Conyers Dill & Pearman is providing Cayman law advice to Mr. Hongyi Zhou, chairman and chief executive officer of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. or its affiliates, Golden Brick Capital Private Equity Fund I L.P., China Renaissance Holdings Limited or its affiliates and Sequoia Capital China I, L.P. and/or its affiliates to acquire all of the outstanding Class A and Class B ordinary shares of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. not owned by them or their affiliates, including Class A ordinary shares represented by American depositary shares (the “ADSs”, each two representing three Class A ordinary shares), for $51.33 in cash per Class A or Class B ordinary share, or $77.00 in cash per ADS. The deal was announced on June 17, 2015.
David Lamb of Conyers’ Hong Kong office is advising on the $9bn deal alongside the Kirkland & Ellis team led by Hong Kong partners David Zhang and Jesse Sheley and special committee counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as its US legal counsel, led by Hong Kong partner Julie Gao and Beijing partners Peter Huang and Daniel Dusek.
