Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have bagged lead roles advising on the largest-ever Chinese high-yield bond offering for a private company.

Herbert Smith advised underwriters Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as joint lead managers on the $600m (£303m) high-yield bond offering by Chinese leading real estate developer, Shimao Property Holdings, which closed last month (29 November).

The Singapore-listed bonds, which were split between a fixed-income and shorterdated floating rate tranche, were also sold to US institutional investors through a Rule 144A offering.