03 JUNE 2021 Top 10 Headlines ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS Allen & Overy has advised Philippine food maker Monde Nissin Corp on its 48.6-billion-peso ($1 billion) initial public offering, the country's largest-ever listing, with Milbank advising the joint global coordinators.
It also marked the largest-ever food and beverage IPO in Southeast Asia and was the region’s second-largest this year after the $1.8 billion IPO of Thailand's PTT Oil and Retail Business. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance is closing its office in the South Korean capital of Seoul, nine years after it was established. Full Article |
We are now accepting submissions for the ALB Asia Top 10 Offshore Litigators 2021.
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Indian law firm Trilegal has beefed up its banking and finance practice with the hires of Pranav Sharma and Mallika Chopra as partners from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). Full Article |
King & Wood Mallesons and Baker McKenzie have advised SF real estate investment trust (SF REIT), a unit of Chinese logistics giant SF Holding, on its $335 million listing in Hong Kong. Full Article |
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ALB: What kind of work has kept you busy in the past year?
Anthony Oakes: Much of our work last year related to lenders’ re-visiting existing loan transactions e.g. amendments, waivers, extensions, extra security and the like. In 2021, there have been more new money deals and the outlook generally looks more positive but there will almost certainly be large scale restructuring/insolvency work in the sectors impacted most by COVID. We have also seen opportunistic M&A, some of which has been in relation to distressed assets. Full Article |
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Across the legal industry, the ‘new normal’ after COVID-19 demands a relentless focus on mobility and security as lawyers shift towards a remote way of working. The time has come for law firms to speed up technology adoption and integrate it into the practice of law. Full Article |
Baker McKenzie has advised property developer China Evergrande Group on the placement of 260 million shares, or 2.66 percent of issued share capital, of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group HK$10.6 billion ($1.36 billion). Full Article |
Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has launched Intelligent VIMA Solutions to automate and generate documents based on the Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements (VIMA) suite based on Singapore law. Full Article |
HSA Advocates has hired a team of projects and infrastructure lawyers in Delhi from Advaita Legal, including partners Shailendra Kumar Singh, Alok Shankar and Monali Dutta. Full Article |
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