Fried Frank law firm news

Outgoing Hong Kong Law Society president Huen Wong will take up the role of Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre from 1 June 2011, long-time incumbent Michael Moser.

The surge in the Hong Kong capital markets continues with the US$320m initial public listing of Shanghai-based children’s product manufacturer, Boshiwa International, on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock exchange.

奥睿，海问以及Conyers Dill & Pearman联手为中国最大的儿童用品企业博士蛙国际的香港上市项目提供法律服务。

Advised by Baker & McKenzie, AAR and Linklaters, Chalco, a subsidiary of Chinalco, and Rio Tinto have finally signed a binding agreement to establish a joint venture in relation to the Simandou iron ore project.

力拓集团与中国铝业股份近日就成立合资公司，开发并经营位于几内亚的西芒杜铁矿项目签订了有约束力的协议。

US firms Jones Day and Fried Frank have both strengthened their Hong Kong capital markets practices with key appointments, as demand for capital markets specialists grows with the surge in IPO activity seen in Hong Kong.

Citi India has appointed former GE Capital (India) general counsel, Sandip Beri, as its new country head of legal.

Latham & Watkins has appointed real-estate specialist Raymond Kwok as a partner in its Hong Kong practice.

Shanghai listed Zhuhai Huafa Industrial has hired its first legal director, a vice president-level post, from Zhuhai-based Guangdong Band law firm.

King & Wood has been engaged on a US$440m Hong Kong global offering by Shenzhen-based property developer Kaisa Group, after recently advising on the US$2.7bn Sinopec/SABIC joint venture.

地产企业佳兆业集团近期在香港正式挂牌上市，成为2009年在香港上市的第八家中国房地产公司。

Appleby and Latham & Watkins have represented Ming An Holdings in its privatisation by way of a Cayman court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement by its major shareholder, China Taiping Insurance.

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.

"International strategy" now has a new meaning among local Hong Kong firms, as the SAR's lawyers increasingly recognise the importance of cooperating with their mainland counterparts.

香港与内地，特别是珠三角地区，经济的加速融合促使香港律师更多放眼内地，积极寻求与内地同行紧密合作的机会。香港律所与国内领先律所之间的联营以及合并也正逐渐成为香港本地律师实现国际化的最新途径。

Foreign investors have dominated the Australian M&A sector in 2009, being involved in all seven of the billion-dollar-plus public takeovers and schemes of arrangement (SOAs) seen over the last financial year

As the country drives itself towards a low carbon economy, a few forward-looking and adventurous lawyers have taken the step to found their own firms focusing primarily on the sector.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has topped the Mergermarket Australasian M&A league tables, advising on 30 deals valued at US$24.4bn between January and September this year

China South City Holdings, a developer and operator of large-scale, integrated logistics and trade centres in the PRC, has commenced trading on the HKSE and both Baker & McKenzie and Morrison & Foerster were involved as legal advisors on this US$404m IPO.

Hong Kong’s capital markets seems to no show signs of slowing down, with yet another IPO recently closed by a string of law firms – China Lilang’s US $150m IPO.