China/Hong Kong
Linklaters and Davis Polk & Wardwell had the lead roles on the establishment of state-run China Orient Asset Management’s $2 billion medium-term note program. The distressed debt manager will use the funds for general corporate purposes. Maples and Calder and King & Wood Mallesons advised China Orient on British Virgin Islands and Chinese law, respectively. Davis Polk Hong Kong partner Paul Chow and London partner John Paton advised underwriters BOCI Asia Ltd., Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd., Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. and Standard Chartered Bank. Jun He advised the banks on Chinese law. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton acted for Charming Light Investments Ltd., the subsidiary through which China Orient sold two tranches of bonds for the program worth $1 billion.
