Baker & McKenzie Advises China Fishery Group on its USD300 Million Notes Issue
Deal Announcement
1 August 2012
Hong Kong, China, 1 August 2012 – Baker & McKenzie’s Securities team recently advised the issuer, CFG Investment S.A.C., an indirect wholly-owned Peruvian subsidiary of China Fishery Group Limited, on its offering of 9.75% Senior Notes due 2019 in a principal amount of USD300 million. The Notes are guaranteed by China Fishery Group Limited and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Notes are listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. The Notes have been rated Ba3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., BB– by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services and BB by Fitch Ratings, Inc.
The Baker & McKenzie team was led by Hong Kong-based Securities partners Brian Spires and Christina Lee.
China Fishery is a global integrated industrial fishing company with one of the largest volumes of ocean catch fish in the industry.
The joint lead managers and bookrunners for the offering were HSBC, BofA Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank, ANZ, Jefferies, Rabo Securities and Deutsche Bank.