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Tea time at the HKEX: F&B companies the bright spot in HK’s gloomy IPO scene The first working day of 2024 brought news to perk up lawyers, bankers and others dismayed by Hong Kong’s falling IPO fortunes. Mixue Bingcheng and Guming, both among China's top five tea beverage chains in terms of store count, submitted listing prospectuses to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), with the former expecting to raise between $500 million to $1 billion, and the latter between $300 million to $500 million.
ALB Super 50 TMT Lawyers 2024 In this listing, ALB will pick the most highly recommended TMT practitioners permanently based in Asia. The list will be published in the March 2024 issue of ALB Asia.
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Deadline: January 19, 2024AALCO 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.
Khaitan, Anagram guide Tata Consumer’s $615 mln FMCG acquisition Indian law firm Khaitan & Co has advised Tata Consumer Products on its $615 million all-cash acquisition of Capital Foods, which was represented by Anagram Partners.
The Growing Role of Private Credit in the Indian Debt Market [Brought to you by JSA Advocates & Solicitors] Private credit is the buzzword on deal street. The global private credit market is estimated to be US$ 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.SG boutique PDLegal sets up first overseas office in Thailand Singapore law firm PDLegal has announced the launch of an office in Bangkok, its first overseas outpost, helmed by former Baker McKenzie M&A and commercial transactions lawyer Papon Charoenpao.
UK firm Lewis Silkin strengthens HK offering with disputes hire London-based law firm Lewis Silkin has bolstered its dispute resolution capability with the addition of Kenix Yuen as a partner from local boutique Gall Solicitors.
DFDL bolsters tax capability after acquiring transfer pricing consultancy Southeast Asian law and tax law firm DFDL has acquired transfer pricing consultancy IC Advisors as it continues expanding its regional offering.
Long-time Kirkland HK cap markets partner leaves for in-house role Kirkland & Ellis capital markets partner Nicholas Norris has left the firm to become a senior legal adviser at alternative asset management company GLP Capital Partners.
AZB builds real estate strength in Mumbai with hire from Trilegal Indian law firm AZB & Partners has welcomed back real estate lawyer Ruchit Parikh as a partner in Mumbai from Trilegal, the firm’s second real estate partner hire in four months.
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