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Bi-Lingual Banking & Finance Lawyer, Qatar, 3 Years+ PQE -3/02/2012
Our client is looking for a Bi-Lingual (English/Arabic) Junior-mid level lawyer ( 3 Years+ PQE) to join the Banking and Finance team in their office in Doha. The criteria is very specific and only candidates that match the requirements will be considered. The work is solely non-contentious dealing with a mix of transactional, advisory, general banking and finance regulatory work.


Diageo- Chengdu Yingsheng Investment acquisition

- $925.00 m
  • Entry date - Thursday, 11 March 2010
  • Jurisdiction - China
  • Practice - M&A
  • Diageo acquires controlling stake in Chengdu Yingsheng Investment Holding, owners of Chinese winery ShuiJingFang

  • Firm - Freshfields
  • Client - Diageo
  • Lead Lawyers - Heiner Braun, Jack Wang, Robert Ashworth
  • Role -
  • Firm - Haiwen & Partners
  • Client - Diageo
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role - PRC counsel
  • Firm - Slaughter and May
  • Client - Diageo
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role -


Deal summary

  • Diageo acquires controlling stake in Chengdu Yingsheng Investment Holding, owners of Chinese winery ShuiJingFang

  • Freshfields team included six lawyers across Shanghai and Beijing

  • Slaughter and May, longstanding counsel to Diageo, previosly advised its debt market issue in 2008



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