Tag: Kirkland & Ellis
Former SFC executive director in HK joins Kirkland & Ellis as partner
Brian Ho, the former executive director of corporate finance at Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), has joined Kirkland & Ellis’ transactional group as a partner
Sidley bolsters finance practice in Singapore
Sidley Austin has hired finance lawyer Daniel Lindsey as a partner in its global finance group in Singapore
PE specialist joins Goodwin in Hong Kong
Private equity expert Daniel Dusek has joined Goodwin in Hong Kong as a partner in its global private equity practice after spending six years with Kirkland & Ellis’ office in the city as a partner
NaaS charges into Nasdaq on short-cut
NaaS Technology has been listed on Nasdaq through a merger with US company RISE Education Cayman in a deal that makes NaaS the third China concepts stock to go public in the US this year and the first IPO for an electric-vehicle charging-services provider
Fund lawyer moves to Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance has strengthened its global funds and investment management team with the hire of Xing Liyong as a partner in Hong Kong
Vision Deal gets nod as HK’s second SPAC listing
The HKEX listing of Vision Deal, a special purpose acquisition company backed by former Alibaba CEO David Wei, saw three firms advising in the HKD1 billion (USD127 million) transaction
China Business Law Awards 2022
China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year
Diagnostic provider Yunkang goes public in HK
The fifth-largest market player in China’s medical operation services sector has been listed on the HKEX
Khaitan appoints Singapore disputes partner
Kartikey Mahajan has been named as a partner at Khaitan & Co’s Singapore office dispute resolution practice
Deal highlights
Aquila Acquisition Corporation became the first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to list in Hong Kong
Freshfields adds capital markets partner in HK
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Howie Farn as a partner in its global transactions group in Hong Kong. Farn joined from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a capital markets partner focusing on US securities transactions
Linklaters, Conyers spins China-Cayman first with Golden Wheel
With the approval of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Golden Wheel Tiandi, a Hong Kong-listed and Jiangsu-based real estate company
The A-List: Top offshore lawyers 2022
Offshore financial centres worldwide have made relentless efforts to attract foreign business, and outward-looking Asian companies have responded to this demand by setting up overseas entities. However, finding the right legal team is daunting
Deals of the year 2021
We look back at the most significant transactions and disputes of last year as we ring in the year of the tiger
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GST: A 5-year report card
A look back at the past five years shows that GST hasn't been the game-changer that was promised
ESOP fables
Separating fact from myth about granting share deals to keep talent
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Incentivisation of green technologies in India
The global climate pledge has fuelled the country’s ambition to adopt environmentally friendly technology, and everyone is invited to join
