Bank of America news

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.

The Australian Government's US$3.2bn (A$5.58bn) divestment of the Kingsford Smith Airport (Sydney Airport) to the Southern Cross Airports consortium was the largest announced transaction in 2002

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

Bank of America Corporation's US$3bn strategic investment in China Construction Bank was the largest single foreign investment in a Chinese company and the first foreign strategic investment in one of China's 'big four' state-owned banks.

Bank of America Corporation's US$3bn strategic investment in China Construction Bank was the largest single foreign investment in a Chinese company and the first foreign strategic investment in one of China's 'big four' state-owned banks.
This headline transaction also stole the show at the third annual ALB China Law Awards

The past year has witnessed a sudden race by foreign banks to enter the Chinese banking market. In 2005 alone, foreign financial institutions invested over US$17bn buying minority stakes in Chinese national and local banks. Some of these deals, such as the US$3.1bn paid by a Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium for a 10% stake in Bank of China, rank as the largest ever foreign acquisitions in China (see table below).

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

As more pieces have been put together, the jigsaw puzzle of the Chinese legal market starts presents an increasingly integrated and impressive landscape. With the unstoppable economic boom, lawyers' ambitions are surging alongside ALB reports.

And the finalists are...
It's that time of year again. Now in its fifth year, the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards is back and promises to be bigger and better than ever in 2006. The following pages document the official finalists - and potential winners - of this year's awards

Stories covered - Akerman Senterfitt reviews management structure; Troutman Sanders bags five partners; New York firms boost restructuring teams

When reports surfaced of Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy and the fall of Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the US, it seemed like market activity had slowed. But figures released by Mergermarket show otherwise.

Despite a slowing Australian equity market, lawyers from Mallesons and Blakes acting on Cleveland-Cliffs' takeover bid for Portman Mining (A$528.4m) are looking at a decent pay packet.

DEAL NEWS: After posting the slowest first quarter in almost a decade, Hong Kong's capital markets are once again in full swing, or at least, the closest we are likely to get to it in the middle of a worldwide economic crisis.

PRC firms, for the first time ever, have topped the Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A legal advisory league table.

总部位于北京的通商和德恒按金额在2009上半年亚太地区（日本除外）并购法律顾问排名中上升到前两名。这标志着中国律所首次在类似法律顾问排行中名列榜首。

Sinopharm Group, the largest distributor of pharmaceutical and healthcare products in China, has made its debut on the HKSE with a US$1.13bn IPO that was 500 times over-subscribed.

China South City Holdings, a developer and operator of large-scale, integrated logistics and trade centres in the PRC, has commenced trading on the HKSE and both Baker & McKenzie and Morrison & Foerster were involved as legal advisors on this US$404m IPO.

ALB identifies 25 of the most outstanding in-house legal counsel in Asia.

Appleby: a fast-growing offshore firm boosts its network for clients

While the rest of the world takes a year-long hiatus from making private equity transactions, China’s domestic PE industry, now led by domestic players, remains active and is fast evolving. A strong private equity market will not only drive economic growth but also foster a more sophisticated domestic PE legal fraternity.