Moray & Agnew has bolstered its professional indemnity and directors and officers practice with the appointment of Peter Tredinnick as a partner in its Sydney office (more…)
We are pleased to announce that the law firms of Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. and Kitahama Partners have entered into an international cooperative and collaborative relationship, which will provide each firm’s clients highly responsive referrals and outstanding legal services in the United States and Japan (more…)
Davis Polk advised Valeo in connection with Valeo’s agreement with RHJ International SA and Nissan to acquire Niles, a Japanese automotive supplier. This acquisition, valued at €320 million, will enable Valeo to strengthen its position with Japanese automakers, particularly Nissan, in Asia (Japan, China and Thailand), and become a world leader in the automotive Human Machine Interface (HMI) market (more…)
King & Wood announces recruitment of senior PRC litigator, Renee Gu. Ms. Gu, with over 20 years of China dispute resolution experience “has the rare combination of International and ‘PRC Bench’ experience”, states leading HK partner, Rupert Li, as she was a Shanghai Higher People’s Court judge for seven years before entering into private practice at the Hong Kong offices of Jones Day, Herbert Smith and Coudert Brothers (more…)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in association with LVN & Associates (LVN) has advised Thang Long Thermoelectric JSC (Thang Long) as investor and sole developer on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract worth US$645 million with Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power Co., Ltd. (Kaidi) (more…)
Gilbert + Tobin announced today it has advised The Carlyle Group, as part of a consortium, on its acquisition of Redflex Holdings Limited, a global traffic safety company, by Scheme of Arrangement. The consortium, comprising The Carlyle Group and Macquarie Group, will purchase all of the ordinary shares in Redflex for A$2.70 per cash share, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. The deal values Redflex at $340 million (more…)
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced the appointment of Niping Wu to the role of International Counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. Her appointment reflects the firm’s continued commitment to the development of its business in Asia. Ms. Wu’s arrival coincides with recognition of Debevoise by Finance Asia for the firm’s role as counsel to American International Group (AIG) and AIA Group in connection with AIA’s initial public offering. The transaction is the largest IPO in Hong Kong’s history and the world’s largest IPO in the insurance sector (more…)
The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP advised Dubai based UACC on the acquisition, financing and chartering (with purchase option) of two 73,000 dwt vessels. The acquisition of the long‐range (LR) products tankers, doubled its fleet size in that segmen (more…)
John Tuck has joined Corrs as a partner in its Melbourne office. The appointment reinforces Corrs’ commitment to maintaining a market-leading national workplace relations practice (more…)
Trelleborg has acquired an operation in Xingtai (Hebei) to facilitate the Group’s expansion in the Chinese market for specialty tires, primarily agricultural tires. The facility was acquired from a Chinese company, part of the US Group Main Industrial Tire LLC. Through this acquisition, Trelleborg will also take over approximately 180 employees and become the first manufacturer of agricultural tires from the West to have its own production in China (more…)
Baker & McKenzie has advised Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) on the sale of its stake in Seven Media Group (SMG) to West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited for A$4.085 billion. The transaction was announced on 21 February 2011 (more…)
DLA Piper’s Asia capital markets team in the region has advised on a significant number of IPOs and other public offerings in 2010. The team successfully completed more than 30 major deals for companies and investment banks across various sectors and geographies, including listings on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), bringing Chinese companies for listings on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq as well as advised on numerous India global equity offerings (more…)
