Eversheds has announced the launch of its Beijing office, opening on 20 May 2013, with the appointment of two new partners: corporate energy law expert Ingrid Zhu-Clark and corporate lawyer Jay Ze (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited and BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited as joint bookrunners and lead managers in connection with a Regulation S offering of $220 million zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 by Asia Cement Corporation (more…)
Allen & Overy is advising SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. (“SINOPEC Engineering”) on its landmark (approximately) USD2 billion initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong’s largest IPO so far in 2012. The firm’s Hong Kong office has a strong track record in advising on sizeable IPOs for Chinese state-owned enterprises, having advised Agricultural Bank of China on its USD22.1bn IPO in 2010 (more…)
Ashurst has advised Asian Development Bank (“ADB”) and The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (“SCB”) as lenders to two solar power projects in Thailand financed on a limited recourse project finance basis. The financing closed on 11 April 2013 (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Baidu, Inc. in connection with its $370 million acquisition of the online video business of PPS. The definitive agreement was signed on May 7, 2013. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013 (more…)
International law firm Clyde & Co has been granted a licence by China’s Ministry of Justice to open an office in Beijing (more…)
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised long-standing Chinese oil and gas client, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on the acquisition of additional interests in the Queensland Curtis LNG project, Australia (QCLNG) and new exploration acreage in the Bowen Basin and CNOOC on the purchase of increased volumes of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) (more…)
International law firm Stephenson Harwood opens an office in Beijing today – the fourth office for the firm in Greater China and ninth worldwide (more…)
The Firm represented the Stephen A. Schwarzman Education Foundation in connection with the creation of a $300 million scholarship fund for study at Tsinghua University in Beijing and the creation of Schwarzman College at the University. The program, whose endowment represents one of the largest single gifts to education in the world and one of the largest philanthropic gifts ever in China, was announced by Mr. Schwarzman in Beijing on Sunday. The gift, also announced on “Face the Nation,” was the subject of an article in Sunday’s New York Times and was the national headline news in the prime-time news programs by all Chinese state-run TV stations (more…)
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Hong Kong listed company Yingde Gases Group Company on its issuance of US$300 million 8.125% unsecured senior notes due 2018. The notes, issued through its wholly-owned subsidiary, have received ratings from various credit rating agencies and are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Yingde Gases Group Company engages in the production and sales of industrial gases and was China’s largest independent on-site industrial gas supplier in terms of revenue in 2012 (more…)
Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that experienced international oil and gas attorney Jerry Jie Li has joined the firm as a Partner in the Beijing office (more…)
We currently have a number of active openings for associate roles at US and UK firms in HK / China, Singapore and two new in-house openings. As always, please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com in order to get details of current openings in Asia, as well as to discuss the Asia markets in [...]
