Norton Rose law firm news

HHP, W&S, Clifford Chance, Baker & McKenzie act on largest Shari’a compliant telecom financing
| Friday, 3 June 2011

Clifford Chance, White & Case, Norton Rose, Mochtar Karuwin Komar, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, Wiriadinata & Saleh and Baker & McKenzie have advised on a US$1.2bn multi-sourced Shari’a compliant Islamic financing deal – the largest cross-border private sector Islamic financing into Indonesia to date.

Deals digest: Foxtel/ Austar; Buddle Findlay NZ roundup
| Wednesday, 1 June 2011

A summary of deals information received by ALB this week.

Norton Rose moves Aus energy partner to Japan
| Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Norton Rose Australia partner Michael Joyce has moved to the firm’s Tokyo office

UK firms beef up China practices with round of partner promotions
| Tuesday, 24 May 2011

A number of UK firms – including Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith – have promoted a slew of new partners in a renewed push to bulk up their China practices.

2011 ALB Law Awards – winners revealed
| Friday, 20 May 2011

Revealing the winners at the 2011 ALB-Macquarie Bank Law Awards: which firms collected the honours this year?

Milbank adds to Beijing corporate offering
| Thursday, 19 May 2011

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has hired Li Chen to join its Beijing global corporate group as of counsel.

Norton Rose looks to Australia to beef up Beijing
| Thursday, 12 May 2011

Norton Rose Group has relocated Michael Wilton, a corporate finance partner, to Beijing from its Melbourne office.

Budget bring little change, more questions
| Wednesday, 11 May 2011

The Gillard Government’s first budget has received a mixed reaction from industry and none more so than the legal profession.

Legal industry stalwarts appointed to ILSAC council
| Thursday, 5 May 2011

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced new appointments to the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC).

SG: Davis Polk Beijing managing partner launches political career
| Wednesday, 4 May 2011

The head of Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Beijing office will be stepping down from the helm of the US firm this year to launch his political career with Singapore’s largest opposition party – the Worker’s Party – in the upcoming general elections to be held on 7 May 2011.

ME: Ashurst promotes Shell in-house hire and two others to partnership
| Monday, 25 April 2011

Ashurst has promoted three partners in the Middle East with effect from 1 May 2011. This is part of a larger round of global partnership promotions, numbering 12; up one from 11 last year.

Middle East: Norton Rose promotes two to partnership
| Thursday, 21 April 2011

Norton Rose has promoted banking of counsel Joanne Emerson-Taqi and corporate finance senior associate Dino Wilkinson to the firm’s global partnership in a 15-strong promotion round that includes seven females.

Asia-Pacific: Norton Rose promotes five to partnership
| Thursday, 21 April 2011

Norton Rose has created five new partners in the Asia-Pacific – with two promoted in Canberra, one in Shanghai, one in Singapore and one in Sydney.

Norton Rose announces global partner promotions
| Thursday, 21 April 2011

The Norton Rose Group has added 15 partners across its global network, including three in Australia.

ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards 2011 finalists announced
| Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Following an exhaustive research process involving a record number of submissions from law firms and in-house legal departments this year, ALB is proud to announce the finalists for the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2011, the most important event on SE Asia's legal calendar.

WongPartnership, HHP, LBS, Latham, Milbank act on landmark Adaro energy loan
| Thursday, 14 April 2011

A subsidiary of the second largest coal producer of Indonesia, Adaro Energy has inked a US$400m senior loan facility from a syndicate of 12 banks to refinance existing debts and capital expenditures. The loan secured has a maturity period of seven years – the longest tenor of any major financing to date in the Indonesian market.

Nabarro Singapore clinches first panel appointment
| Monday, 4 April 2011

Publicly-listed oil & gas services company Clough has appointed Nabarro Singapore to its legal panel as its key Asian counsel – an appointment which is the result of partner Glen Cheng’s prior relationship with the company.

Singapore: Hogan Lovells zeros in on SEA listing work with partner relocation
| Wednesday, 30 March 2011

London-based Hogan Lovells senior partner Andrew Carey will relocate to Singapore in April 2011 as part of the firm’s expansionist push to further develop its capital markets capabilities in the region.

Law firms sign up for environmental report card
| Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Eight law firms across the country have exposed their environmental report card to the world in the inaugural Environmental Consumption of AusLSA Members report 2009/2010.

Caution in the wind as councils become the new planning regulator
| Monday, 21 March 2011

The Victorian State Government has thrown the renewable energy industry a curve ball, announcing that the planning control for new wind farm developments would now be handled by the relevant local council.