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  • May 20, 2013 |

    Hong Kong ranks third most popular destination with expat lawyers - survey

    Hong Kong is the third most popular destination in the world for expatriate lawyers, according to a new report commissioned by business school ESCP Europe and recruiter Hydrogen. Some 9% of legal professionals surveyed ranked the North Asian financial hub as their preferred relocation destination, beating Australia, which was the favourite of 7%, and Canada which was number one among 6%.

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  • May 15, 2013 |

    Raft of US firms score roles on AsiaInfo-Linkage take private

    A raft of US law firms have acted on the take private of AsiaInfo-Linkage, the latest Chinese company to de-list from a US bourse through a management buyout. The Chinese telecom software provider this week said it had accepted an offer to be acquired by a private investor consortium led by CITIC Capital Partners and AsiaInfo-Linkage co-founder Edward Tian, which values the company at $890m and would see it removed from Nasdaq.

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  • May 1, 2013 |

    Herbert Smith Freehills co-head of arbitration joins Orrick in latest exit

    Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has seen the departure of another senior partner, with the firm's global co-head of arbitration Charles Kaplan leaving to join Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Kaplan, who is based in Paris, is top ranked by Chambers and Partners for international arbitration in France. He will join Orrick's Paris office as a partner in the next few weeks.

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  • April 16, 2013 |

    CC and A&O among international quartet on key Hong Kong IPO double

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have landed lead roles on two key Hong Kong initial public offerings (IPOs), working opposite US outfits Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis respectively. The planned listings of state-owned brokerage China Galaxy Securities Co and Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia's biggest oil refiner, Beijing-based Sinopec Group, are said to be the biggest IPOs in Hong Kong so far this year.

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  • April 11, 2013 |

    M&A adviser rankings: Q1 2013

    The top M&A deals by region from the past three months of 2013, featuring Davis Polk & Wardwell, DLA Piper and Latham & Watkins

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  • April 11, 2013 |

    US mega deals fail to get 2013 going as M&A lawyers face up to worst Q1 in a decade

    Anyone seeking reassurance about the state of the deal markets following a spate of mega-mergers earlier this year should probably avoid looking at the latest rankings from mergermarket, which make for depressing reading. Not only was Q1 2013 down 8% on the corresponding period in 2012 by value and nearly 20% by volume, but it was the slowest opening quarter in 10 years – painting a gloomy picture for corporate lawyers.

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  • April 11, 2013 |

    Milbank set for China management shakeup as senior partners exit

    Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has appointed new leadership in China as two of its longest-serving regional heads prepare to exit the firm. Anthony Root, the head of the US firm's Asian corporate practice and Greater China offices, will retire at the end of May, while securities partner Edward Sun, the chief representative of the firm's Beijing base, will leave before the end of the year.

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  • April 4, 2013 |

    Links tops Q1 Asia M&A rankings as global deal levels hit three-year low

    Linklaters has emerged as the top UK firm for Asia-Pacific M&A for the first three months of 2013, after a quarter which saw global deal volumes fall to their lowest level since 2009. Figures from Legal Week's exclusive data provider Mergermarket show Linklaters jumped 28 places on last quarter to top the Asia-Pacific rankings by value, with roles on 17 deals worth a total value of $10.7bn (£7bn), a performance which saw it place second only to King & Wood Mallesons by volume in the region.

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  • April 2, 2013 |

    Eleven-partner finance regulatory team exits Bingham to join Sidley

    Sidley Austin has hired an 11-partner team from Bingham McCutchen's US securities enforcement and regulatory practice in a major exit from the US firm. The group, which include partners from five of Bingham's offices including New York and Washington DC, is regarded as one of the top teams in its field.

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  • March 27, 2013 |

    Herbert Smith exits continue as top disputes partner Greeno joins Quinn

    Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to lose another high profile City partner, with highly-rated disputes partner Ted Greeno to leave the firm. Greeno, who has experience of commercial litigation and arbitration in sectors including oil, gas and power, is joining the London arm of US litigation specialists Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

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