| Singapore’s WongPartnership has formed a strategic alliance with Philippine law firm Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula (ZGLaw), expanding its regional network to cover nine cities across China, the Middle East and ASEAN. | Paul Hastings has represented COSCO Shipping on its $6.3 billion offer for Orient Overseas International (OOIL), which turned to Slaughter and May for advice. | | Submissions are now open for ALB Asia’s 40 Under 40 list, which profiles the brightest young legal minds in the region. | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has advised China Literature, the e-publishing arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent, on its IPO in Hong Kong that is anticipated to raise as much as $800 million. |
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| In this edition of ALB Insights, we took a closer look at marketing heads within law firms, who have a growing role in helping their employers meet targets. We also provided a snapshot of Sri Lanka’s growing legal market and spoke to Orrick, which recently celebrated two decades in Tokyo. | | Wong & Partners has acted for Malaysian property company S P Setia on $800 million purchase of rival I&P Group, which was represented by Zainal Abidin & Co. | | The Law Society of Singapore recently identified 23 law firms in the city-state as “SmartLaw” firms, or local law practices that have “adopted technology to improve productivity.” ALB profiles three of them. | | Submissions for ALB’s annual ranking of the best law firms for M&A in Asia are now open. | | Morrison & Foerster, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, and AZB & Partners have been the top legal advisors by the volume of deals in APAC for acquisitive Japanese technology giant SoftBank since 2012, according to data from Mergermarket and AVCJ. | | Simmons & Simmons has hired Michael Chin as a partner in the firm’s corporate and commercial practice in Hong Kong from Hogan Lovells. | | Submissions are now open for The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards. Now on its 16th year, these prestigious awards recognise and celebrate Hong Kong’s top deals, dealmakers and lawyers. | | King & Wood Mallesons has advised China Foreign Exchange Trade System & National Interbank Funding Centre (CFETS) on its cooperation with the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) on the recently launched Bond Connect scheme between China and Hong Kong. | | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added Scott Peterman as an M&A and private equity partner at its Hong Kong office from Jones Day. | | PH, Slaughters and K&E on COSCO’s $6.3 bln offer to buy OOIL, WongP and Zainal Abidin & Co on S P Setia’s $800 mln purchase of rival I&P Group, and many more in this week’s Asia deals table. | | UK firm Charles Russell Speechlys opens in HK with Mayer Brown and Maples hires, Simmons nabs corporate partner from Hogan Lovells, and many more in this week’s Asia Deals table. |
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