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International law firms CMS Cameron McKenna and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have announced the biggest cross-border M&A transaction of 2011.

A summary of the latest deals and legal advisor information collected by ALB this week.

Indonesian firm Melli Darsa & Co and US firm Jones Day have teamed up to advise PT Bukit Maknur Mandiri (BUMA), one of Indonesia’s largest coal mining contractors, on its US$320m tender offer.

Following the Nasdaq listing of China-based online retailer Mecox Lane in late October, Dangdang , the top-ranked Chinese online book retailer, has recently launched its US$312m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Midas, a leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products, is the first Singapore-listed company to take advantage of an additional channel for capital-raising in Hong Kong. Earlier this year, changes to the HKSE listing rules saw a relaxation of criteria for companies to secondary list on the HKSE – in particular companies from the mining and petroleum sector – an option that few companies have exercised thus far.

The surge in the Hong Kong capital markets continues with the US$320m initial public listing of Shanghai-based children’s product manufacturer, Boshiwa International, on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock exchange.

奥睿，海问以及Conyers Dill & Pearman联手为中国最大的儿童用品企业博士蛙国际的香港上市项目提供法律服务。

The QR National initial public offer will see Allens Arthur Robinson walk away with a healthy pay check of A$4.8m, reports Fairfax Media.

China has become Hong Kong's greatest competitor for the lucrative market IPO. Will domestic boards take the lead this year?

King & Wood, Baker & McKenzie, Grandall and Freshfields have recently advised on Bank of Communications’ whopping US$4.9bn rights issuance.

交通银行近日确定了再融资方案，通过A股和H股配股发行计划筹资331亿元。 交行聘请了金杜和贝克·麦坚时作为发行人法律顾问，而国浩与富而德则担任承销商法律顾问。

Commerce & Finance and O'Melveny & Myers along with co-counsel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, have recently acted for WuXi PharmaTech in its proposed sale to Charles River Laboratories International.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.近日与WuXi PharmaTech Inc.签署一项最终协议，将以现金与股票方式合并，交易金额约为16亿美元。

Leading firms Fangda and Jun He recently completed more work in the increasingly lucrative renewable energy sector. This time the firms advised Changzhou-based Trina Solar on its US$184m follow-on offering of ADS on the New York Stock Exchange.

天合光能近日在纽约证交所公开发行790万股美国存托股票(ADS)，融资额达1亿8千万美元。国内领先律所方达和君合参与了此次融资交易。

Winston & Strawn advised Duoyuan Global Water on its recent US$105m follow-on offering

多元环球水务近期增发3,545,000份美国存托股份，相当于7,090,000股普通股，筹得1.15億美元。

Boss & Young has appointed Hubert Tse, former head of international business at Shanghai firm Yuan Tai, as a partner.

Herbert Smith has launched a new private client practice in Hong Kong targeting the growing wealth management industry in the Asian region.

The lawyers of King & Wood received an early Christmas present when long-time client China Pacific Insurance (CPIC), a leading composite insurance group in the PRC, made its debut on the HKSE on 23 December following a long period of preparation.