Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that John Moore will join the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the corporate and capital markets practice. Mr. Moore regularly represents investment banks and global
Read moreClifford Chance Advises on Largest Dual-Tranche Global Sovereign US Dollar Sukuk
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised CIMB, Citi, HSBC and Maybank as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on the US$2 billion dual-tranche sukuk-al-wakala transaction for the Government of Malaysia
Read moreBaker & McKenzie Advises on Thailand’s Inaugural Inflation-Linked Bonds
A cross-office Baker & McKenzie team acted as Thai and US law counsel to the joint underwriters – The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Bangkok Branch), Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited, The Siam
Read moreMorrison & Foerster Completes Zall Development’s US $195 Million Hong Kong IPO
Morrison & Foerster recently advised BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Limited (“BNP”) and BOCOM International (Asia) Limited as joint sponsors for Zall Development’s Hong Kong IPO, raising approximately US$195 million
Read moreDLA Piper Represents JBIC on a US$1.5 Billion Structured Financing Facility to Venezuela’s National Oil Company
DLA Piper announced it has advised Japan Bank for International Cooperation (“JBIC”), Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (“NEXI”) and commercial bank lenders on a $1.5 billion advance pay structured financing facility to Venezuela’s national oil
Read moreSalans Advises Noble Carbon on Acquisition of Carbon Emission Reduction Units
Salans’ corporate finance team has advised Noble Carbon on its acquisition of carbon emission reduction units (ERUs) generated by the project on “Reconstruction of Steelmaking at JSC Ashinskiy Metallurgical Works, Asha, Russian Federation.” This was
Read moreMannheimer Swartling – Tele2 Subsidiary in Russia Closes Debut Bond Offering
OJSC Saint-Petersburg Telecom, a subsidiary of Tele2 Russia Holding AB, has closed a debut bond issue of RUB 13 billion. The issuer’s liabilities under the offering will be covered by irrevocable undertakings from Tele2 Russia
Read moreWhite & Case Advises Nestlé on Partnership with Chinese Confectionery Company Hsu Fu Chi
Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising Nestlé S.A. on its proposed $S2.1 billion acquisition of 60% of Hsu Fu Chi, a leading manufacturer and distributor of confectionery products in China, listed in
Read moreBLP Announces Plans to Open in Hong Kong
BLP today announced that it plans to open an office in Hong Kong as part of its wider Asian strategy
Read moreLinklaters Boosts China Corporate Practice with Senior Partner Hire and Announces New China Management Team
Linklaters today announces that Tien-yo Chao has been elected a partner in its China practice with effect from August 2011. Tien joins from Morrison & Foerster in Hong Kong where he has been a partner
Read moreLatham & Watkins Advises on the Construction and Operation of the Second Container Terminal at King Abdulaziz Port in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Latham & Watkins, in association with the Law Office of Mohammed A. Al-Sheikh, represented the concessionaire Saudi Global Ports Company (a joint venture company owned by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and a
Read moreKing & Spalding Advises on Major Real Estate Development in Mecca
King & Spalding advised Bawabat Makkah Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Balad Al Ameen Company, in a suite of agreements with Sumou Real Estate Company for the development of the first phase of
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