Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that it will launch a Hong Kong law practice later this year and that Celia Lam and Christopher Wong will join the Firm as partners in Hong Kong once the Firm has completed the necessary regulatory measures in connection with the launch of the Hong Kong practice (more…)
Evan Jowers here. There is nothing like expat package discussion to get our readership up. It seems like we have recently written on this topic, but there has since then continued to be an uptick in housing / cola, as well as a lot of momentum for a cross the board market shift upwards regarding [...]
The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is boosting its India and Asian M&A practices with the addition of Sanjeet Malik as Of Counsel in the Firm’s Hong Kong office and a member of Milbank’s Global Corporate Group (more…)
Simpson Thacher is representing Japan’s Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Vital Images, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $273 million (more…)
Simpson Thacher recently represented J.P. Morgan and Nomura in connection with a $400 million offering by TPK Holding Co., Ltd. (“TPK”) of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2014 (more…)
Proskauer continued the expansion of its global transactional practice and Asian platform with the addition of Partner Seung Chong, who recently joined the firm, and Jeremy Leifer, who is expected to join in the near future, to itsHong Kong office (more…)
King & Spalding advised Gulf Navigation Holding in the establishment of a very large crude carrier (VLCC) joint-venture company in Saudi Arabia that will own four VLCCs and will expand its fleet to nine vessels by 2015 (more…)
Ashurst has advised Damas International Limited, the leading jewellery retailer in the Middle East, on the acquisition of a controlling stake in its Saudi Arabian joint venture, Damas Saudi Arabia Company Ltd (more…)
Davis Polk advised ORIX Corporation in connection with its SEC-registered shelf takedown of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5% notes due 2016. This was a reopening of ORIX’s January 2011 offering (more…)
Clayton Utz has congratulated Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) on the signing of its major liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract with China’s Sinopec Group, a significant milestone for the APLNG joint venture for which Clayton Utz is a key legal adviser (more…)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is advising China Everbright Limited (“China Everbright”), a financial services company whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in the disposal of 51% of the share capital of Everbright Securities (International) Limited to Everbright Securities Company Limited (“Everbright Securities”), a financial services company whose shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, for a consideration of approximately US$114 million (more…)
The Firm represented the underwriters led by UBS AG and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with the initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange of American depositary shares of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (“Qihoo”), the No. 3 Internet company in China and a leading Internet and mobile security product provider (more…)
