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China takes time to get REITs right Lawyers have been waiting for years for the Chinese authorities to enact a real estate investment trust and while it seems it would prove a ... more
Call of the east A steady stream of senior lawyers have been transferring from Europe and the US to China and Hong Kong recently. Has this been a pull, a pus... more
Japanese acquisitions keep M/A out of the drink Despite the global downturn, Japanese companies are still looking to invest in Australian assets - a trend that lawyers say looks set to con... more

China takes time to get REITs right
Lawyers have been waiting for years for the Chinese authorities to enact a real estate investment trust and while it seems it would prove a ... more

Call of the east
A steady stream of senior lawyers have been transferring from Europe and the US to China and Hong Kong recently. Has this been a pull, a pus... more

Japanese acquisitions keep M/A out of the drink
Despite the global downturn, Japanese companies are still looking to invest in Australian assets - a trend that lawyers say looks set to con... more

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11/06/2009	Qatar Telecom global medium term note program	5,000
11/06/2009	International Petroleum Investment Company - Barclays assets disposal	2,500
8/05/2009	Qatar Telecom - Indosat acquisition offer	815
6/05/2009	IFFCO Poultry-Australian Agricultural stake acquisition	-
4/05/2009	Dexus Property entitlement offer/capital raising	552

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ALB In-house Survey 2009
For law firms, there is nothing more frightening than the prospect of in-house legal teams scaling back the amount of work they outsource. D...

Talent War: the winners
With the talent market becoming more competitive, ALB's extensive Employer of Choice Survey 2009 investigates which firms warrant the title,...

Asia's fastest-growing firms 2008
Among the many firms around the region that are cutting a swathe or carving a niche, some stand tall above the rest. ALB singles out the top...

THE ALB 50: Asia’s Largest Firms
China remains the keystone of the region, but dynamic younger players are nipping at its heels

DLA looks to steady ship in Gulf, appoints new Kuwait head
By George Beveridge | Thursday, 2 July 2009
It has been a tumultuous six months for DLA Piper in the Gulf. The firm will be hoping that the appointment of Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout as office managing partner of its Kuwait and Bahrain offices will steady its Gulf operations.

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China FDI: A two-way street? As lawyers ponder Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Group's A$1.2bn investment in Fortescue Metals, there is no doubting the potency of the outbound Chinese FDI juggernaut. But it pays ... more
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Among the many firms around the region that are cutting a swathe or carving a niche, some stand tall above the rest. ALB singles out the top 30 performers by percentage revenue and ...

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New chairman for Baker & McKenzie's Southeast Asia offices - 30/06/2009
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