Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

• BEST going-private transaction
• Hollysys Automation $1.66 billion acquisition by Ascendent Capital Partners
• UP Fintech on its $65 million convertible notes private placement
• The buyer group on its going-private transaction of China Distance Education
• Megvii Technology on its pre-IPO financing
• Vanke Services on the formation of a joint venture with Cushman & Wakefield
• Tongcheng on its combination with E-dragon
• China Vanke on its participation in the $11.6 billion acquisition of Global Logistics Properties
• China Lodging Group on its $531 million acquisition of Crystal Orange Hotel
• iQiyi on its $1.53 billion convertible notes financing
• Kong Zhong going-private transaction
• IDG Capital, together with China Oceanwide, on its acquisition of International Data Group
• Tencent on its acquisition of a majority of shares of China Music Corporation and the combination of QQ Music and China Music Corporation
• IDG Capital on its investment in DMALL
• UCAR Technology on its $550 million Series B equity financing
• Temasek on its $100 million minority investment in 21Vianet
• iQiyi on its issuance of $400 million Series F preferred shares to Baidu and Xiaomi
• Shanda Investment on the sale of shares in Cloudary Corporation to a buyer consortium
• Warburg Pincus on its strategic partnership with Baosteel Gases
• Tencent on its strategic partnership with and investment in 58.com
• Shanda Games reorganization and business separation from Shanda Interactive
• Cloudary Corporation on its $110 million private placement to Goldman Sachs and Temasek
• CNOOC on its acquisition of Nexen
• Baidu on its acquisition of an Internet company
• CITIC Private Equity on its acquisition of a minority interest in a digital security company
• iKang on its issuance of $100 million Series F preferred shares to Goldman Sachs and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
• iSoftStone going-private transaction
• Temasek on its investment in 58.com
• Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of an insurance agency company
• Warburg Pincus, IDG Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners and Shanda Capital in various private equity investments

Capital Markets

• Tongcheng-Elong $180 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
• Puxin $140.8 million initial public offering and NYSE listing
• CNOOC:
  • $3.8 billion SEC-registered debt offering (in 2015)
  • $4 billion SEC-registered debt offering (in 2013)
  • $2 billion global debt offering (in 2012)