by Ashford Benjamin | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
15 July, 2016 Allen & Overy announces today that it is expanding its Greater China debt capital markets practice with the appointment of Liang (Alex) Tao, a Mandarin speaking U.S. partner, in its Hong Kong office. Alex joins from Davis Polk &...
by Ashford Benjamin | Jul 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
13 July, 2016 Kirkland & Ellis is acting for J.P. Morgan, as financial adviser, in connection with CVC Capital Partners-led funds’ US$1.1 billion proposed privatization of Nirvana Asia Ltd (HKSE: 1438) by way of a scheme of arrangement. Nirvana is the...
by Ashford Benjamin | Jul 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
13 July, 2016 International law firm Taylor Wessing has announced an official association between a newly established branch of Taylor Wessing and local firm HM Chan & Co in Hong Kong. HM Chan & Co delivers a wide range of advice on corporate, M&A,...
by Ashford Benjamin | Jun 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
3 June, 2016 Shearman & Sterling advised J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, Goldman Sachs, and UBS as initial purchasers on the offering of US$500 million 2.3% Guaranteed Notes due 2021 and US$1 billion 3.15%...
by Ashford Benjamin | Jun 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
17 May, 2016 Indonesia is a jurisdiction which sometimes receives bad press from a restructuring and insolvency perspective. However, over the past 10 years, the Indonesian restructuring process called the Suspension of Debt Payment Obligations (“PKPU”) has evolved...
by Ashford Benjamin | Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
25 April, 2016 Dada Nexus Limited, which operates China’s largest crowdsourcing delivery platform, has entered into definitive agreements with JD.com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD), whereby JD.com will contribute its existing online-to-offline business unit (JD Daojia...
