Daiwa Securities law firm news

Lawyers for China Minsheng Banking Corp (CMBC), the first and largest privately owned joint stock commercial bank in the PRC, had to work together to juggle the requirements of the Shanghai Stock Exchange as well as the HKSE in order to complete the launch of CMBC’s IPO in Hong Kong.

Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Nishimura & Asahi are set to fight it out for top honours at the Japanese legal fraternity's night of nights, the ALB Japan Law Awards 2009.

Deacons and Simmons & Simmons are acting on the IPO and Hong Kong stock exchange debut listing of the Hong Kong Government-backed Tradelink Electronic Commerce.

Allen & Overy in Tokyo has advised Daiwa Securities SMBC as arranger and swap counterparty on the first public rated CEO (collateralised equity obligation) transaction, the first to be backed exclusively by equity default swaps and the first to be issued in multiple tranches.