Senior lawyer Yasuyuki Takayama will join Clifford Chance’s Tokyo office on 1 July 2011, bringing a broad range of skills and experience in capital markets, structured products and financial regulatory work
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Freshfields Advises on US$1.5 Billion MGM China IPO
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the underwriters on the US$1.5 billion global offering of shares and listing of MGM China Holdings Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Read moreJones Day – Alfa Group Sells Its Interest in CTC Media
Jones Day represented Alfa CTC Holdings in connection with the $1.1 billion sale of its 25.1% beneficial interest in CTC Media, Inc. (CTC) to Telcrest Investments Limited. CTC, a NASDAQ-listed company (NASDAQ: CTCM), is Russia’s
Read moreHogan Lovells Strengthens Infrastructure and Project Finance Practice in the Middle East
As part of Hogan Lovells’ strategy to further strengthen its global infrastructure and project finance practice in all key jurisdictions, partner Christopher Cross, currently in London, is relocating to Dubai as of June 2011
Read moreWhite & Case Advises CDB on US$1.2bn Shariah-Compliant Financing
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised China Development Bank (CDB) in its support of a US$1.2 billion Shariah-compliant Islamic financing for PT Natrindo Telepon Selular (AXIS), a cellular network operator in Indonesia.
Read moreDavis Polk Advises Kerry Mining in Connection with Its Sale of Baruun Naran Coal Mine in Mongolia to Mongolian Mining Corporation
Davis Polk is advising Quincunx (BVI) Ltd., an affiliate of Kerry Mining, as seller in connection with its auction of QGX Coal Ltd., which holds mining rights to the Baruun Naran Coal Mine in Mongolia,
Read moreDavis Polk – Yandex N.V. $1.4 Billion Initial Public Offering
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered initial public offering of 57,391,493 of Class
Read moreAllens Acts for Rio Tinto on Chinese Exploration Agreement
Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) has acted for Rio Tinto in a joint venture arrangement with Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) to explore mainland China for world-class mineral deposits
Read moreSNR Denton’s Islamic Finance Team Advises on Multiple Sukuk Issuances
SNR Denton announced today its Islamic Finance practice has been simultaneously advising on a number of Sukuk (Islamic bond) issuances from the Middle East region
Read morePaul Hastings Advises Kobe Steel in its Equity Investment in China’s Wuxi Compressor Co. Ltd.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Kobe Steel Ltd., (“Kobe Steel”), a major Japanese steel manufacturer, in its acquisition of a 44.3%
Read moreMilbank Advises Lenders on US$2.5 Billion Jurong Aromatics Petrochemical Facility
Leading international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented The Export-Import Bank of Korea (K-Exim), Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure) and a group of 11 international commercial bank lenders in connection with the
Read moreClifford Chance Advises Sharjah Islamic Bank in Connection with Its US$400 Million Sukuk Issuance
Clifford Chance recently advised Sharjah Islamic Bank in connection with its US$400million, fixed rate sukuk issuance. The sukuk certificates, which are due in 2016, yield a profit rate of 4.715% per annum. This deal saw
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