S. Eric Wang

M&A

• American International Group, Inc. on its sale of United Guaranty Corporation to Arch Capital Group Ltd.
• BP in its agreement with Bridas Corporation to form a new integrated energy company, Pan American Energy Group, by combining their interests in the oil and gas producer Pan American Energy and the refiner and marketer Axion Energy
• Concho Resources in its $9.5 billion acquisition of RSP Permian
• Goldman Sachs in the sale and purchase agreement, along with its affiliates, for 64% of the shares in Rothesay Holdco UK Limited; on its investment in the Hastings Insurance Group; on its £2 billion joint venture with the Wellcome Trust and Greystar to form a new student accommodation company; and its acquisition of Continental Bakeries from NPM Capital
• Rhône Capital in connection with its affiliated investment entities’ $560 million all cash acquisition of Fogo de Chão; in its acquisition of Zodiac Pool for $1.2 billion; its 45% and 29% increases in ownership of Garda World Security Corporation; and on its acquisition of GK Holdings, Inc. from MidOcean Partners III, L.P., affiliates thereof, and other equity holders and option holders of GK Holdings, as well as the related financing
• Royal Philips in its $2 billion acquisition of The Spectranetics Corporation; and in its in its acquisition of Respiratory Technologies
• Tinicum Incorporated in connection with its affiliated investment funds' acquisition of Astrodyne

Capital Markets

• the underwriters in Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s SEC-registered initial public offering of $25.03 billion. This is the largest ever U.S. IPO, the largest ever IPO by a technology company, as well as the largest IPO ever globally
• Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in its pricing of $46 billion of senior, unsecured notes via an SEC-registered public offering
• Barclays on its numerous issuances of contingent capital subordinated notes
• BP Capital Markets plc/ BP p.l.c. in its offers to exchange up to $10.6 billion aggregate principal amount of new SEC-registered notes for 12 series of U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities and in its $2.0 billion SEC-registered note offering and listed on New York Stock Exchange
• ING Groep N.V. on $2.25 billion of contingent convertible capital securities, the first CRD IV-compliant AT1 security issued by a Dutch financial institution
• the underwriters on a number of high-yield notes offerings by Jaguar Land Rover
• Royal Philips on the IPO of Philips Lighting B.V.

Other Advisory Work

• Trustees in relation to U.S. federal income tax risks, inherent in situations where beneficiaries are U.S. citizens or residents
• U.S. high net worth individuals and/or their family offices in relation to the application of various tax compliance rules to complex arrangements
• Confidential clients in relation to tax reform related planning and other advice (including cross-border planning)
• several U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions with respect to FATCA compliance and due diligence, reporting and withholding rules that will be applicable to “foreign financial institutions”
• Marcobre S.A.C. (Peru) and the Project, whose sponsors are Minsur and Alxar (Copec’s mining subsidiary), on tax matters relating to the $900 million project financing for the development of the $1.77 billion Mina Justa copper project