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IP lecturer joins Thailand’s biggest domestic firm
| Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Tilleke & Gibbins, Thailand’s largest independent law firm, has appointed veteran legal academic Dr Jakkrit Kuanpoth as of counsel to the firm’s intellectual property protection group.
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DFDL Mekong to consolidate pan-ASEAN reach with Singapore office in 2011
| Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Regional firm DFDL Mekong has told ALB that it is expecting to convert its representative office license in Singapore to a fully-fledge foreign law practice (FLP) license this month, pending approval from the Ministry of Law. It plans to launch its Singapore office by early January 2011.
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A&O, Mofo lead historic Japanese-Mexican energy financing
| Monday, 18 October 2010
The US$1.2bn acquisitional financing of five gas power stations as well as a 54 kilometre gas pipeline for a group of associated companies in Mexico – all subsidiaries of Mitsui & Co and Tokyo Gas – is a sign of a resurgence in the Asia-Pacific project finance market and overseas acquisitions by Japanese utilities and trading companies.
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Milbank jumps on IPO bandwagon with new HK head
| Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Milbank has poached Mallesons Stephen Jacques partner Dieter Yih (who is also the vice-president of the Law Society of Hong Kong) to capitalise on the IPO listings boom in Hong Kong and benefit from strong deal activity in mainland China.
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Laos: Chandler Thong Ek, DFDL, LS Horizon, Milbank and Latham & Watkins act on multi-billion-dollar
| Friday, 20 August 2010
Thai firms Chandler Thong Ek and LS Horizon, Vietnamese firm DFDL and international firms Milbank and Latham & Watkins have advised on a US$2.7bn project financing deal for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic that involved a syndicated, multi-tranched, multi-currency facility from nine Thai banks – in Thailand’s largest ever project financing syndication and Lao’s first thermal power project.
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In-house lawyers ready to toast HK achievements
| Tuesday, 20 September 2005
"It was a great night, one of the best attended awards ceremonies I have seen," said Clifford Chance partner Huw Jenkins. "Particularly impressive was the spread of awards and, as a result, a wide spectrum of attendees. Next year you'll need the Exhibition and Convention Centre."
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THE POWER AND THE GLORY
| Thursday, 1 September 2005
A raft of power projects across the region has brought electricity to the most remote areas of Asia. However, as Justin Whealing reports, an increasing number of environmental groups are pointing the finger at the advisers and backers behind these deals
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Mallesons get US$1bn+ hydropower project on stream
| Tuesday, 7 June 2005
Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Clifford Chance, Chandler & Thong-Ek, The Mekong Law Group and Allen & Overy have closed the financing deal for the controversial US$1.25bn Nam Theun 2 hydropower project in Laos.
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CC closes controversial power deal
| Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Clifford Chance has closed the financing deal for the controversial US$1.25bn Nam Theun 2 hydropower project in Laos.
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Southeast Asia's largest IPO offers firms rich pickings
| Thursday, 18 November 2004
Thailand's largest refinery operator and petroleum product supplier, Thai Oil Public Company Limited, has closed the country's largest ever IPO and the largest in Southeast Asia for three years.
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THAILAND: AT THE CROSS ROADS
| Friday, 1 October 2004
The Asian financial crisis may have bled Thailand's coffers dry, but it created
lush fields for lawyers to farm - and farm them they did. Now, as the Thai
economy turns around and the restructuring work peters out, foreign firms
without a solid local practice are being faced with a choice: reinvest in the
region - or retreat. Lauren Scott reports from
Bangkok.
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Coudert assists on Arcelor sale
| Tuesday, 20 April 2004
The world's largest steel producer Arcelor has sold its interest in Thailand's only stainless steel producer Thainox Steel Limited.
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ALB special Report: Thailand
| Sunday, 1 June 2003
An uncertain future
When law firms first began pouring into Thailand nearly a decade ago, they had no idea the financial crisis of 1997 would make it one of the most lucrative markets in the region.
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