate companies in China, whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on a 3-year multi-currency term loan facility in the principal amount of approximately US$800 million-equivalent, with US dollar and HK dollar tranches.
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Appleby acted as Cayman counsel for Cosmo Lady (China) Holdings Limited (Cosmo Lady) in relation to its listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 26 June, with gross proceeds of approximately HK$1.56 billion. Cosmo Lady will use the majority of the net proceeds from the global offering for expansion of its retail network, as well as establishment of three logistics centers in Dongguan, Tianjin and Chongqing in China.

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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Blumental has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department.

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The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised Haichang Holdings Ltd. (“Haichang”) in the approximately US$316 million global offering and initial public offering of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – the first global offering by a theme park operator in Hong Kong.

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the sole sponsor on the secondary listing of Hong Kong depositary receipts (HDRs) of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (Fast Retailing) by way of introduction on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which took place today.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China Metal Resources Utilization Limited on a HK$698.8 million Hong Kong initial public offering.

Herbert Smith Freehills represented China Metal Resources Utilization Limited (“CMRU”) on its HK$698.8 million Hong Kong public offering and Regulation S global offering. The issuer’s Hong Kong public offering was very significantly over-subscribed by 17.92 times.  The issuer’s shares commenced trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 February 2014.

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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Howard Lam has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Finance Department. Lam’s practice focuses on banking, cross-border debt restructuring and insolvency work, and complex financing transactions. Lam has advised banks, private equity funds and corporates in Hong Kong and mainland China on high profile financings and restructurings across Asia and Europe.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Nomura, Bank of Taiwan, Cathay United Bank, Co., Ltd., ICBC International Capital Limited and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad as mandated lead arrangers in the US$330 million term loan facility for AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.’s (“AsiaInfo “) US$890 million going-private transaction managed by a consortium led by Chinese private equity company CITIC Capital Partners (“CITIC”). AsiaInfo is China’s leading provider of telecommunication software solutions.

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