Reliance news


Norton Rose acts on insurance acquisition \| Thursday, 22 July 2004 The Singapore-based corporate insurance team of Norton Rose has advised UK insurance run-off specialist Omni Whittington on its first acquisition in Asia.
Norton Rose, Rodyk and Allen & Gledhill on insurance acquisition \| Wednesday, 1 December 2004 Norton Rose and Rodyk have advised UK insurance run-off specialist Omni Whittington on its acquisition of Lion City Run-Off.
Steinepreis hits the right notes for Nova \| Wednesday, 31 August 2005 Capital markets specialist Steinepreis Paganin has acted for the newly created uranium explorers Nova Energy on its Australian Stock Exchange debut.
India's largest IPO relies on round-the-clock advice \| Friday, 26 May 2006 Indian and US counsel have helped Indian start-up Reliance Petroleum Limited close the subcontinent's largest-ever initial public offering.
Milbank ups capital markets partner count by two \| Monday, 19 November 2007 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has boosted its core capital markets practice with the lateral hire of White & Case US securities partner Joshua Zimmerman and the election to its partnership of Singapore-based capital markets lawyer Naomi Ishikawa.
FoxMandal Little becomes a little bigger \| Tuesday, 2 December 2008 Indian firm FoxMandal Little (FML) has announced that it will open two new offices in India.
Holman Fenwick's bollywood bat for Rajasthan Royals \| Monday, 16 February 2009 INDIA: UK-based law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), has advised Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty and her boyfriend Raj Kundra on their purchase of an 11.7 % (US$15.4m) minority shareholding in Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchise "the Rajasthan Royals" in what is believed to be the first time an IPL franchise has sold part of its stake.
AZB stumbles into conflict of interest \| Friday, 6 November 2009 AZB & Partners has been caught up in the public feud between billionaire brothers, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Anil Ambani of Reliance Natural Resources.
India 2009 \| Thursday, 12 November 2009 More players, more sophistication
Linklaters, Juris Corp & Khaitan log on for Indian broadband financing deal \| Tuesday, 3 August 2010 Linklaters together with Indian firms Khaitan & Co and Juris Corp have acted on a US$500m financing deal in the Indian telecom sector.
Simmons & Simmons loses partner in ME projects practice \| Tuesday, 5 October 2010 Simmons & Simmons has lost veteran partner George Booth to Clyde & Co, who in his six-year tenure at the firm’s Abu Dhabi office has headed both its corporate and projects practice groups at various times.
Rupee strength thrusts Indian M&A activity ahead of BRIC counterparts \| Thursday, 18 November 2010 A 20-month rupee rally, rapid infrastructure development and falling borrowing costs have driven clear growth in Indian M&A in recent months, according to Phoenix Legal partner Abhishek Saxena.
M&A prognosis positive despite inbound slowdown \| Monday, 28 March 2011 Announced M&A activity across the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) in the first quarter of the year is 9.7% up on the same time last year, according to the latest Thomson Reuters First Quarter Preliminary Review.