Evan here. As we have been predicted would happen in past posts, a sizzling biglaw US associate lateral hiring boom has arrived in Hong Kong / China for the first quarter ’11. We expect this hiring boom to continue until spring, with hiring being steady afterwards but dropping to more normal levels. A “perfect storm” [...]
In a deal valued at up to US$175 million, Stamford Law is representing Indonesia’s Affinity Group in its proposed acquisition by Singapore mobile Internet company, Spice i2i Ltd (“Spice”) (more…)
Ropes & Gray today announced that Geoffrey Chan is joining the global law firm’s private investment funds group as a partner, a move that bolsters the firm’s services to investment funds at a time of accelerated activity in China’s booming economy (more…)
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited on its agreement with Telefónica to enhance their existing strategic alliance entered into on 23 January 2010 (more…)
Morrison & Foerster is representing Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (Kirin) (TYO:2503), a leading Japanese company in the global food and beverage market, in a strategic joint venture with China Resources Enterprise (CRE) (HKG:0291), a Hong Kong-based consumer goods company operating in the retail, beer, food and beverage markets throughout China. The joint venture will manufacture and distribute non-alcoholic beverages throughout China (more…)
Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriters, led by Nomura Securities International, Inc., in an offering of $1.25 billion 4.125% Medium-Term Notes, Series A due 2016 of Nomura Holdings, Inc (more…)
The Tokyo office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett recently represented the underwriters, led by Goldman Sachs International, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in an offering of $650 million 1.950% Senior Bonds due 2014 and $850 million 3.100% Senior Bonds due 2016 of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“SMBC”) (more…)
Herbert Smith has advised CNOOC Limited (“CNOOC”) on the US$2 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of the senior unsecured fixed rate notes by a subsidiary of CNOOC (more…)
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Shui On Development (Holding) Limited, one of China’s leading property developers on the issue of RMB3.5 billion (US$531 million) of four-year RMB denominated US$ settled senior notes (more…)
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) today announced that two of the Gulf’s most highly regarded real estate lawyers are joining its growing Abu Dhabi-based Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office, further enhancing the office’s distinctive focus on the built environment (more…)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising UK company Norimet and its Russian parent company MMC Norilsk Nickel, one of the largest global mining companies and the world’s largest producer of nickel, on the tax and legal aspects of the US$970 million sale of its entire stake in Stillwater Mining Company (more…)
International law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, represented long-standing client General Electric Co. (GE) on GE Aviation’s strategic joint venture with Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) to develop and market a new generation of avionics systems for the civil aviation market (more…)
