26 SEPTEMBER 2019 Top 10 Headlines | ELIZABETH BEATTIE M&A challenges and evolving attitudes to compliance were among the key issues discussed at Asian Legal Business’ 16th annual Hong Kong In-house Legal Summit, which was held at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong on Sept. 12.
At the summit, in-house counsel from across the region gathered to hear about the big issues faced by themselves and their teams. Among a variety of topics, they learnt about how to avoid the most common M&A pitfalls, which was the topic of a packed session presented by Ashurst. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Matthew O’Callaghan in Hong Kong as co-head of its financial services practice in Asia from Goldman Sachs, where he was managing director and senior counsel. Full Article |
| Jincheng Tongda & Neal has advised Chinese steelmaker Jiangsu Shagang Group on its 1.8 billion-pound ($2.21 billion) agreement to buy a further 24 percent stake in UK-based data centre provider Global Switch Holdings. Full Article |
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| 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 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright has advised China Mengniu Dairy on its plan to buy infant formula maker Bellamy’s Australia for A$1.43 billion ($983 million), with Allens advising the seller. Full Article |
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| Norton Rose Fulbright has advised China Mengniu Dairy on its plan to buy infant formula maker Bellamy’s Australia for A$1.43 billion ($983 million), with Allens advising the seller. Full Article |
| Du Yilong, former Beijing managing partner of Latham & Watkins, has join U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus as co-general counsel for China and Southeast Asia. Full Article |
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| With a view to push entrepreneurship and for ease of doing business, the Government has notified certain amendments in Companies (Shares and Debenture) Rules. Full Article |
| PwC’s Singapore member law firm, Eng and Co., has appointed corporate and capital markets lawyer Colin Ong as director from WongPartnership, where he was a partner. Full Article |
| Recruit Holdings tapped Skadden to complete $3.3 bln global offering of shares, legal heavyweights act on ONGC’s $2 bln EMTN programme, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
| King & Wood makes four appointments in Asia, PwC’s Eng and Co takes capital markets expert from WongP, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
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