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  • August 1, 2011 |

    Herbert Smith Asia managing partner leaving to join Hong Kong regulator

    Herbert Smith's Asia managing partner is resigning to become chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), reports The Asian Lawyer. Ashley Alder is set to leave Herbert Smith - where he has been Asia head since 2005 - on 30 September, when he will take up the top job at the Hong Kong regulator.

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  • August 1, 2011 |

    Uria, Linklaters and Davis Polk advise on €3bn Spanish bank IPO

    Uria Menendez has taken the lead role for Spanish banking conglomerate Bankia on its €3bn (£2.6bn) initial public offering (IPO). The IPO, reportedly Spain's third-largest of all time, saw 824 million new shares made available at €3.75 per share, with trading on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges kicking off on 20 July.

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  • July 11, 2011 |

    Davis Polk signs up Mayer Brown partner duo for Brazil launch

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired two partners from Mayer Brown, as the New York firm gears up to launch in Brazil. Banking and finance partners James Vickers and Stephen Hood are set to join Davis Polk in the coming months to help launch the firm's Sao Paulo office, with the departures leaving Mayer Brown with just one partner in Brazil, securities lawyer Ricardo Gonzalez.

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  • July 1, 2011 |

    Elite US trio added to Barclays panel after review of bank's advisers

    Barclays has added three US firms to its general advisory panel, following a comprehensive panel review intended to increase value for money from the bank's regular advisers. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell have been added to the bank's main general advisory panel after Barclays decided to include the creation of a US sub-division for the first time.

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  • June 24, 2011 |

    Slaughters wins lead for Prada as $2.1bn Hong Kong IPO goes live

    Slaughter and May has taken a lead role on Prada's $2.1bn (£1.3bn) Hong Kong listing alongside Italian best friend Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and US outfit Davis Polk & Wardwell. The initial public offering (IPO), which went live on the stock exchange today (24 June), marks the first Hong Kong listing by an Italian company.

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  • June 17, 2011 |

    Freshfields loses Hong Kong head as Sullivan launches local law practice

    Sullivan & Cromwell has launched a Hong Kong law practice with recruits from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, writes The Asian Lawyer. Kay Ian Ng, formerly Hong Kong managing partner for Freshfields, will lead the new group for Sullivan, with counsel Gwen Wong is also coming aboard. Both focus on capital markets work.

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  • May 18, 2011 |

    Davis Polk boosts Paris with Shearman hires

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has moved to strengthen its Paris office with the hires of US rival Shearman & Sterling's local corporate and antitrust practices. Corporate partner Jacques Naquet-Radiguet, who was also the deputy managing partner of Shearman's Paris office, joined Davis Polk as a partner on Monday (16 May), after leaving Shearman last week.

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  • May 5, 2011 |

    A&O beats City rivals to lead in Q1 bank roles for Euro capital markets

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped Thomson Reuters' EMEA debt capital markets rankings for the first quarter of the 2011 calendar year by manager, with US firm Sidley Austin topping the equivalent table by issuer. A&O was the most active adviser to managers on international bond issues, advising underwriters on 129 deals generating proceeds of $92.8bn (£56bn). The tally gave the firm a 7% share of the market by volume, ahead of Linklaters, Clifford Chance (CC), Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Davis Polk & Wardwell.

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  • May 3, 2011 |

    Simpson Thacher launches Hong Kong law practice with magic circle duo

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired two partners from magic circle rivals to launch a Hong Kong law practice, writes The Asian Lawyer. Celia Lam, the joint Greater China managing partner for Linklaters, and Christopher Wong, the former head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's China corporate practice, will join Simpson Thacher in the autumn.

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  • April 14, 2011 |

    Santander reviews UK advisers as Barclays quizzes panel on hospitality

    Banco Santander has kicked off a review of its external legal advisers in the UK as it emerges that Barclays is set to grill its global panel firms on corporate hospitality spending for the first time. Santander's review of its own-account legal panel began around two weeks ago and covers the legacy Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley brands.

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