Davis Polk is advising Wumart Stores, Inc in connection with its proposed acquisition of a minority interest and assets of C.P. Lotus and proposed issue of shares to C.P. Lotus (the Transactions). The parties signed
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SH Boosts China Office Capabilities with Three Senior Appointments
International law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has made three lateral appointments
Read moreBaker & McKenzie Advises on the Global Offering of Nexteer Automotive Group Limited
Baker & McKenzie advised the joint sponsors – BOCI Asia Limited (“BOCI”) and J.P. Morgan Securities (Far East) Limited – and the joint global coordinators – BOCI and J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, as
Read moreHerbert Smith Freehills Advised on China Merchants Bank $1 Billion Rights Shares Offering in Hong Kong
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China Merchants Bank on its 680,423,172 H-rights shares issuance which raised approximately US$1 billion in Hong Kong. The bank’s latest H-rights offering follows its Shanghai Stock Exchange listing of 2,962,813,544
Read moreDLA Piper Appoints Horace Lam to Head China IP Practice
DLA Piper has appointed Horace Lam as partner to its Intellectual Property & Technology Group in Beijing. Horace will also fulfil the role of Head of Intellectual Property, China and brings with him a team
Read moreSimpson Thacher Represents Underwriters on the HK$10.1 Billion (US$1.3 Billion) Hong Kong Initial Public Offering and Rule 144A/Regulation S Offering by China Huishan Dairy Holdings Company Limited
The Firm represented the underwriters of the initial public offering in Hong Kong and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by China Huishan Dairy Holdings Company Limited (Huishan Dairy). Huishan Dairy offered an aggregate of 3,787,596,000 ordinary
Read moreLatham & Watkins Advises the Initial Purchasers on Qihoo 360’s US$600 Million Convertible Bond Issuance
Latham & Watkins represented Citi, China Renaissance and UBS, as the initial purchasers, on the US$600 million convertible bond issuance by Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (“Qihoo 360”), a Chinese Internet and mobile security products
Read moreKirkland & Ellis Opens Beijing Office
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that it is expanding in China and has opened an office in Beijing. The Beijing office is located in China World Office 2 in the heart of Beijing’s Central
Read moreProskauer Expands Private Investment Funds Practice in Asia with Addition of Yong Ren in Beijing
Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Yong Ren has joined the firm’s global Private Investment Funds group as a partner, resident in the Beijing office. Mr. Ren’s extensive private equity fund formation experience, representing both general
Read moreMayer Brown JSM Expands China Corporate Practice with Arrivals of Partner Betty Tam in Shanghai and Consultant Guoqing Li in Beijing
Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Betty Tam will join the firm as a partner in Shanghai. Earlier this month, Guoqing Li joined the firm as a consultant in Beijing
Read moreHerbert Smith Freehills Appoints Two Senior Lawyers to Its Greater China Disputes Practice
Herbert Smith Freehills has recently appointed two highly-regarded senior lawyers to its Greater China dispute resolution practice. Arthur Ma joins the firm’s international arbitration team in Beijing as a Counsel and Emily Lam joins its
Read moreWeil Advises Apache in $3.1 Billion Sale of Egypt Energy Stake to Sinopec
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is representing Houston-based oil and gas producer Apache Corporation in the sale of a 33 percent stake in its Egyptian oil and gas business to China’s Sinopec International
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