DLA Piper continues to strengthen its capabilities in Asia with the recent appointments of partner, Matthew Glynn, as Head of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) Group in Asia and Paul Lee as a partner and Head of its Finance and Projects Group in Hong Kong (more…)
Announced on August 27, Tencent Holdings, one of the leading Internet companies in China, has agreed to acquire 2,496 shares of Mweb Holdings Limited (Sanook), a portfolio company of Paul, Weiss client MIH Asia Limited (more…)
Shearman & Sterling has represented Aditya Birla in the restructuring of its cement business. The restructuring, which was completed on August 26 , took place in two phases (more…)
Norton Rose Group has advised Singapore SportsHub Consortium on the financial close of the largest sports facilities infrastructure PPP project in the world. The project will be Singapore’s and the region’s premier sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub. Financial close was reached on 25 August 2010 and the project is due for completion in April 2014 (more…)
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Salans has advised UFG Real Estate on its acquisition of a 5,078 sq.m. office centre in Moscow located at 32-1 Bakhrushina Street, across the Garden Ring from the Paveletskij Railway Station (more…)
DLA Piper today announced it has advised the Chairman of Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (Solarfun), Mr Yonghua Lu, in connection with several related agreements that will result in a change of control of Solarfun, a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, and wafers and photovoltaic cells and modules in China, with American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) listed on Nasdaq (more…)
Shearman & Sterling is representing Norwest Venture Partners and The Xander Group Inc. in their proposed acquisition of an interest in Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited for Rs. 4 billion (or approximately US$86 million) (more…)
Baker & McKenzie is acting for ASX-listed Centrepoint Alliance Limited (ASX: CAF) on its merger by way of scheme of arrangement with Professional Investment Holdings, the owner of Professional Investment Services, a leading independently owned network of financial advisers and accountants (more…)
Global law firm White & Case LLP advised China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) on two loans, together valued at over US$20 billion, to Venezuela’s Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Venezuela (BANDES). The financing, which signed 23 August 2010, is one of the largest that CDB has extended to any one country (more…)
Herbert Smith has advised the Dubai-based Millennium Private Equity on the first Sukuk financing for a UK corporate. In an evolution for the Sukuk markets, Millennium Private Equity has used the Sukuk as a tool to implement a private equity investment in International Innovative Technologies (IIT), a manufacturer of industrial milling machines in North East England (more…)
Paul, Weiss client Agrium Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with AWB Limited, Australia’s largest wheat exporter, to acquire all shares of AWB at a price of A$1.50 per share (more…)
