24 OCTOBER 2019 Top 10 Headlines | Bonnie Chan, a capital markets partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Hong Kong office for more than nine years, is returning to the city’s stock exchange as the head of its listing department. Chan will be succeeding David Graham, who is set to retire this year.
Chan joined Davis Polk from the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) in 2010. Her practice includes advising issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions and advising on securities, corporate and governance matters, generally. Notable IPOs she has acted on include those of Ping An Good Doctor, Tencent subsidiary China Literature, and Legend Holdings. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Bonnie Chan, a capital markets partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Hong Kong office for more than nine years, is returning to the city’s stock exchange as the head of its listing department. Full Article |
| The renowned ALB Korea Law Awards is returning for its seventh edition this year, to take place on Nov. 15 at Conrad Seoul. Full Article |
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| U.S. law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired banking and finance specialist Daniel Abercromby as a partner in Hong Kong from Kirkland & Ellis. Full Article |
| Asian Legal Business is proud to showcase the high-caliber law firms, in-house teams, and individual lawyers who made it to the shortlist for the ALB Philippine Law Awards 2019. Full Article |
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| Latham and Watkins and AZB & Partners have advised French energy giant Total SA on its $865 million purchase of a 37.4 percent stake in Indian gas distribution company Adani Gas, which was represented by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Clifford Chance. Full Article |
| Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most violent protests in living memory as few of them bought insurance coverage for riot damage, industry insiders said. Full Article |
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| Singaporean boutique Aquinas Law Alliance has hired corporate lawyers Cephas Yee and Joshua Tan as partners and named Lim Kok Meng, the firm’s co-founder of head of corporate, as joint managing partner. Full Article |
| The Laos office of Rajah & Tann has entered into an alliance with local conglomerate Phongsavanh Group in an effort to expand operations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Full Article |
| Indonesian President Joko Widodo unveiled his cabinet for a second term on Wednesday, retaining former World Bank executive Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister and tapping the leader of the opposition as he seeks to push through reforms. Full Article |
| India’s government asked Facebook Inc on Tuesday to help it decrypt private messages on its network, citing national security requirements in a court hearing on privacy rights on social media platforms. Full Article |
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