Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce the appointment of William Ku as a debt capital markets partner, based in its Hong Kong office.
Read moreHerbert Smith Freehills Expands Middle East Offering With Saudi Launch and Projects and Corporate Practice Capability
Herbert Smith Freehills is delighted to announce the expansion of its global offering to clients in the Middle East following the launch of its formal exclusive association with the Law Office of Nasser Al-Hamdan and
Read moreDentons Appoints New Corporate Partner In Muscat
Nick Simpson has joined Dentons as a partner in its Corporate and Commercial team in Muscat. Previously a partner at Kemp Strang in Sydney, Simpson has a wide breadth of experience in corporate and commercial
Read moreBLP Opens Its First Office in Myanmar; Firm Appoints Partner Chris Hughes to Lead This Expansion
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (12 November 2015) announced its intention to open its first office in Myanmar and the appointment of Partner Chris Hughes, former Managing Partner in Baker &
Read moreHogan Lovells Boosts Middle East Practice With Three new Partners
Hogan Lovells is expanding its Dubai office with the addition of partners Charles Fuller, Andrew Tarbuck and Anthony Pallett. They are joining from Latham & Watkins in Dubai. Charles and Andrew join the Corporate practice
Read moreDentons and 大成 Formalize Combination
Dentons and 大成 today formalized their combination. The launch follows the previously-announced timeline set in January 2015, after a vote by partners of both firms endorsing the combination, with both firms indicating that an effective
Read moreSimpson Thacher Represents Int’l Managers in ¥1.4T (US$11.6B) Concurrent IPOs of Japan Post
Simpson Thacher recently represented the international joint lead managers, Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Nomura International plc, in connection with the initial public offerings of Japan
Read moreSimpson Thacher – Ozner Water Completes Private Placement of HK$465 Million Convertible Bonds
The Firm represented Ozner Water International Holding Limited in connection with its private placement of 5% convertible bonds due 2020 of an aggregate of principal amount of HK$465 million (approximately US$60 million) in gross proceeds.
Read moreKirkland & Ellis Advising J.P. Morgan on Youku Tudou’s Acquisition by Alibaba Group
Kirkland & Ellis is advising J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited as financial advisor to the Special Committee of Youku Tudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), a leading multi-screen entertainment and media company in China, in connection
Read morePaul Hastings – China Life Acts as Lead Investor in GLP’s US$4.5 Billion U.S. Logistics Portfolio Acquisition
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised China Life on its formation of a partnership (the “Partnership”) with Global Logistic Properties (“GLP”) and two additional leading Asian global institutional
Read moreDavid Irvine Joins Hong Kong Office of Kirkland & Ellis as Banking Partner
Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that David Irvine has joined the Firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Debt Finance Practice Group. Mr. Irvine has extensive experience on large cross-border leveraged
Read moreDorsey Opens Beijing Office
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that it is expanding in China and has opened an office in Beijing. The Beijing office is located in Beijing’s central business district at Suite 1101A,
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