10 OCTOBER 2019 Top 10 Headlines | HU YANGXIAOXIAO 胡阳潇潇 Baker McKenzie and Beijing Tian Yuan Law Firm have advised China Yangtze Power Company on its $3.59 billion purchase of Sempra Energy's Peruvian businesses, with White & Case representing the seller.
The deal includes Luz del Sur, Peru’s largest utility company. It is the largest overseas M&A transaction by a Chinese company in 2019 to date in terms of contract value, and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its litigation practice in Hong Kong with the hire of Mark Hughes as a partner from Slaughter and May, where he spent 16 years and led the Asia disputes practice. Full Article |
| Each year, hundreds of lawyers from Asia Pacific countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Australia, Japan and Malaysia, decide to qualify as English solicitors, and become dual-qualified lawyers. What motivates them to do this? Full Article |
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| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has welcomed back Dhruv Singhal as a partner in its corporate practice in Mumbai, from AZB & Partners. Full Article |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell has appointed Martin Rogers as the chair of the firm’s Asia practice and Li He and Miranda So as co-heads of the firm’s Hong Kong office. The trio replace William Barron, who previously held both the roles. Full Article |
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| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and JunHe have represented Chinese sportswear manufacturer Topsports International Holdings on its $1.01 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Haiwen & Partners advising the joint sponsors and underwriters. Full Article |
| Masayuki Okamoto, who previously led the finance practice at Clifford Chance’s Tokyo office, has joined Japanese financial services company Monex Group as an executive director and general counsel. Full Article |
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| India’s DMD Advocates has hired competition lawyer Vivek Agarwal as a partner in the firm’s Delhi office from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, where he was a principal associate. Full Article |
| Khaitan helps on Nippon’s $600 mln acquisition, Agricultural Bank of China issues $500 mln FLR with Allen & Gledhill’s advice, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
| Boutique Hong Kong law firm Hugill & Ip has added dispute resolution specialist Jonathan Gray as a partner in Hong Kong. He previously worked as a consultant with FitzGerald Lawyers from 2014 to 2018. Full Article |
| DMD grows competition practice with hire from SAM, capital markets experts move to Global Law Office from Dentons, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
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