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FEATURE: Private equity: growth accelerator
| Thursday, 3 December 2009
While the rest of the world takes a year-long hiatus from making private equity transactions, China’s domestic PE industry, now led by domestic players, remains active and is fast evolving. A strong private equity market will not only drive economic growth but also foster a more sophisticated domestic PE legal fraternity.
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Zhong Lun obtains landmark clearance for Panasonic-Sanyo merger
| Monday, 9 November 2009
With the combination of a well-established Japanese practice and a strong antitrust and competition team, Zhong Lun has assisted Panasonic in obtaining MOFCOM's conditional antitrust clearance for its US$9.4bn acquisition of Sanyo Electric.
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Korea liberalisation: Seoul Intentions
| Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Korea looks set to finally open its doors to foreign law firms but international firms remain adamant that this won’t affect their Korean strategies. ALB investigates
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Paul Weiss, Davis Polk, Nagashima Ohno and Mori Hamada called in on mega Citi deal
| Monday, 3 August 2009
Paul, Weiss, Skadden, Davis Polk and two of Japan's largest domestic firms, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nagashima Ohno Tsunematsu have all played leading roles in one of the largest Japanese deals to close this year–Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co's acquisition of Citigroup's controlling interest in Nikko Asset Management (NAM).
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An evening of glitzy celebration – ALB Japan Law Awards 2009
| Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Asian Legal Business (ALB) was delighted to host the Japan Law Awards for the fifth year running, on 28 May at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. Winners of this year’s ALB Japan Law Awards, across 24 award categories were revealed for the first time on the night. Close to 200 industry luminaries and business leaders attended the high-profile event.
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Japan 2009
| Saturday, 11 April 2009
Is the cooperative consensus that has typified a liberalised Japanese legal market finally giving way to greater competition? ALB investigates
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NO&T snares top advisers
| Saturday, 9 February 2008
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (NO&T) has started 2008 with the appointment of high-level legal advisers in the areas of tax and litigation.
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ANALYSIS: Asahi Koma's demise a coup for the competition
| Tuesday, 1 May 2007
After news leaked out early last year that Asahi Koma Law Offices was in discussions with Nishimura & Partners about a potential merger, the two firms were forced to publicly confirm the merger plans, leaving the entire process wide open to the prolonged scrutiny of the firms' competitors and clients, as well as the media.
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Japan 2007
| Sunday, 1 April 2007
A special report covering the following areas: Winds of change, Foreign firms face rocky road in Tokyo, The sun rises again
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Learning for life
| Monday, 1 January 2007
If they are to differentiate themselves from their competitors and to win the Asian war for legal talent, law firms can no longer afford to ignore training and development. Whether it be with ongoing practice area updates, coaching for senior partners, business development strategies, or negotiation and time management skills, innovative solutions are required if firms are to attract and retain the best practitioners
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Hot property
| Wednesday, 1 November 2006
The rise to prominence of real estate as an asset class in Asia has pushed the development of a budding REIT market that developers and investors are sure will blossom. ALB reports
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