David Renton is joining us as partner in our international energy sector group and corporate practice group. He is the eighth new partner to our Asian offices so far this year and will be based in our Hong Kong office (more…)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Burger King on its strategic cooperation with US-based private equity firm, Cartesian Capital, and the Kurdoglu family (Burger King’s current master franchisee in Turkey and the largest Burger King franchisee worldwide), to rapidly grow and expand the Burger King brand in China. The transaction was closed on 15 June (more…)
Linklaters has acted as global counsel for the lenders on the US$1.4bn equivalent multi currency limited recourse project financing of the Jorf Lasfar IPP Expansion. The lenders comprised of Export Credit Agencies (JBIC and NEXI of Japan and KEXIM of South Korea) and the Mandated Lead Arrangers (BNPP, Standard Chartered, Société Générale and Banque Centrale Populaire of Morocco). The Sponsor is the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (“TAQA”) (more…)
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised Stanmore Coal Limited (Stanmore) on its participation in Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal Expansion Phase 1 (WICET Expansion) and on its recently announced equity and debt funding arrangements with Sprint Capital and Credit Suisse (more…)
International law firms Herbert Smith and Freehills confirmed today that their partnerships have voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging to create a new firm, Herbert Smith Freehills. The firm will focus on providing an integrated service to clients across its 20 offices. This will be a full equity merger, with a single profit pool from day one. Launch of the firm is targeted for 1 October 2012 (more…)
Troutman Sanders LLP today announced the opening of an office in Beijing, the law firm’s third office in China since it entered the world’s most populous nation in 1997 (more…)
King & Wood Mallesons Project Finance team has finalised a milestone transaction, with the A$1.06 billion refinancing of the Loy Yang B Power Station reaching financial close (more…)
DLA Piper today announces its involvement in the financing of Doha Festival City, one of the largest multi-use developments in Qatar with a total project value of around 6 billion Qatari Riyals (QAR). The project is being developed by its owners, Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate Company WLL (BASREC), and as a ‘super-regional retail and entertainment destination’ boasts the first IKEA store in Qatar, and will feature an entertainment and leisure complex, automotive showrooms and international hotels and convention centre (more…)
Mayer Brown JSM announced today that it advised MIE Holdings Corporation (MIE) on the US$100 million acquisition of Sino Gas & Energy Limited (Sino Gas). MIE is listed in Hong Kong specialising in oil and gas exploration, development and production (more…)
Global legal practice Squire Sanders officially launched its office in Singapore earlier this month with a reception at One On the Bund, part of the former Clifford Pier. The reception attracted over 150 guests, including the US Ambassador to Singapore, David Adelman, and Singapore’s Ambassador to Peru and High Commissioner to Ghana, Giam Chin Toon (more…)
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented CITIC Securities, UBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as the Joint Global Coordinators in Huadian Fuxin Energy Corporation Limited’s (“Huadian Fuxin”) US$319 million global offering and listing of its H-shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (more…)
