17 OCTOBER 2019 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners and Latham & Watkins have represented Asset World Corporation (AWC), Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s hospitality and retail arm, on its $1.6 billion listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Allen & Overy and White & Case advised the financial advisor and underwriters. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS are the joint international coordinators of the offering, while domestic underwriters include Kasikorn Securities, Bualuang Securities, Phatra Securities, and Siam Commercial Bank. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For more news, click here to visit the website |
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| Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners and Latham & Watkins have represented Asset World Corporation (AWC), Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s hospitality and retail arm, on its $1.6 billion listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Full Article |
| Morrison & Foerster has continued expanding in the Asian region after adding Nicholas Sheets as a partner in the firm’s private funds group in Hong Kong. Full Article |
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| As anti-government protesters fought pitched battles with police in Hong Kong streets last week, a group of bankers in another part of the city were busy taking in billions for the public float of the Asia unit of the world’s largest brewer. Full Article |
| The Indonesia Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan – “OJK”) enacted OJK Regulation No. 14/POJK.04/2019 (“POJK 14/2019”) concerning Amendment to OJK Regulation No. 32/POJK.04/2015 concerning Capital Increase of Public Companies with Pre-Emptive Rights. Interestingly, POJK 14/2019 regulates the provisions regarding public company’s increase of capital without rights issue (“Non-Rights Issue”) that previously governed under OJK Regulation No. 38/POJK.04/2014 concerning Capital Increase of Public Companies without Pre-Emptive Rights and also revokes such regulation. As a result, rules on increase of capital, whether with rights issue or Non-Rights Issue, are now regulated under POJK 14/2019. Full Article |
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| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ legaltech incubator, Prarambh, believed to be India’s first, has announced the winners of its first cohort – JRTC Intern, Leegality and LegalMind. Full Article |
| Hill Dickinson has become the first law firm in Hong Kong to successfully obtain an order from a mainland Chinese court for interim measures in aid of an arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. Full Article |
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| Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR), a law firm based in the UK’s West Midlands, has entered into a collaboration agreement with boutique outfit India Law Alliance (ILA) to meeting the needs of their clients in the UK-India corridor. Full Article |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Commerce & Finance Law Offices have advised Chinese Internet search giant Baidu on the sale of a third of its Nasdaq-listed shares in travel service website Ctrip for about $1 billion. Jingtian & Gongcheng and Latham & Watkins have advised the underwriters. Full Article |
| Energy expert tapped to join Wei Heng Law Firm, CA, brings in corporate partner from AZB, and much more in this week’s Asia Appointments table. Full Article |
| Firm giants assist Power Finance raise global bond issuance size to $5 bln, Bakers, Tian Yuan, W&C act on $3.59 bln China-Peru energy deal, and much more in this week’s Asia Deals table. Full Article |
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