Leading construction and engineering partner Peter Borg has joined Norton Rose Australia as part of its strategy to strengthen its cross border capabilities. Peter joins Norton Rose Australia from Pinsent Masons, Hong Kong, where he
Read moreLatham: Cross-Border Capital Markets Team Advises Goldman Sachs as Underwriter and Option Counterparty in Cutting Edge Equity Derivative Transaction
Focus Media Holding Limited, China’s leading multi-platform digital media company, has announced that JJ Media Investment Holding Limited, an entity wholly owned by Mr. Jason Nanchun Jiang, chairman of Focus Media, has sold 8.1 million
Read moreWhite & Case Advises on Landmark US$16.65 Billion BTA Bank Restructure
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank JSC on the restructuring of its financial debt, following the global financial crisis which hit the banking sector around the world
Read moreSimmons & Simmons: HK Bond Offering
On 19 August 2010, McDonald’s Corporation launched its Renminbi (RMB) bond offering in Hong Kong, which marked the first RMB bond issue by a multi-national company in Hong Kong. Simmons & Simmons is pleased to have
Read moreClayton Utz advises on RBS Social Infrastructure (Australia) Trust sale
Clayton Utz has acted for RBS Funds Management (RFM) and RBS Group Australia (RBS) on the divestment of the RBS Social Infrastructure (Australia) Trust (the Fund) to AMP Capital Investors Limited (AMPCI) which was effected
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HK Local Practices Being Built at US Firms The growing importance of Hong Kong as not only a gateway to China and Southeast Asia, but also as a regional financial center in its own right,
Read morePaul Hastings Bolsters Asia Real Estate Practice with the Arrival of Derek Roth in Hong Kong
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that Derek Roth, a partner in the firm’s real estate practice, has relocated to Hong Kong from the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr.
Read moreHerbert Smith advises Banpu on its US$400m sale of stake in Indonesian coal mining unit
Herbert Smith and its associated Indonesian firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung (HBT), have advised Banpu, Thailand’s largest coal miner, on the US, UK, Singapore and Indonesian law aspects of the sale of an 8.7% stake
Read moreDavis Polk: Korea Development Bank Notes Offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KDB Asia Limited and Daiwa Capital Markets Europe
Read moreNorton Rose announces a new Of Counsel in Singapore
Norton Rose (Asia) LLP, the international legal practice, today announced that Nicola Davies in the Singapore banking team has been promoted from senior associate to Of Counsel. Nicola specialises in energy and infrastructure projects, primarily
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Norton Rose advises LSE-listed Kazakhstan mining group on US$50m rescue share issuance
International legal practice, Norton Rose Group, is advising ShalkiyaZinc N.V on a US $50 million rescue share issuance to SAT & Company, a Kazakhstan industrial holding group active in the metallurgy and petrochemical industries
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