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Davis Polk, Zhong Lun guiding Mixue’s billion-dollar HK IPO
By MARI IWATA
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Zhong Lun Law Firm are advised China's largest bubble-tea chain store, Mixue Bingcheng, on its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which aims to raise between $500 million and $1 billion.
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HSF loses 2 more aviation lawyers in Singapore
Aviation lawyers Samuel Kolehmainen and Duc Nguyen have left Herbert Smith Freehills in Singapore to join K&L Gates Straits Law as partners.
AALCO Annual Arbitration Forum 2023 successfully held in Hong Kong for the first time and hosted by AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre [Brought to you by AALCO]
The AALCO Annual Arbitration Forum 2023, hosted by the AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre (AALCO-HKRAC), was successfully held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 5th and 6th December. The two-day international flagship summit, conducted in a hybrid format, attracted more than 1,500 in-person and online participants, who are insightful diplomats, regulators, business, financial and industry leaders, Artificial Intelligence and legal experts, as well as observer delegations representing governments and international organizations from across the globe, including Brunei, Cameroon, Mainland China, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Iran, Myanmar, the Philippines, the UK and most of the 47 member states of AALCO to discuss a wide range of international legal topics.
S&R, TT&A advise on $2.5 bln India telecom deal
Indian law firm S&R Associates has guided Data Infrastructure Trust, an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) sponsored by Brookfield Asset Management, on its 100 percent acquisition of American Tower Corp’s India operations for $2.5 billion. ATC was represented by Talwar Thakore & Associates.
HK: Offshore firm Harneys hires disputes lawyer from PC Woo
Offshore law firm Harneys has recruited litigator Calvin Chow as a partner in Hong Kong from local firm PC Woo & Co. This marks Harneys’ first lateral partner hire in the city since 2021.
A conversation with TnP Law Firm, 2023 ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards' Transactional Law Firm of the Year [Brought to you by TnP Law Firm]
TNP Law Firm won the Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year award at the ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards. The firm was founded in 2016 and provides legal services in various areas with a client-focused approach, emphasizing ethics and integrity.
Skadden, Shihui, Ogier advising bubble-tea maker Guming on up to $500 mln HK IPO
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Shihui Partners and offshore law firm Ogier are acting for Guming, China’s second-largest bubble-tea maker, on its IPO on Hong Kong Stock Exchange that aims to raise between $300 million and $500 million.
Delhi: SAM picks up another from Khaitan as cap markets lawyer returns
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co has hired a second Delhi partner from rival Khaitan & Co in about two months after welcoming back capital markets specialist Devi Prasad Patel as a partner.
The Growing Role of Private Credit in the Indian Debt Market [Brought to you by JSA Advocates & Solicitors]
Private credit is the buzzword on deal street. The global private credit market is estimated to be US$ 1.5 trillion and likely to reach US$ 2.7 trillion by 2027. While most of this is centred around the United States and Europe, private credit is rapidly becoming an alternate pool of debt capital in India. Some reports estimate that private credit investors had almost US$ 15 billion of assets under management in India as of December 2022 and over US$ 4 billion was deployed in the first half of 2023 alone.
Indonesian boutique ADCO adds 2 partners
Indonesian law firm ADCO Law has increased its partner count to six after hiring capital markets specialist Hanny Marpaung as a partner from HHP Law Firm, where she was a senior associate, and promoting labour expert Morales Sundusing.
Saraf, SAM, NO&T drive Maruti Suzuki’s $1.5 bln stock deal
Indian law firm Saraf and Partners has advised Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) on its $1.5 billion acquisition of Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG) from Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation, which was represented by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu.
HK: Akin partner exits to launch independent arbitrator practice
Hong Kong-based arbitration pro Ing Loong Yang has quit the partnership at U.S. law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to begin a career as an independent arbitrator and mediator.
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