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The Firm recently won four Deal of the Year awards at FinanceAsia's 2013 Achievement Awards.  The Firm received Best China Deal and Best Cross Border M&A Deal for advising Smithfield Foods in connection with its $7.1 billion strategic combination with Shuanghui International.  This transaction represents the largest Chinese takeover of a U.S. public company. For more information on this transaction, please click here.

The Firm was also awarded Best Korea Deal of the Year for its representation of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Goldman Sachs International, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, The Korea Development Bank and Woori Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., as underwriters, in connection with The Republic of Korea’s US$1 billion takedown offering of 3.875% Notes due 2023 under its shelf registration program on Schedule B registered with the U.S. SEC. For more information on this transaction, please click here.

In addition, Simpson Thacher won Best Vietnam Deal for its representation of Vingroup Joint Stock Company, Vietnam’s largest private-sector real estate operator, in connection with a Warburg Pincus consortium’s $200 million investment in Vincom Retail, a subsidiary of Vingroup. FinanceAsia noted that this deal was “the largest initial investment to date in a Vietnamese company by a global private equity firm.” For more information on this transaction, please click here.