Hogan Lovells has strengthened its Greater China intellectual property (IP) practice with the lateral hire of William “Skip” Fisher in Shanghai. Skip, an experienced U.S. IP lawyer and China IP strategist, joins Hogan Lovells on 29 November 2011 based in the firm’s Shanghai office (more…)
As part of its continuing efforts to serve clients in the Middle East, Holland & Knight will expand its Abu Dhabi office, which opened four years ago. U.S. partners Andrew Stephenson, Michael Cavanaugh, and George Howell will supplement the office’s existing professionals. In addition, Joseph McDonough will join the Abu Dhabi office as a partner (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, in its proposed US$162.5 million acquisition of the business of 17173.com, a leading game information portal, from Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) (more…)
The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP advised Precious Shipping Public Company Limited, Thailand, in relation to a US$106,000,000 pre and post delivery facility to four of its wholly owned Singapore subsidiaries, in order to facilitate the acquisition of four newbuilding 57,000 dwt supramaxes (more…)
Expanding its strategic investment in Asia and globally, Bingham McCutchen LLP announces the opening of a Beijing office with the addition of recognized international lawyer Xiaowei Ye as a partner and the transfer of Tokyo corporate partner Brian Beglin to Beijing (more…)
International law firm Clyde & Co LLP has appointed Jason Majid as a partner* in its Middle East Corporate group, based in the firm’s Doha office (more…)
We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Hideki Tomonaga, Of Counsel has joined our firm as of November 15, 2011 (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF) and its wholly owned subsidiary in connection with its $2.174 billion acquisition of a controlling 74.18% interest (on a fully diluted basis) in C.P. Pokphand Co. Ltd. (CPP) from two indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Charoen Pokphand Group Company Limited, a major shareholder of CPP, and a related shareholder. The transaction is expected to be completed in mid-March 2012 and is subject to the shareholders’ approval of CPF and customary closing conditions (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited on a going-private transaction which will result in its being taken private by Premium Lead Company Limited, a company jointly owned by Tianqiao Chen, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Shanda, his wife Qian Qian Chrissy Luo, a non-executive director of Shanda, and his brother Danian Chen, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Shanda (the Buyer Group) (more…)
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is advising Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (LSE: MMK) on their approximately A$554 million acquisition by way of scheme of arrangement of Western Australian iron ore developer Flinders Mines Limited (ASX:FMS). This is MMK’s second major acquisition in Australia (more…)
Dewey & LeBoeuf has represented Russian banking client Sberbank on a US$1 billion loan to Belaruskali, made in collaboration with the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) (more…)
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced today that it plans to open an office in Seoul, Korea in the first half of 2012 (more…)
