Shearman & Sterling’s newly formed Hong Kong law team has had an impressive start to its first year, successfully closing three IPOs year to date
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Legal Advisors, in association with Baker and McKenzie, advises Al Babtain on its acquisition of 49% of LeBlanc
Legal Advisors, in association with Baker and McKenzie, has advised Al Babtain Power and Telecommunications Company (Al Babtain) on its acquisition of 49% of Al Babtain LeBlanc Telecommunications Systems (LeBlanc). Al Babtain will issue 2,250,000
Read moreCuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira advises Qatar Holding on its agreement with Banco Santander for Latin America
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira advised Qatar Holding in the agreement just signed with Banco Santander by which the former will subscribe a bond issue amounting to €2.719 billion in Banco Santander Brasil
Read moreMilbank Advises on US$650 Million Hong Kong Listing for Mongolian Mining IPO
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Mongolian Mining Corp., the country’s biggest coking coal producer, on its approximately US$650 million initial public offering in Hong Kong. The IPO is the first
Read morePaul Hastings Secures Victory on behalf of the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Tax Litigation Case
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm secured a victory on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates over IRS attempts to tax the
Read moreThe Export-Import Bank of Korea $1 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Barclays Bank PLC, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Woori
Read moreHerbert Smith advises Morgan Stanley on Sound Global’s US$133 million convertible bond offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of introduction
Herbert Smith has recently advised Morgan Stanley as the sole bookrunner on the RMB 885 million (US$133 million) accelerated book build, Regulation S offering of RMB-denominated and US dollar-settled convertible bonds by Sound Global, a
Read moreWhite & Case Advises TNK-BP on the US$1.8 Billion Acquisition of BP’s assets in Venezuela and Vietnam
Global law firm White & Case acted as counsel to TNK-BP, Russia’s third largest oil company, on its US$1.8 billion acquisition of BP’s upstream and pipeline assets in Vietnam and Venezuela. An agreement between TNK-BP
Read moreHerbert Smith advises China International Capital Corporation, Goldman Sachs and Nomura on China Unicom’s record-breaking US$1.838 billion convertible bond issue
Herbert Smith has recently advised China International Capital Corporation, Goldman Sachs and Nomura as joint underwriters on the US$1.838 billion (HK$15.85 billion) Regulation S international offering of convertible bonds by a subsidiary of China Unicom
Read moreWinston & Strawn Exxpands Its Corporate Capabilities in China with Attorney Jem Li and Two Other Corporate Attorneys
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that it is expanding its transactional capabilities in China by welcoming prominent corporate and M & A attorney Jem Li as managing partner of its Beijing office. He was most
Read moreNorton Rose advises on three Chinese shipping loans to Greece totalling US$275 million
Norton Rose Group has advised China EXIM Bank and the China Development Bank (CDB) on three shipping loans totaling on a US$275 million to three Greek shipping companies Diana Shipping Inc., Angelicoussis Shipping Group and Cardiff
Read moreRopes & Gray Advises TPG on China Vogue Investment, ShangPharma IPO
Two Hong Kong-based teams of Ropes & Gray attorneys are representing TPG in transactions announced on Oct. 19. Ropes & Gray is representing TPG in its investment in China Vogue Casualwear, a Shishi, China-based distributor
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