Shearman & Sterling is representing Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in the acquisition of Symantec Corporation’s 49% stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies Co., Ltd. (JVCO) for US$530 million
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Davis Polk – The Korea Development Bank Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, Goldman Sachs International, KDB Asia Limited, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Mizuho Securities USA Inc. as underwriters in connection
Read morePaul Hastings Advises on Sale of Remaining 49% Interest in Traxon Technologies to OSRAM
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised the minority shareholders in their sale of the remaining 49% interest in Traxon Technologies (“Traxon”), one of the world’s leading systems and
Read moreEversheds Advises New World on HK$4.3 Billion Rights Issue
The Hong Kong office of international law firm Eversheds has advised New World China Land Limited on a rights issue to raise up to HK$4.3 billion
Read moreSimmons & Simmons Advises on First Ever RMB Convertible Bond
Simmons & Simmons has advised manager Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Limited on an RMB 100 million convertible bond issue by Hong Kong juice company Garden Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Beverage (Garden Fresh). This is
Read moreDLA Piper Advises on Landmark Acquisition Transaction
DLA Piper today announced that it acted as the Hong Kong legal advisers to Schramm Holding AG (HKSE: 00955) (“Schramm”) on its €142 million (HK$ 1.566 billion) public takeover by AkzoNobel, the largest global paints
Read moreWhite & Case Advises on the Financing of a Third Chinese Company Take-Private This Year
Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented China Development Bank Hong Kong Branch (CDB) in a US$400 million financing for the take-private transaction of NASDAQ-listed Harbin Electric, Inc. The financing enabled Tech Full
Read moreTwo Prominent Hong Kong Corporate Partners Join Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Yi Zhang and Graham Winter will join the firm as partners. Zhang was formerly with O’Melveny & Myers, and Winter will join the firm from
Read moreMorrison & Foerster Advises Dalian Port on its RMB400 Million RMB Bond Offering
Morrison & Foerster advised Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited (“Dalian Port”), long-standing client of the firm, on a RMB400 million 5.8% RMB bond offering due 2014 by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Asia Pacific Ports Development Company Limited
Read moreKINNEY’S 62 US ASSOCIATE PLACEMENTS IN 2011 THUS FAR IN ASIA / STATE OF MARKET
The lateral hiring market for biglaw US attorneys has slowed down substantially in the past four months. We at Kinney have been fortunate to have continued a nice run of placements, but even our pace
Read moreMobile in Hong Kong – a How-To Guide
I learned the hard way on an early trip to Hong Kong that spending a week or two in the terriory roaming on a US mobile phone can get expensive quickly. Fortunately, there are several
Read moreEugene Lai Joins Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP in Hong Kong
The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Eugene Lai has joined the firm as a partner. Lai will base his practice in Edwards Wildman’s associated Hong Kong office, Lister Lo
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