On April 2 2002, Norton Rose will reopen for business in Hong Kong almost three years to the day after it was forced out following the breakdown of its joint venture with local firm Johnson Stokes & Master.
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
The European head of legal at Nomura has resigned coinciding with a significant restructure of the internal legal function at the Japanese investment house.
Morrison & Foerster has nabbed a senior structured finance lawyer from Nomura Securities in Tokyo, helping the US firm develop its asset backed financing practice.
Morrison & Foerster has continued its expansion in Tokyo with the recruitment of Anderson Mori corporate finance partner Ryugo Yoshimura.
Litigation around discretionary bonus claims is rapidly becoming a big fee earner for employment lawyers. With the introduction of new race discrimination laws, further contentious work is set to take off
The joint head of Clifford Chance's Communications, Media and Technology Group in Hong Kong has quit the magic circle firm to join the rival practice at Bird & Bird.
The final quarter of 2003 proved a lucrative one for the securitisation team at Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker.
Following a significant restructure of its internal legal function, Japanese investment house Nomura has brought back from retirement former Linklaters chief executive Terence Kyle as its new general counsel for Europe.
Clifford Chance has turned to magic circle rival Allen & Overy to bolster its litigation and dispute resolution practice in Asia.
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker's joint law enterprise in Tokyo has advised Nomura Securities as arranger in Japan's first asset backed securitisation involving special event facilities.
With a transaction value of approximately US$30bn and the prospect of forming the world's largest banking group with assets of approximately US$1.7tn, the proposed merger of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group with UFJ Holdings has caused quite a commotion in the Tokyo legal market.
Latham & Watkins' impressive record in negotiating deals involving India's capital markets continues with its role on the jurisdiction's largest international equity offering.
The January 1 2005 merger of Japanese heavyweight law firm Anderson Mori with capital markets firm Tomotsune & Kimura has already borne fruit at last night's inaugural Deals of the Year Awards Japan 2005.
Shearman & Sterling has worked alongside fellow Wall Street heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell and leading domestic firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune to bring to a close the world's largest IPO so far this year.
ALB's first Deal of the Year Awards Japan 2005 drew a horde of top lawyers to the fabulous Happo-en venue in Tokyo on 16 June. And the winners were....
Amarchand & Mangaldas and Khaitan & Co have taken roles in the first simultaneous equity offering in the domestic, US and Japanese markets by an Indian company.
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
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