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Four-partner Cobbetts capital markets team exits firm to join Gowlings in London
A four-partner equity capital markets team has left Cobbetts to join the London office of Canadian law firm Gowlings. The City team, which comprises partners Andrew Wright, Charles Bond, Sefton Collett and Dominic Prentis as well as directors Susan...
07 Feb 2012 | 00:34 | 1 comment
US duo win key legal roles as Facebook files for $5bn IPO
US law firms Fenwick & West and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have secured the lead advisory roles on Facebook's much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) aftter the social networking giant filed for the $5bn (£3.2bn) listing yesterday (1 February)...
02 Feb 2012 | 08:43
Hogan Lovells equity capital markets chief quits to join Latham's City arm
Hogan Lovells equity capital markets (ECM) head Richard Brown has resigned from the firm to join Latham & Watkins. Brown’s hire was confirmed through a partner vote at Latham last night (31 January) with his start date yet to be announced.
01 Feb 2012 | 11:36
A&O and Linklaters top slim 2011 EMEA capital markets rankings as volumes dip
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have topped Thomson Reuters’ EMEA rankings for bank roles on debt and equity capital markets (ECM) transactions in 2011 – a year in which the volume of debt issues fell more than 7%. A&O advised managers on 47...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
MoFo wraps up Hong Kong capital markets deal hat-trick
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has completed three multimillion-dollar listings on the Hong Kong stock exchange in recent weeks, as Asian capital markets continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The US firm advised the underwriters ...
10 Jan 2012 | 09:03 | 
Davis Polk launches UK law team with Freshfields heavyweight
Wall Street leader Davis Polk & Wardwell has launched an English law practice in the City with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate veteran Simon Witty. Witty is set to join the US law firm's London arm in April this year. It is not...
06 Jan 2012 | 14:48 |
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A&O continues global growth with launch of new base in Istanbul
Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest law firm to announce a launch in Istanbul, with London banking partner Charles Lindsay set to relocate to Turkey to head up the new office. The office will focus on providing English law advice on project f...
05 Dec 2011 | 10:25 |
Proskauer opens new base in Beijing with transfer of Hong Kong team
Proskauer Rose has opened an office in Beijing, three years after the firm first declared its intention to launch in the city, reports The Am Law Daily. The US firm announced last Thursday (10 November) that its thirteenth office, in Beijing's Chao...
14 Nov 2011 | 09:46 |
Herbert Smith set for further capital markets exit as Hong Kong partner heads for US firm
Herbert Smith is set to lose another Hong Kong capital markets partner with the resignation of Carolyn Sng for Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson. Sng, who is UK-qualified, will join the US firm’s local office in the coming months, with a s...
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
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Herbert Smith names new capital markets leadership after partner exits to A&O
Herbert Smith is set to lose two US-qualified capital markets partners to Allen & Overy (A&O), with the forthcoming departure of Jim Wickenden and Adam Wells marking the latest in a string of partner exits from the City firm. Wickenden - the global...
04 Oct 2011 | 14:33 |
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A&O up front on Manchester United's $1bn Singapore initial public offering
Allen & Overy (A&O) is set for a headline role on Manchester United's planned $1bn (£640m) Singapore initial public offering (IPO). The magic circle firm is understood to be advising longstanding client Man Utd on the listing, with global corporat...
30 Sep 2011 | 15:15 |
Linklaters and Davis Polk advise as Rio Tinto taps bond markets for $2bn
Linklaters and Davis Polk & Wardwell have taken lead roles on a $2bn (£1.3bn) notes offering by Rio Tinto, which saw the mining giant take advantage of current low yields on corporate bonds to reduce its debt costs. Linklaters advised Rio – a lo...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Bonds and eurobonds – a resolution will be needed to restart capital markets
It isn’t often that the creation of a new financial instrument makes front-page news. But then it isn’t often – even post-banking crisis – that global markets and public finances become so strained that discussion of the euro’s break-up beco...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Battle royale - the tussle for global dominance shifts eastward
With elite Wall Street firms finally breaking into Hong Kong law, the stage is set for a high-stakes struggle across Asia between the world’s top law firms. Georgina Stanley and Simon Petersen report
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Simmons adds partner to US capital markets team with CC hire
Simmons & Simmons has moved to rebuild its US capital markets capacity in London with the hire of a lawyer from Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) Hong Kong office. The top 15 UK law firm has hired Julian Perlmutter as a corporate partner in its City equ...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
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