Herbert Smith LLP announced today the recruitment of Brenda Horrigan, a highly regarded international arbitration practitioner, who will be joining the firm as a partner in its global dispute resolution practice
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Gilbert + Tobin Moves Reliance Rail PPP Back on Track
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Reliance Rail on the financial restructuring of its business. Formed in 2006 as a public private partnership with the NSW Government, the $3.6 billion PPP remains the largest in Australia’s
Read moreCovington Adds Five in Silicon Valley and China
Covington & Burling is adding a highly regarded corporate team to its Beijing and Silicon Valley offices, bolstering Covington’s global transactional capabilities in the technology and life sciences sectors
Read moreNorton Rose Advises Brookfield Rail on the Expansion of Its Mid-West Below Ground Rail Infrastructure Network
Norton Rose Australia is pleased to announce that client, Brookfield Rail, has completed its US$882 million combined project and corporate financing, to be used to fund the expansion of its Mid-West below ground rail infrastructure
Read moreSimpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Offering of US$300 Million Principal Amount of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds by Pegatron Corporation
The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citibank Global Markets Limited and DBS Bank Limited, in the offering of US$300 million principal amount of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds (the “Bonds”)
Read moreHogan Lovells Advises Goldman Sachs on 4.8% Investment in Trade & Development Bank of Mongolia LLC
Hogan Lovells has advised Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on the Mongolian aspects of their purchase of a 4.8% equity stake in the Trade & Development Bank of Mongolia LLC
Read moreMelody He-Chen Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong Corporate Group
Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Melody He-Chen, a leading corporate lawyer with broad experience in capital markets, securities regulation and corporate finance, has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner
Read moreProminent International Corporate Finance Attorney Andrei Yakovlev Joins Winston & Strawn’s Corporate Practice in Moscow and London
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that its Moscow and London offices have been significantly strengthened with the addition of internationally prominent corporate finance attorney Andrei Yakovlev
Read moreEversheds Soaks up Qatari Utilities Contract
The Doha office of international law firm Eversheds has been appointed to advise Qatar General Electricity and Water Co (Kahramaa) in relation to its strategies for the improvement and expansion of electricity and water supply
Read moreClifford Chance Advises on US$5 Billion of New Sukuk Issuances in January 2012
Clifford Chance’s Dubai practice has advised on five sukuk transactions amounting to US$5 billion in new issuances in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Read moreFreshfields Advises Yum! on Takeover of Little Sheep
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Yum! Brands Inc., a U.S.-based fast food company and owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains, on its US$570 million acquisition of Little Sheep Group
Read moreYasue (Becky) Nao Koblitz Joins Sheppard Mullin Beijing
Yasue (Becky) Nao Koblitz has joined the Beijing office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as special counsel in the firm’s Corporate practice group. Ms. Koblitz most recently practiced at Salans in Beijing
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