DLA Phillips Fox has committed to work with Reconciliation Australia and to join other businesses, including clients and others in the legal fraternity, in developing a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
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Orrick Advises SemiLEDs on US$102 Million Nasdaq IPO
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised SemiLEDs Corporation (Nasdaq:LEDS) on a US$102 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
Read moreOrrick Advises Posco on the Acquisition of Japanese Waste Heat Recovery Company Xenesys
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised Posco, the leading South Korea steelmaker, in its acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Xenesys Inc., a Japanese company specializing in the ocean power generation technology
Read moreBe Careful With Cold-Callers
Robert here. If you are a transactional associate at a top US firm and your name happens to be of Asian origin, especially of Chinese background, then you are probably receiving multiple cold calls per
Read moreO’Melveny Represents Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley in US$312.8 Million IPO of E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as joint bookrunners, and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co., and Cowen and Company, LLC as
Read moreWeil Advises New Private Equity Client Unitas on Hyva Acquisition
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented new private equity client Unitas Capital, a leading Asia-based private equity house, in its €525 million cross-border acquisition of Hyva Holdings B.V., the market leader in hydraulic
Read moreG+T Successfully Advises on Global Alliances Between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways
Gilbert + Tobin represented Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand in relation to the Australian competition aspects of their Trans-tasman alliance
Read moreHerbert Smith Advises Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank on its US$1.35 Billion IPO
Herbert Smith has advised Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank (CRCB) on both the Hong Kong and US law aspects of its HK$10.5 billion (US$1.35 billion) Hong Kong public offering and Rule 144A / Regulation S international
Read moreMallesons Landmark Win – High Court Protects the Right to Vote
The High Court has handed down its reasons for an August ruling that enabled almost 100,000 additional Australians to vote in this year’s federal election. Rowe v Electoral Commissioner was signed off yesterday as a
Read morePaul Hastings Advises Vancl in US$100 Million Fundraising
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised Vancl.com (Vancl), China’s largest online clothing retailer, in its US$100 million equity financing from a consortium of investors
Read moreAllens Advises Cargill on Grain Business Acquisition
Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) has advised leading grain handler and trader Cargill Australia on its strategic acquisition of grain trading assets and infrastructure from Canadian fertiliser and rural services provider Agrium Inc
Read moreWFW advises lenders on US$78 million financing to 2 companies Established under the Korean “Lets Together Shipping Fund” Structure
The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) advised Credit Agricole Asia Shipfinance Limited, the agent for Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as senior lender, and The Korea Development Bank, as junior
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