Taylor Wessing announces the establishment of a strategic alliance with RHT Law, one of Singapore’s leading law firms (more…)
Clifford Chance has advised Nakheel PJSC on the successful restructuring of liabilities in a total amount in excess of US$16bn, which closed last week. The amount and the nature of the liabilities involved and the large number of creditors made this one of the most complex restructurings in the region to date requiring the assistance of a large multi-disciplinary team. The restructuring also included the legal separation of the Nakheel PJSC group from the rest of the Dubai World group (more…)
DLA Piper Australia has acted for The Department of Health and Ageing in an eHealth deal worth AUD$77 million (more…)
Clayton Utz has advised coal explorer Tigers Realm Coal as issuer in connection with its A$37.5 million Initial Public Offering and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange today.
Tigers Realm Coal, which is part of the Tigers Realm Minerals Australian based resources group, is focused on developing two coking coal projects, the Amaam coking coal project in Far Eastern Russia and the Landazuri coking coal project in Colombia, South America. It listed today with a market capitalisation of approximately A$182 million.
The Company’s vision is to become a significant participant in the seaborne coking coal market by advancing its projects through resource delineation and scoping studies.
Clayton Utz Melbourne partner Charles Rosedale led the firm’s team, with support from partnerBrendan Groves and lawyers Warrick Louey and Sarah Pfeiler and Graduate-at-Law Peter Hamblin.
Commenting on today’s listing Charles said: “We are delighted to have assisted Tigers Realm Coal with its listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in these challenging market conditions. This continues the firm’s recent IPO success having recently advised Collins Foods on its successful Initial Public Offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange on 5 August.”
Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) has advised sole lead manager CBA Equities in relation to the initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the ASX of Bega Cheese (more…)
A good number of our placements over the last six years have been of Korean-speaking attorneys, most of whom are Korean natives who were educated in the United States after a preliminary legal education in Korea. There are very few UK-trained Korean transactional lawyers interested in practicing in Asia. [If there are any out there [...]
Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and United Overseas Bank Limited in a US$70 million acquisition financing enabling Halogen Limited to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares of Chemspec International Limited, a China-based contract manufacturer of highly-engineered specialty chemicals (more…)
Kim Tung has joined Pillsbury’s China Practice as counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. An experienced advisor to companies in China’s expanding markets; Tung will focus on private equity, venture capital and emerging growth clients, as well as take a key role in the firm’s ongoing capital markets and corporate transactional practice in China (more…)
National insurance law firm Moray & Agnew has further strengthened its Sydney the appointment of special counsel Brian Moroney and Robyn Hickie (more…)
Davis Polk advised two affiliated funds of IDG Ventures in connection with the going-private transaction of Soko Fitness & Spa Group, Inc., a Delaware company previously quoted for trading on OTCBB, through a short-form merger closed on July 27, 2011 (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented the borrower and lead sponsor The AES Corporation (AES) in relation to the project financing for the US$1.95 billion 1240 MW coal-fired Mong Duong 2 IPP in northern Vietnam. This will be the first independent power producer (IPP) in Vietnam to reach financial close since Phu My 3 in 2003 (more…)
Recently three senior lawyers have joined Zhong Lun Law Firm as partners. Dispute resolution expert Bao Wei, corporate and capital markets expert Wei Guojun joined the Shanghai office; carbon reduction specialist Zhou Yacheng joined the Beijing office Their admission would further promote the rapid development of the law firm in the areas (more…)
