Shearman & Sterling has represented the underwriters, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS AG and Citigroup Inc., in connection with the US$74 million Nasdaq initial public offering by HiSoft Technology International Limited, a leading provider
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PricewaterhouseCoopers raises its IPO prediction to RMB500bn for 2010
Despite market volatility in the first six months of the year, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) remains optimistic about market conditions for the rest of the year, and has raised its prediction of funds raised through IPOs in
Read moreHong Kong or Bust?!!
Check out Bloombergs’s article on the rapid growth of the Hong Kong legal market in the last decade: www.bloomberg.com
Read moreChina Ends RMB-Dollar Peg
Since 2008, in response to the financial crisis, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) has been pegged at about 6.82 to the US dollar. On the evening of Saturday, June 19th, the Chinese government announced a return
Read moreEversheds advises on US$30 million acquisition of PRC juice maker
International law firm Eversheds advised AID Partners Capital Limited, Lunar Capital Management Limited and Mizuho Securities Asia Limited on their acquisition of exchangeable redeemable bonds issued by the controlling shareholder of a juice maker in
Read moreChina – Taiwan Trade Pact
China and Taiwan have agreed to terms on a new trade pact…www.bloomberg.com
Read more$123,000,000,000,000???
A couple of interesting articles on Chinese economic growth… Check out Robert Fogel’s here and Nandita Mallik’s here.
Read moreDLAPF advises China Magnesium on IPO
DLA Phillips Fox is advising on the proposed IPO and ASX listing of China Magnesium Corporation Ltd (CMC), which is aiming to become the world’s largest producer of pure magnesium and magnesium alloy within the
Read moreDavis Polk Advises Heinz on Its Acquisition of Foodstar
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is advising H.J. Heinz Company on its acquisition of Foodstar from Transpac Industrial Holdings Ltd., a private equity holding company, and various Transpac Funds. The purchase price consists of a
Read moreStorm clouds make way for clearer skies as Asia Financial Services M&A returns to favour
While Asia Pacific escaped much of the immediate effects of the global financial crisis it was unable to escape the aftershocks. Amid the turmoil financial services (FS) institutions in the region stalled their plans for
Read moreSalans Expands Arbitration Practice in China and Hong Kong
International law firm Salans announces the appointment of a new international arbitration partner in Hong Kong. Mr Darren FitzGerald, former Head of the Asia Dispute Resolution and China Employment Groups of Bird & Bird in
Read moreKinney’s Recent HK / China US Associate Placements / Lateral Market Report
Robert here, writing from Hong Kong. Robert and I are just finishing up another busy trip to visit clients and candidates in Hong Kong. During the course of ten days we had over 50 meetings
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