28 JUN 2018 This Week's Headlines | BY APARNA SAI Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Nishimura & Asahi have advised Japanese flea market app operator Mercari on its $1.2 billion IPO, the nation’s biggest such share sale so far this year.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advised the lead managers as international and Japanese law counsel, respectively.
Mercari, which offers a popular smartphone app that allows people to trade used items online, is the country’s third-largest tech listing in the past five years - behind the $3.2 billion raised by Japan Display in 2014 and the $1.3 billion by Line Corp in 2016 - according to Thomson Reuters data. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| The newly merged Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has made a key hospitality partner hire in Singapore, snapping up partner Koh Tien Gui from Rajah & Tann. Full Article |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has represented Toyota Motor on its agreement to buy a $1 billion stake in Southeast Asia’s Grab, which was counselled by Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Full Article |
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| To be held once again at the Conrad Hong Kong, ALB’s 17th Annual The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018 will be taking place on Sept. 7 to recognise and honour excellence across the region’s legal industry. Full Article |
| Hong Kong law firm ONC Lawyers has appointed Eric Lui as a partner in its corporate and commercial Department from city rival Stevenson Wong & Co. Full Article |
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| AZB & Partners has represented SoftBank Group on its $400 million investment in India’s Paytm E-Commerce, which turned to Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas for advice. Full Article |
| Malaysian law firm Azmi & Associates has hired Sharifah Hamzah as a partner of its infrastructure and project finance practice in Kuala Lumpur from the Qatar office of Canadian law firm Bennett Jones, where she was a senior associate. Full Article |
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| LAWnB, a South Korea-based online legal information and education service owned by Thomson Reuters, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Korean Bar Association (KBA) to offer young lawyers affordable access to legal research. Full Article |
| Kim & Chang, South Korea’s largest law firm, has opened its first Vietnam office in Ho Chi Minh City. It becomes the last of South Korea’s biggest firms to have an office in the Southeast Asian country. Full Article |
| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has appointed corporate specialist Nivedita Tiwari as partner in its New Delhi office from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Full Article |
| Paul Hastings and Zhong Lun Law Firm have advised Jiangxi Bank on its $952 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Latham & Watkins and King & Wood Mallesons counselling the joint global coordinators. Full Article |
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