<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Legal Business Online - Legal news, deals, jobs + events</title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com</link> <description>Welcome to Legal Business Online - the site for  legal news, deals, jobs, events and awards</description> <copyright>Copyright (C) 2013</copyright><ttl>5</ttl> <item> <title><![CDATA[HSF advises state grid on bond offering]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/hsf-advises-state-grid-on-bond-offering/110920</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/hsf-advises-state-grid-on-bond-offering/110920</guid> <description><![CDATA[Herbert Smith Freehills has acted for the Grid Corporation of China (State Grid) on a $2 billion senior guaranteed notes issuance.
]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[MdME hires corporate partner in Macau]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/mdme-hires-corporate-partner-in-macau/110919</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/mdme-hires-corporate-partner-in-macau/110919</guid> <description><![CDATA[Macau law firm MdME has boosted its banking and finance practice with the hire of Beatriz Segorbe as a partner.
]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[GLN serves Moutai with French wine]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/gln-serves-moutai-with-french-wine/110915</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/gln-serves-moutai-with-french-wine/110915</guid> <description><![CDATA[French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel (GLN) has advised China's leading liquor maker Kweichow Moutai on its acquisition of Ch&#226;teau Loudenne in France.]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Eversheds launches in Beijing]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/eversheds-launches-in-beijing/110914</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/eversheds-launches-in-beijing/110914</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eversheds has opened a Beijing office with two newly hired resident partners.]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Scotiabank says China re-evaluating Guangzhou deal]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/scotiabank-says-china-re-evaluating-guangzhou-deal/110901</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/scotiabank-says-china-re-evaluating-guangzhou-deal/110901</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Executive Rick Waugh said on Tuesday that Chinese authorities are re-evaluating whether they want to go ahead with a deal to sell 20 percent of Bank of Guangzhou to the Canadian bank.

]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[China 'may scrap floor for interest rates this year' ]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/china-may-scrap-floor-for-interest-rates-this-year/110902</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/china-may-scrap-floor-for-interest-rates-this-year/110902</guid> <description><![CDATA[China may remove its floor for interest rates as early as this year or next year at the latest, Chinese media said on Thursday, an important step towards freeing the country's tightly-controlled interest rates market.
]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[ PICC P&amp;C plans $938 mln rights offer]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/picc-pandc-plans-938-mln-rights-offer/110900</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/picc-pandc-plans-938-mln-rights-offer/110900</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chinese state-controlled insurer PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd (PICC P&amp;C) is raising 5.76 billion yuan ($938 million) to bolster capital, expecting strong growth and amid signs that profitability of Chinese insurers are coming under pressure.

]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Essar signs $1 bln financing deal with China]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/essar-signs-1-bln-financing-deal-with-china/110898</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/essar-signs-1-bln-financing-deal-with-china/110898</guid> <description><![CDATA[Essar Energy Plc on Tuesday signed a $1 billion financial cooperation agreement with the China Development Bank and PetroChina International Co Ltd, according to a document seen by Reuters.

]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:32:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[China eases forex rules in SEZs]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/china-eases-forex-rules-in-sezs/110897</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/china-eases-forex-rules-in-sezs/110897</guid> <description><![CDATA[China's foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday that it will simplify regulation of foreign currency transactions for companies operating in China's special economic zones, as Beijing moves to liberalise the yuan.

]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[NA Deals: Greentown China issues notes worth $410 mln]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/na-deals-greentown-china-issues-notes-worth-410-mln/110892</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/na-deals-greentown-china-issues-notes-worth-410-mln/110892</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shearman, S&amp;C advise on Accenture’s acquisition of Acquity Group, four firms assist on Lai Fung Holdings’ notes issue, Shearman guides Oki Electric on its partnership with Itautec, and much more in this week’s North Asia deals spotlight.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Firms broker AsiaInfo buyout]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/firms-broker-asiainfo-buyout/110887</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/firms-broker-asiainfo-buyout/110887</guid> <description><![CDATA[Firms including Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell, Shearman &amp; Sterling, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom, Akin Gump, Ropes &amp; Gray, , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &amp; Jacobson and Paul Hastings have acted in Nasdaq-listed Asiainfo-Linkage Inc’s privatisation.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Ropes &amp; Gray stars in Pactera take-private]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/ropes-and-gray-stars-in-pactera-take-private/110885</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/ropes-and-gray-stars-in-pactera-take-private/110885</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ropes &amp; Gray is advising a Blackstone-led consortium on its $680.3 million non-binding proposal to take China’s Pactera Technology International (Pactera) private. ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[EU says Chinese FTA possible, but wants market opening]]></title> <link>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/eu-says-chinese-fta-possible-but-wants-market-opening/110878</link> <guid>http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/eu-says-chinese-fta-possible-but-wants-market-opening/110878</guid> <description><![CDATA[The European Union is willing to deepen trade ties with China but wants to see concessions from Beijing first, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>