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Freshfields acts on high-stakes India mobile deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured a major role on talks between Indian mobile phone provider Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN over a cross-shareholding deal that could lead to a full merger. Freshfields is advising MTN, with a team led by...
28 May 2009 | 13:19
Norton Rose gains seven-strong BLG team in HK
Norton Rose has boosted its Asian disputes practice with the hire of a team from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Former Barlows Hong Kong managing partner Camille Jojo is relocating to the City law firm's Hong Kong office along with a team of six associates.
28 May 2009 | 06:16
Asian leaders embrace lockstep as firms aim to handle growing pains
In US legal circles, lockstep compensation is most frequently described as a relic of the profession's past. Although a handful of elite firms continue to embrace it, most others long ago discarded lockstep and its seniority-based pay scale in favour ...
28 May 2009 | 05:45
Latham and MoFo score leads on Hong Kong aluminium IPO
Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster have taken leading roles on a high-profile Asian initial public offering (IPO) as a run of major deals hit the region. The two firms are advising on the Hong Kong float of aluminium maker China Zhongwang. Latha...
21 May 2009 | 05:00
Barlows names new Hong Kong and China chief
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has appointed a new managing partner for Hong Kong and China. The top 50 UK firm has promoted litigation partner David Smyth to the role, replacing Camille Jojo, who has held the position since 1995. The news comes as Barlows und...
19 May 2009 | 11:48
CC, Cleary act on $7.3bn Bank of America sell-off
Clifford Chance (CC) and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on Bank of America's $7.3bn (£4.7bn) sale of a 16% stake in China Construction Bank (CCB), reports The Am Law Daily. Under pressure from regulators to raise capital, many...
19 May 2009 | 11:13
China's lawyers join web revolution as discussion board stirs up online debate
"When the market goes up, you are [the firm's] money-making machine," the comment from Lawsman starts. "You will be exhausted, but they will keep you well-oiled and well-fed. But once the market is seizing up, you will be cast aside as a worn-out tool...
14 May 2009 | 04:25
Skadden moves City QC for Asia arbitration launch
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has launched an Asian international arbitration and litigation practice with senior lawyers relocated from London to Hong Kong. The practice will be led by Paul Mitchard QC (pictured), a veteran arbitration specialist...
06 May 2009 | 11:50
Jones Day bags $500m energy deal
Jones Day's London arm has landed a role opposite Clifford Chance (CC) to advise on the $493m (£333m) acquisition of power plant operator Globeleq. The US firm advised special purpose vehicle Pendekar Energy, owned by Malaysian power supplier Tanjong...
01 May 2009 | 05:06
Ashurst boosts Singapore arm with partner move
Ashurst has bolstered its Singapore office with the relocation of a senior London corporate partner and the launch of a dispute resolution practice in the region. The top 10 City firm transferred Susan Roy to Singapore to lead the office's corporate p...
23 Apr 2009 | 04:25
International arbitration court opens in New Delhi
A new branch of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has opened in New Delhi, marking the latest step in the opening-up of the Indian legal market to international law firms. The court will enable foreign companies operating in India t...
21 Apr 2009 | 10:33
CC, Simpson Thacher lead on $21bn China financing
Clifford Chance (CC) and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have acted on a $21bn (£14bn) Chinese financing. The money was raised by the Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) ahead of its expected $19.5bn (£13.1bn) investment in mining giant Rio Tinto.S...
15 Apr 2009 | 11:19
Latham and Jones Day head up $600m Satyam auction
Latham & Watkins and Jones Day have won lead roles on the Indian Government-sponsored auction for outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services, reports The Am Law Daily.On Monday (13 April), the scandal-plagued company announced the sale of a 51% stake i...
14 Apr 2009 | 12:39
DLA restructures Dubai amid late payment claims
DLA Piper is restructuring its Middle East practice amid claims that the firm has been in talks with a major client to resolve payment issues in the region.The law firm said last week it had laid off eight associates in Dubai, equating to around 8% of...
09 Apr 2009 | 17:00
CC, Lovells lead on billion-dollar Hong Kong IPO
Clifford Chance (CC) and Lovells have landed top roles advising on Hong Kong's largest initial public offering (IPO) so far this year. CC advised Swiss bank UBS on the placement of Chinese liquor distributor Silver Base on the main board of the Hong K...
09 Apr 2009 | 10:48
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