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Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:06 PM
US-based law firm, Paul Hastings, is planning an expansion to South Korea, citing the increase in M&A and capital markets activity that we have seen in the past few years.However, this expansion (their destination is Seoul) has not been so easy to pursue. Due to the current restriction on foreign law firms in Sou...
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Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Weil Gotshal & Manges have acquired a four-partner funds team from Clifford Chance. Nick Benson, Nigel Clark, Ed Gander and Jonathan Kandel have all moved from Clifford Chance to Weil Gotshal & Manges to establish a funds formation practice in the firm’s New York office. This establishment is a major move towa...
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Posted on August 9, 2010 at 4:08 PM
On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 5 p.m. London time, the law firm Reed Smith will host a teleseminar focused on the recently passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This teleseminar, which is part of a series focused on the Dodd-Frank Act, is concerned with its impact on private fund and regist...
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Posted on July 23, 2010 at 6:07 PM
On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 5 p.m. London time, the law firm Reed Smith will host a teleseminar focused on the recently passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The panel, consisting of a number of industry experts with substantial experience in both the financial and physical commodities marke...
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Posted on July 20, 2010 at 4:07 PM
Baker & McKenzie has hired Paul Elliott as the firm’s Asia Pacific Head of Project Finance. Elliot has extensive expertise advising clients on project, structured and cross-border financings, along with debt restructuring, in the power, oil, gas & petrochemicals, telecoms, transportation and water industries. H...
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Posted on June 17, 2010 at 4:06 PM
On July 6 & 8, 2010, the Asset Management in China seminar will be held in London and New York. Hosted by the law firm Allen & Overy LLP, the program is designed to focus on the recent developments for investment funds in, and relating to, China. As China’s asset management market presents immense opportunities ...
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Posted on April 16, 2010 at 5:04 AM
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Chinese company Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on its $1.8bn acquisition of Volvo from the Ford Motor Company. This is a landmark deal as it is the first time a major car manufacturer has been taken over by a Chinese company and is also the biggest takeover of a luxury brand so f...
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