We have recruited four highly experienced partners to our Aberdeen office, significantly enhancing our capability in Europe’s oil capital and our national energy sector team.
Davis Polk Advises The People’s Insurance Company (Group) Of China Limited On Its $3.1 Billion Initial Public Offering
Davis Polk advised The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited (PICC) in connection with its approximately HK$24 billion ($3.1 billion) initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and an international offering in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. The IPO, with total proceeds of nearly $3.6 billion if the over-allotment option is fully exercised, is the largest initial public offering in Hong Kong and the largest initial public offering of a PRC company during the past two years.
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Allen & Overy Advises on Debut USD1.5 Billion Mongolian Sovereign Bond Offering
Allen & Overy announced today that they have represented the underwriters on the debut USD1.5 billion global bond offering by the Government of Mongolia. Allen & Overy advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan and TDB Capital who acted as joint lead managers of the Rule 144A/Regulation S offering.
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WFW Appoints New Partner to Open Frankfurt Office
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ivana Mikešić as a new partner. Ivana is based in Frankfurt and WFW will open a new office in the city in January 2013.
Tags: Watson, Farley & Williams LLP | GermanyWFW Asia Practice Advises Precious Shipping Public Company Limited on the Planned Construction of Two Bulkers
The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Thailand’s Precious Shipping Public Company Limited in connection with the order by two special purpose joint venture companies (the “Companies”) of two 20,000 dwt cement-carrying bulker carriers at China Shipbuilding & Offshore International and Shanhaiguan New Shipbuilding Industry
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Paul Hastings Represents PICI in Creation of World’s Largest Shark Sanctuary
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised the Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI) in a pro-bono effort to establish regulations that create a shark sanctuary in the Cook Islands. The regulations prohibit certain commercial fishing activities within the Cook Island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ)—an area of ocean approximately 1.9 million square kilometers (756,000 square miles) in size—that threaten sharks, and ban the possession, sale, and trade of shark and shark products. This newly established protected area neighbors the shark sanctuary recently announced by Tahiti Nui (French Polynesia), and will connect with the EEZs of American Samoa and Tokelau to create the largest contiguous shark conservation area in the world—an area over 6.7 million square kilometers (2.6 million square miles) in size.
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Baker Donelson Adds Experienced Telecommunications Attorneys to Real Estate Group
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, announces the addition of Andy Rotenstreich and Thomas J. Buchanan to the Firm’s Birmingham office.
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Akin Gump Advises Hicks Equity Partners in Formation of Industrial Components Company
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised Hicks Equity Partners in a partnership it established with The Riverside Company to form H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company, a holding company specializing in heavy-duty, precision-engineered industrial components. The former CEO of a Hicks portfolio company will lead H-D.
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Clifford Chance Advises CLP Holdings on Its $982 Million Sale of New Shares
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised CLP Holdings Limited on its US$982 million placing of new shares. The placing was done by way of a tender process whereby selected banks were invited to submit bids to underwrite the placing. The placing agents for this transaction were Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and UBS.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Hong KongClifford Chance Advises on Jumbo US$1.5 Billion Bond Issuance Guaranteed by China Development Bank, Hong Kong Branch
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers1 on the issue by Amber Circle Funding Limited of US$500 million 2% guaranteed notes due 2017 and US$1 billion 3.25% guaranteed notes due 2022, guaranteed by China Development Bank Corporation, Hong Kong Branch.
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