Seong Soo Kim has joined Baker & McKenzie as a Partner, bolstering the Firm’s Banking & Finance and Korea practices in Hong Kong. Mr Kim has more than 16 years’ experience handling cross-border project financing
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Freshfields Expands China Corporate Practice with New Partner Appointment
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed William Woo as a partner in its corporate practice in Hong Kong
Read moreMayer Brown JSM Advises CITIC Telecom on Acquisition of 79 Percent Stake in CTM
Mayer Brown JSM has advised CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (CITIC Telecom, stock code: 1883), a leading international telecoms services provider in Asia, on the acquisition of a 79 percent stake in Companhia de Telecomunicacoes
Read moreMayer Brown Advises Hanergy on Acquisition of MiaSole
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Hanergy Holding Group Limited, the largest privately-owned clean energy developer in China, on the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based MiaSolé, a high-tech company that
Read moreShearman & Sterling Advises Cessna on Joint Venture Contracts with CAIGA Subsidiaries
Shearman & Sterling is advising Cessna Aircraft Company, through its parent, Textron Inc., on its joint venture contracts with subsidiaries of China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Company Ltd., (CAIGA). One joint venture, to be based
Read moreWFW Appoints New Partner to Bangkok Office to Establish a German Desk
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Marcus Nothhelfer as a partner in its Bangkok office
Read moreWFW Advises Nordea Bank Norge ASA on a US$300m Reducing Revolving Credit Facility to CMB NV
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has acted for Nordea Bank Norge ASA on a US$300m reducing revolving credit facility to CMB NV, which signed
Read moreDechert’s Emerging Markets Practice Completes Two Key Kazakhstan Transactions
Dechert’s London-based emerging markets team has advised on two important capital markets transactions involving Kazakhstan issuers, including what is believed to be the world’s first-ever successfully completed 144A intermediated exchange
Read moreClifford Chance Advises ING on the Largest Issue of JPY Bonds in Japan
Tokyo, Amsterdam: Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised ING Bank N.V. (“ING”) on its sale of three-year bonds in Japan, raising JPY175.9 billion ($2.1 billion) in aggregate. This was the largest issue of
Read moreCovington Opens Shanghai Office
Covington & Burling has launched its Shanghai office, its third in Asia, following the opening of offices in Beijing in 2008 and Seoul in late 2012
Read moreInternational Arbitration Lawyer Yu Jin Tay to Join DLA Piper
DLA Piper today announces that international arbitration lawyer, Yu Jin Tay, is joining the firm as a partner in January 2013. He joins DLA Piper’s Asia Pacific Litigation and Regulatory practice and will be based
Read morePaul Hastings Leads Lotte Chemical Corporation to U.S. Trade Secrets Litigation Victory
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Lotte Chemical Corporation (“Lotte”), a member company of the Lotte Group and previously known as Honam Petrochemical, in a significant trade secrets litigation
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