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Targeting growth overseas has helped boost US firms' turnover during a difficult economic period. Deciding how best to tackle Hong Kong remains open for debate. Stephen Mulrenan re

Described as an English badge, the select few UK firms considered part of the so-called ‘magic circle’, have the found that the term isn’t quite the stamp of approval in Hong Kong as it is in London. Stephen Mulrenan finds out why.

* M&As, IPOs, securitizations and other financing firsts * Worth over US$50bn in value * Involving more than 10 different jurisdictions * And more than 30 of Asia’s most reputable law firms

Latham & Watkins represented Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Jupiter), in connection with a 140 billion yen (approx. $1.2 billion) secured financing, described below in Jupiter's press release. Clifford Chance also had a role on the deal.

ABN Amros Asian compliance chief and head of legal in Hong Kong has resigned after two-and-a-half years in the job.

ALB asked Australian firms to identify the key deals they had acted on in each country around the region. Here are some of the results

Firms often downplay the importance of fees in the buying decision, and are correspondingly tight-lipped about their hourly rates. But are in-house lawyers of the same opinion? ALB examines the clients' real criteria

Mallesons has suffered a double blow over the Lane Cove Tunnel project. Teams from its Sydney office group had an interest in two of the unsuccessful consortia bidding for the A$1.1bn project...

Simmons & Simmons has raided the Hong Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in order to boost its corporate department.

Simmons & Simmons has raided the Hong Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in order to boost its corporate department.

The ASX is experiencing a floating frenzy as companies rush to market to take advantage of improved investor sentiment. But how long will it last?

Australian Legal Business takes a look at the top deals of 2003 - and the lawyers who helped to make them happen

White & Case has advised on Vietnam's first combined export credit agency supported aircraft finance transaction.

Asian private equity topped the US$100bn mark in 2004. ALB looks at the activity in the region

Latham & Watkins' impressive record in negotiating deals involving India's capital markets continues with its role on the jurisdiction's largest international equity offering.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has acted on one of Thailand's largest capital markets deals of the year, advising the Thai Oil Public Company on its US$350m Regulation S offering of notes.

The London terrorist bombings have reduced the expected IPO value of the STX Pan Ocean IPO, but it is still the largest public offering in Singapore this year.

Coudert Brothers and Morrison & Foerster have negotiated a US$300m term loan for container leasing company Florens from 13 lenders. Hong Kong's COSCO Pacific Limited, the parent company of Florens, has guaranteed the loan.

The ability to generate a headline is not always a good thing. But the following 100 lawyers from around the Asia-Pacific region have managed to do just that over the last 12 months

India's largest ever convertible bond was issued last week in the shape of a US$500m 2010 convertible bond on behalf of the Housing Development Corporation of India.