Minter Ellison Rudd Watts welcomes Quentin Lowcay and Richard Gordon to the partnership, and has promoted construction and property expert Janine Stewart to the rank of Partner
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Clayton Utz Advises Yara International on Landmark Pilbara Deal
Clayton Utz has acted as key legal adviser to Norwegian-based chemical company Yara International ASA (“Yara”) on a landmark deal that will see the company significantly expand its interests in Western Australia’s booming Pilbara mining
Read moreHerbert Smith Advises SIPC on Its US$1.1 Billion Increase in Equity in APLNG Deal
Herbert Smith’s China energy team has advised Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation (“SIPC”) on the subscription through its subsidiary for additional shares in Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd for a net consideration of
Read moreFreshfields Advises Shui On Land Limited on Its Offering of Singapore Dollar-denominated Notes
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Shui On Land Limited, a Hong Kong-listed leading property developer, on its international offering of S$250million in Singapore Dollar-denominated notes to institutional investors in Asia
Read moreMiddletons Acts for iiNet in Its $105 Million Acquisition of Internode
Middletons has acted for iiNet Limited in its recent acquisition of Internode, Australia’s second largest privately owned broadband services company
Read moreSalans Hires New Russian Competition Practice Head
International law firm Salans has appointed Marat Mouradov as a Partner and Head of its Russian Competition Law Practice Group. Mouradov is based in Salans’ Moscow office
Read moreMallesons Acts on Significant Cross-border Hotel Management Acquisition
Mallesons has acted for Singapore-based Ascendas Group, Asia’s leading provider of business space solutions, and Accor, a leading global hospitality group, on their acquisition of parts of Mirvac’s hotel portfolio interests
Read moreMallesons Acts on Permira’s US$1.5 Billion Acquisition of Genesys
Continuing to break new ground, Mallesons Stephen Jaques has acted on one of the first global leveraged finance transactions to be registered under Australia’s new personal property securities regime
Read moreDewey & LeBoeuf Advises Alfa Bank on Sale of Merchant Acquiring Business
Dewey & LeBoeuf has represented Alfa Bank, one of the largest Russian private banks, on the sale of its merchant acquiring business to United Card Service (UCS), a Russian subsidiary of Global Payments Inc., the
Read moreHerbert Smith Advises Arkema on Two Strategic Chinese Acquisitions
Herbert Smith’s Shanghai office has advised Arkema, a French chemical company listed on Euronext Paris, on its US$365 million acquisition of two Chinese chemical companies, which significantly strengthen its position in the polyamide and sebacic
Read moreNorton Rose Advises HSBC on the Sale of Its Retail Banking and Wealth Management Business in Thailand
International legal practice Norton Rose Group is advising The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) on the sale of its retail banking and wealth management business in Thailand to Bank of Ayudhya Public Company
Read moreStamford Law Advises SGX-listed Contel Corporation in the Acquisition of US-based Silicon Trading Group, Midland Silicon
Stamford law is advising SGX-listed Contel Corporation (‘Contel’), in an all-shares acquisition of Midland Silicon (‘Midland”), a US-based silicon trading group with a strategic focus on metallurgical solar grade and poly-silicon fines to solar wafer producers
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