Romulo Mabanta law firm news

Filipino heavyweights SyCip and Romulo have advised on one of the country’s largest ever M&As: the US$1.6bn share-swap transaction between Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel), the sole owner of Sun Cellular’s parent company Digitel Mobile Philippines.

Lex Mundi has welcomed five new members to its Client Advisory Council, bringing the current total to 12.

King & Wood, Freshfields and Debevoise are representing AIA in its highly anticipated Hong Kong IPO. As the issuer has businesses and operations in 15 markets in the region, a large number of local firms in these jurisdictions have also been engaged for legal support.

美国国际集团(AIG)旗下友邦保险近日正式启动备受关注的公开招股，将于29日挂牌，计划集资约200亿美元。除金杜、富而德以及德普三家大所任发行人律师外，还有多家亚洲律所也为此上市项目提供过了法律意见和服务。

The votes are in, the numbers crunched, the data weighted, collated and tallied. And the results have given some interesting findings.

由《亚洲法律杂志》策划并组织的２００９年度亚太地区以及中东地区法律市场最佳雇主的调查活动于近日圆满结束。在中国区，十家国内和国际著名律师事务所脱颖而出，被业内人士评选为本年度“最佳雇主”。

Global law firm associations are doubling their efforts in this region to make sure their members secure a piece of the advisory pie

The Philippine legal market is still dominated by three big local firms, but an exciting group of smaller players is emerging from the shadows.

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

The ability to generate a headline is not always a good thing. But the following 100 lawyers from around the Asia-Pacific region have managed to do just that over the last 12 months

"It was a great night, one of the best attended awards ceremonies I have seen," said Clifford Chance partner Huw Jenkins. "Particularly impressive was the spread of awards and, as a result, a wide spectrum of attendees. Next year you'll need the Exhibition and Convention Centre."