JP Morgan law firm news

The rivalry heats up amongst Tokyo-based international firms at the night of nights for Japan’s legal fraternity – the ALB Japan Law Awards 2011.

Deal highlights from the last week from ALB

Despite only having joined Jincheng Tongda & Neal less than a month ago, the Jin Tao, is already inundated with work having just completed a high profile Japan-China M&A deal.

前君和合伙人金涛以高级合伙人身份加盟金诚同达。

China’s second-largest wind turbine maker Xingjiang Goldwind Science & Technology has raised US$1.05bn in its second listing attempt on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – after earlier plans to list in June were shelved due to poor market conditions.

新疆金风科技近日在香港联合交易所挂牌上市。新疆金风由新疆天阳律师事务所担任法律顾问而承销商则由富而德和竞天公诚律师事务所提供法律咨询。

The first-ever listing of a Mongolian company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange(HKSE) – also ranked as the second highest non-domestic, non-Chinese company listing in Hong Kong, after UC Rusal's US$2.2 billion IPO in January – has paved the way for an infrastructure and mining boom in Mongolia as international investments pour into the country’s natural resources sector.

Asia’s largest diversified trading company Noble Group has retained Clifford Chance for the second time this year – and the third time in less than 12 months – in a dual-tranche debt issue valued at US$750m.

Premier industry event The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards has named chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEx) and Clearing, Charles Li, as well as Bar Council chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, Russell Coleman SC, as its guests of honour this year.

Beijing Kejie Law Firm has recently represented Sino-Ocean Land Capital Finance Limited, subsidiary of Sino-Ocean Land Holdings, in its US$900m issuance of perpetual subordinated convertible securities.

远洋地产近通过向国际投资者发行9亿美可转换债券，债券在五年后赎回。

Jun He and Commerce & Finance together with their international counterparts have recently helped China Liansu successfully launch its US$250m IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange despite the market’s dry spell.

尽管近月市况不佳，国内最大的塑料管及管件生产商中国联塑集团仍然于近日成功在香港联交所上市，成功筹得2.5亿美元。

Sidley Austin has created a new leadership position and named Chicago-based partner Thomas Albrecht as its new Asia-Pacific managing partner.

Beijing Tianyin, Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo, King & Wood, and Freshfields have been involved in Guangzhou Automobile Corporation's proposed acquisition of Hong Kong-listed Denway Motors through share-swap, a deal that is valued at US$4bn.

广州汽车近期宣布，将通过换股方式实现骏威汽车私有化。与广汽常年合作的律师事务所北京天银和香港胡关李罗在该交易中再次为客户效力。

Commerce & Finance and O'Melveny & Myers along with co-counsel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, have recently acted for WuXi PharmaTech in its proposed sale to Charles River Laboratories International.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.近日与WuXi PharmaTech Inc.签署一项最终协议，将以现金与股票方式合并，交易金额约为16亿美元。

Linklaters has named Teresa Ma, currently a partner in Hong Kong focusing on M&A and international equity issues, as the head of its Shanghai office.

Linklaters has appointed London-based partner Stuart Salt to head its Asia offices as the current managing partner Zili Shao steps down to join firm client JP Morgan this month.