DBS Bank news

Cheung Kong has completed the sale of five Hong Kong shopping malls to Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (Fortune REIT), a new real estate investment trust to be established in Singapore and listed on the Singapore Stock exchange.

Cheung Kong has completed the sale of five Hong Kong shopping malls to Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (Fortune REIT), a new real estate investment trust to be established in Singapore and listed on the Singapore Stock exchange.

Allen & Overy Hong Kong has announced that it advised DBS Bank and DB Trustees on a US$5bn secured debt issuance programme for Cayman Islands-based special purpose vehicle Constellation Investment...

Following the successful completion of Hong Kong's first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and in response to the jurisdiction's new code on REITs, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKSE) has amended its listing rules.

The property industry is the first casualty in any recession, but investment in this sector may be about to surge following the careful development of pooled investment funds.

Latham & Watkins and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have both had roles to play on the sale of Indonesian telecommunications company PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi (MGTI) to an Indonesian investment firm.

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 ...

Landmark mortgage-backed securitisations have closed in Taiwan and Singapore, as the region continues to embrace the financing technique.

The Singapore office of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has advised on the financing for the largest leveraged buyout in Singapore to date.

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP has acted for the underwriters in a US$250m bond offering for Indonesian telecom operator PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia (MGTI).

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust has closed Singapore's largest IPO of 2004 in December.

A multitude of local and international firms from around the Asia-Pacific have come together to advise on one of the largest leveraged buy-outs in the region in recent history.

The London terrorist bombings have reduced the expected IPO value of the STX Pan Ocean IPO, but it is still the largest public offering in Singapore this year.

Watson, Farley & Williams has acted in the purchase of a US$160m jack-up rig for offshore oilfield service provider, Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd.

Lovells has advised Lehman Brothers, DBS Bank and CLSA Asia-Pacific markets on a US$90m bond offering by  India's Videocon International.

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

Economic growth in Asia has boosted the region's number of millionaires. Singapore is on its way to becoming the leading player in the Asian wealth management industry, overtaking Hong Kong, and a trend towards globalisation in wealth management is only speeding the rise of this star. ALB reports

In a lively discussion at the ALB In-house Legal Summit in Hong Kong in September, a panel of senior in-house lawyers discussed how to manage their image internally.

Law firms in Hong Kong are preparing themselves for a series of family owned bank acquisitions from mainland banks, following the recent and unexpected acquisition of Wing Lung Bank from China Merchants Bank.

Hong Kong law firms prepare for M&A wave