The lateral hiring market for biglaw US attorneys has slowed down substantially in the past four months. We at Kinney have been fortunate to have continued a nice run of placements, but even our pace has slowed due to market conditions. We have made 62 placements of US associates and counsels at law firms in [...]
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has advised Russia’s United TV (UTH) media company on the agreement of a joint venture with The Walt Disney Co to create a Disney-branded Russian television channel early next year, subject to the satisfaction of contractual conditions, including certain regulatory filings (more…)
Previously at Allen & Overy, Tarek has joined the firm as counsel based in Dubai. He brings significant experience of advising both banks and companies on Islamic finance as well as conventional finance transactions (more…)
Corrs has further boosted its major projects and energy & resources capability with the appointment of Andrew Chew as a partner in its Sydney Construction group (more…)
Clayton Utz has advised long-standing client Transpacific Industries Group Limited (TPI) in connection with its proposed equity capital raising of approximately A$309 million and new A$1.525 billion debt facility, announced to the market yesterday (more…)
I learned the hard way on an early trip to Hong Kong that spending a week or two in the terriory roaming on a US mobile phone can get expensive quickly. Fortunately, there are several solutions, and probably many more I have yet to discover. Here are my favorites. 1. The first solution is by [...]
As part of its Middle East practice, Pillsbury is opening a new law office in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to better serve its clients’ interests in the region and throughout the world. The move expands Pillsbury’s global reach and capabilities in areas such as energy, infrastructure development, finance and international arbitration and dispute resolution. Pillsbury has selected a LEED-gold-certified office tower in Abu Dhabi’s Sowwah Square, a newly-developed island in Abu Dhabi’s financial center, as its newest international address. (more…)
Clifford Chance and Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm have advised the financiers on Phase II of the financing of a US$10.8 billion integrated aluminium complex and related infrastructure, sponsored by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa Inc. Phase II involved the financing of a bauxite mine to be developed at Al Ba’itha in Saudi Arabia and an associated alumina refinery, with the combined cost of development being US$3.58 billion (more…)
Dewey & LeBoeuf is pleased to announce that Carter Brod has joined the firm as a partner in the Moscow office. Mr. Brod joins the firm from White & Case and will head the Russian Capital Markets practice (more…)
Drew & Napier LLC has acted for Lonza Group Ltd (“Lonza”), in its secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) by way of introduction. Lonza is the first SIX Swiss-listed company to list on the SGX-ST. This is the fourth secondary listing since 2010 that Drew & Napier has been mandated to advise on, making Drew & Napier a market leader in the area of secondary listings on the SGX (more…)
Mallesons Stephen Jaques has acted for Catalyst’s portfolio company Global Television (GTV), an Australian based provider of outsourced television production services, on their acquisition of Cutting Edge’s outside broadcasting business and simultaneous refinancing of GTV’s existing debt facilities (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has represented Maker Maxity in the signing of definitive agreements with MGM Hospitality, a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), for the development and operation of a Bellagio hotel, an MGM Grand hotel, and a Skylofts hotel, as part of the landmark Maker Maxity mixed-use development complex in Mumbai, India (more…)
