Simmons & Simmons have advised Japaninvest Group plc in relation to its alliance with Société Générale (Soc Gen). The alliance involves arrangements which preserve Japaninvest’s editorial independence whilst allowing it to offer bundled research with Soc Gen for the North Asian stock markets.
The Simmons & Simmons team was led by corporate partner Charles Mayo, supported by associate Gemma Baddeley, financial services partner Darren Fox, and Hong Kong financial markets partner Rolfe Hayden and associate Eva Chan.
Simmons & Simmons also recently advised Japaninvest on the sale of a majority stake in its securities dealing subsidiary IND-X Securities to Leading Securities of Korea. The sale was successfully completed and announced on 1 March 2010.
The Simmons & Simmons team was led by corporate partner Charles Mayo, supported by associates Shaun Reynolds in London and Lesley Olsen in Hong Kong, financial services partner Darren Fox, and Hong Kong financial markets partner Rolfe Hayden and associate Eva Chan.
Japaninvest Group plc is the Tokyo Stock Exchange listed company which provides 150 institutional investor clients across the world with high quality, independent and in depth Japanese equity market research.
Charles Mayo said:
“These two transactions position the Japaninvest Group well for the future. Japaninvest’s North East Asian research can be significantly leveraged by Soc Gen’s global distribution platform while Japaninvest still maintains an economic interest in the now operationally independent IND-X Securities in high quality, broker-neutral and anonymous execution services.”
Leading Securities were advised by LinkLaters. Soc Gen were advised by Norton Rose. Japaninvest were advised on Japanese law by MHM.
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