Allens has advised APA Group, Australia's largest natural gas infrastructure business, on its US$5 billion (approximately A$6.05 billion) purchase of the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) pipeline from the BG Group.

The firm also advised APA on its A$1.8 billion capital raising to partly fund the acquisition.

The 543km pipeline links gas fields in the Surat Basin to the QCLNG LNG plant at Gladstone.

The Allens team was led by Guy Alexander and Kate Towey.

Slaughter and May is advising Carillion plc (Carillion) on its offering of £170 million of convertible bonds due December 2019 (the Bonds).

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the underwriters on the US$1.17bn rights issue of PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited (PICC P&C).

PICC P&C, the Chinese state-controlled and China’s leading non-life insurer, has issued around 397.8m H-shares at HK$7.46 per share and 844.6m domestic shares at RMB5.92 per share. PICC P&C has raised a total of RMB7.24bn (US$1.17bn) from the rights issue.

Freshfields advised the underwriters, CICC, HSBC and Goldman Sachs, on the Hong Kong and US law aspects of the transaction.

Shearman & Sterling advised Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) as selling shareholder in connection with the sale of 4,210,823 ordinary shares of Euronext N.V. ("Euronext") for gross proceeds of approximately €96.8 million, representing approximately 6.02% of Euronext’s share capital and ICE’s final exit from Euronext following Euronext’s initial public offering in June 2014.

AllBright’s client, Ningbo Orient Cable Co., Ltd. began its trading on the main board of Shanghai Stock Exchange. Stock code: 603606.

Orient Cable is a professional provider of design, manufacturing, installation and services related to land and subsea cables. Orient Cable’s products are used by leading global energy companies and subsea service providers in harsh environments. Orient Cable is most known for its competitiveness in the subsea cable market.

Youyou Food Co., Ltd. (“Youyou Food”, stock code: 831377) has successfully listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (“NEEQ”) system. The company was advised by Shanghai-based senior partner Fan Xingcheng and paralegal Wei Weiqiang and Chongqing-based associate Yan Kefen.

Shanghai Gehope Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. (Stock code: 831208) has listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations with professional legal support from AllBright.

Gehope is a high-technology company specializing in R&D, manufacturing and the sale of desulfurization and deNox equipment.

AllBright partner Shen Guoquan and associate George Wen led the team to advise the client throughout the process.

Shanghai Liyang Road Consolidation Technology Co., Ltd. (Stock code: 831140) has listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations with professional legal support from AllBright. Stock code: 831140.

Liyang Technology is a high-tech company in the construction industry. Since its establishment, Liyang Technology has been enhancing its competitiveness through technological innovation. The company has sizable market share in Shanghai and is expanding into the national road consolidation market.

Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised long standing client BTG Plc (BTG), a specialist healthcare company, on its acquisition of PneumRx Inc (PneumRx), a growing interventional pulmonology business, for an initial cash consideration of $230 million and up to $245 million in performance-related future milestone payments.

Dentons advised Feiyu Technology International Company Ltd., a developer and operator of mobile and web games in China, on its initial public offering and the related listing of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.  The offering consisted of a Hong Kong public offering and a concurrent Rule 144A/Reg S placement and raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately US$85 million, excluding the over-allotment option.  Citi and BofA Merrill Lynch acted as joint sponsors, joint global coordinators and joint book runners for the transaction.