China Development Bank news

In the June issue of ALB, we reviewed the legal spending habits of Asia's largest 25 companies. Here we examine where that spend is going and what measures firms are taking to lure more of it

On the back of our ASX100 in-house counsel feature, Stephen Mulrenan looks at where some of Asia-Pacific's biggest legal spenders are putting that spend - and what firms are doing to get it

Iraq and SARS ensured that very few prospective project financings matured in 2003. But not to be discouraged, practitioners are looking forward to a brighter future. Stephen Mulrenan reports

What were the top deals of 2003? ALB set itself the difficult task of singling out the 10 most innovative, groundbreaking and significant deals of the year in the Asia-Pacific region. And here's what we came up with ...

A White & Case team is advising the Chinese banks funding the Guangdong LNG Terminal & Trunkline project financing.

It is a question that's on the minds of investors and lawyers here in Hong Kong and around the world - with growing pressure on Chinese banks to clear their balance sheets of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in preparation for IPOs and international competition, when will PRC authorities finally permit NPL securitisations that have proven so effective in helping other Asian nations manage loan risk and dispose of bad debts?

The sophisticated securitisation market has been damp squib for a lot of firms. However, with the Korean and Japanese markets still active and pilot securitisation underway in China, ALB asks if the market is ready to take off

As the Asian market for securitisation consolidates, firms are looking to China's start-up market with expectation. ALB reports on securitisation in the PRC

It was fine haul for JSM at last week's ALB Hong Kong Law Awards - the firm won the prizes for Employment Law Firm of the Year, Managing Partner of the Year and Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year.

China's need for energy to feed its booming economy has seen a string of prominent law firms advise on one of the country's major projects, an US$11bn gas pipeline stretching across Central Asia to China.

ALB Guide: Infrastructure 2008 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas, and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them.

What will the Year of the Ox bring for the legal profession? How will client demands change? ALB China asks nine legal experts this new year to predict trends in nine different practice areas

Clifford Chance and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have been called in to act on Chinalco's mega US $21bn financing ahead of what is widely expected to be its US $19.5bn investment in mining giant Rio Tinto.

China Development Bank (CDB) has just completed its first project financing in Greece.

Encouraged by the Central Government, PRC banks are back with a vengeance and eager to lend

受到一系列国家经济刺激政策的影响，商业银行信贷进入了一轮快速投放期。一些律师事务所近期观察到银行贷款项目数量明显上升的征兆，银行与金融业律师也逐渐忙碌起来。

Forging ahead as a city of importance, the city's legal firms are now making their mark, part of the economic powerhouse that is China's fifth first-tier city

In its US$939m investment into Kazakhstan-based oil & gas corporation JSC KazMunaiGas, CIC appointed Vinson & Elkins and GRATA law firm as its international and Kazakhstan legal counsel respectively.

An agreement has been made by VisionChina Media (VCM) to acquire all of the shares in Digital Media Group (DMG), via a merger in exchange for cash and stock totaling US$160m.

Standard Bank of Africa has been lent US$1bn by four Chinese banks making their debut loan into the South African market. Denton Wilde Sapte was recommended to the lenders by the borrower.