Jon Christianson:
CLASS OF 1976
Burley High SchoolClass of 1976
Burley, ID
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Jon Christianson concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, investments financing transactions and general corporate work.
M&A and Investment transactions (selected):
Mr. Christianson recently represented ChinaÂs state investment company in its US$3 billion pre-IPO acquisition of an interest in the Blackstone Group. He also represented China CITIC Bank (China) in its US$629 million sale of a 5 percent stake to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., a bank in Spain. He represented Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. and Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd. in their US$2.5 billion acquisition of an approximately 28 percent stake in S-Oil Corporation, the third-largest oil refinery in South Korea. He also represented ChinaRen.com in connection with its acquisition by Sohu.com; Sanyo Shokuhin K.K. in its acquisition of Tsingyi Noodles, the largest instant noodle manufacturer in the PRC; Huaneng Power International, Inc. (Huaneng) in its approximately US$700 million merger and U.S. 13e-3 going-private transaction with Shandong Huaneng Power Development Co. Ltd., the first merger by two NYSE-listed Chinese companies; China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) in its approximately US$1.1 billion acquisition of Sinopec National Star Petroleum Company; China National Chemical Corporation in its acquisition of Qenos Holdings Pty. Ltd., a producer of plastics in Australia; Sinopec in its US$493 million U.S. 13e-3 going-private acquisition of Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical Company Limited; and Sina Corporation in its defence of a possible hostile takeover by Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited.
Mr. Christianson has also represented a broad range of venture capital, private equity and hedge fund clients, including Blue Ridge China Partners, Pacven Walden Ventures, Merrill Lynch, Intel Capital, a Singaporean government-owned fund, TPG Newbridge, Colony Capital and others, in various proposed or completed investments in Asia in a wide range of industries, including insurance, re-insurance, b...Expand for more
anking, internet, media, software development, retailing, oil and gas, petrochemicals, advertising and manufacturing.
Initial Public Offering (selected):
Mr. Christianson has represented issuers and U.S. underwriters on numerous initial public offerings, including the following: China Construction Bank Corporation in its US$9.2 billion IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (ÂHKSEÂ)  this was the largest IPO in the world in 2005 and was selected as ÂEquity Deal of the Year by IFR Asia magazine (December 17, 2005), as Â2005 Deal of the Year, ÂBest Equity Deal, ÂBest IPO and ÂBest Privatization by FinanceAsia magazine (December 19, 2005), and as one of Asian-Counsel magazineÂs Â2005 Deals of the Year (February/March 2006); China CITIC Bank Corp. in its US$5.9 billion dual-listed initial public offering, the worldÂs largest IPO to date in 2007, which consisted of an offering of 5.6 billion H shares valued at US$4.2 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a Rule 144A/Regulation S placement, and an offering of 2.3 billion A shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange valued at US$1.7 billion; eLong, Inc. in its 2004 US$62 million U.S.-registered public offering and NASDAQ listing; China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited in its 2004 US$1.3 billion initial public offering and dual listing on the New York Stock Exchange (ÂNYSEÂ) and HKSE; the underwriters in the 2004 US$1.8 billion initial public offering and dual listing of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on the NYSE and HKSE, the largest-ever private company IPO from China; the underwriters in the 1995 privatization and US$1.7 billion IPO of IndonesiaÂs telephone company, P.T. Telkom, one of the first privatizations in Indonesia, which was listed on the NYSE, the London Stock Exchange and the Jakarta Stock Exchange and was concurrently publicly offered in Japan; Huaneng, in its US$625 million restructuring and U.S.-registered IPO and listing on the NYSE; the un
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