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  • ANALYSIS: Crisis billing
    | Thursday, 12 November 2009
    The more in-house budgets are cut, the more firms need to be innovative in the way they bill.
  • PT Adaro financing confirms interest in Indonesian natural resources
    | Monday, 2 November 2009
    The natural resources sector in Indonesia is heating up. Leading coal mining company, PT Adaro Indonesia, has attracted significant interest from international financiers resulting in oversubscription in both an offer of senior guaranteed notes and a bank facility.
  • Billable hour moribund?
    | Friday, 16 October 2009
    Legal departments are increasingly asking for alternative fee arrangements, causing a “fundamental” change in the relationship between legal departments and their external legal counsel.
  • Asia CEOs confident of economic recovery
    | Wednesday, 7 October 2009
    The heads of some of Asia’s biggest corporations feel that economic recovery may be on the way and see investment potential in certain Asian countries.
  • Hong Kong law firms prepare for M&A wave
    | Sunday, 20 January 2008
    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.
  • ALB: In-House Legal Summit: Hong Kong
    | Thursday, 22 November 2007
    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.
  • Managing Asia's horn of plenty
    | Friday, 1 September 2006
    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
  • US$90m bond deal tied up by Lovells
    | Friday, 3 March 2006
    Lovells has advised Lehman Brothers, DBS Bank and CLSA Asia-Pacific markets on a US$90m bond offering by  India's Videocon International.
  • WFW rigs up Aban Loyd
    | Thursday, 9 February 2006
    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.
  • Bombings dampen Korean entry on SGX
    | Tuesday, 26 July 2005
    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.
  • US$1bn leveraged buy-out energises firms
    | Thursday, 21 July 2005
    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.
  • Milbank Tweed on first dollar bond in six months
    | Wednesday, 20 October 2004
    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).
  • Milbank on largest LBO
    | Tuesday, 27 July 2004
    The Singapore office of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has advised on the financing for the largest leveraged buyout in Singapore to date.
  • Mortgaged-backed deals all the rage
    | Friday, 26 March 2004
    Landmark mortgage-backed securitisations have closed in Taiwan and Singapore, as the region continues to embrace the financing technique.
  • US firms act on telco acquisition
    | Wednesday, 18 February 2004
    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.
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