China Construction Bank law firm news

The fact that Davis Polk’s recent partner additions give it a ready-to-launch Hong Kong law capability underline the benefits of top-lead strategic hiring.

美国达维律师事务所在近日新增两位合伙人–前富而德事务所北京办公室的执行合伙人Antony Dapiran与香港证券交易所上市部门前资深副总裁陈翊庭， 该所也将正式拓展其香港法律业务。

Hua Xia is looking to raise US$3bn through share placements; its selected institutional investors include steel mill Shougang Corp, State Grid and Deutsche Bank.

华夏银行近期向首钢总公司、国网资产管理有限公司和德意志银行卢森堡股份有限公司总计定向增发18.59亿股。华夏由共和律师事务所提供法律服务而首钢则由富而德作为代表律所。

China Merchants Bank is the first major Chinese bank to raise funds from a rights issue since the credit crunch, and its US$3.2bn rights offering has called on top-tier firms to provide legal advice.

招商银行近期发行了价值32亿美元的Ａ+Ｈ配股, 并由四家中美律所提供法律服务。

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.

ALB identifies 25 of the most outstanding in-house legal counsel in Asia.

Fifteen Asia-based Clifford Chance lawyers are celebrating their promotion to senior associate.

Encouraged by the Central Government, PRC banks are back with a vengeance and eager to lend

受到一系列国家经济刺激政策的影响，商业银行信贷进入了一轮快速投放期。一些律师事务所近期观察到银行贷款项目数量明显上升的征兆，银行与金融业律师也逐渐忙碌起来。

The Hong Kong office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has recently witnessed a flurry of activity as a result of an increasing number of loan transactions in the region.

Outbound M&A work has long been hailed as the 'next big thing' among law firms, and the phenomenon has now arrived, as statistics show that net ODI in 2008 totaled US$55.91bn, up over 100% from the previous year.

本周发布的《2008年度中国对外直接投资统计公报》显示，2008年，中国对外直接投资净额达559.1亿美元，较上年增长111%。国内外律师事务所的并购和投资业务随之不断升温。

Clifford Chance and Linklaters have played lead roles on China Construction Bank Asia's (CCB) acquisition of AIG Finance, the consumer finance operations of the AIG group in Hong Kong.

高伟绅和年利达分别作为收购方与卖方的法律顾问，参与了中国建设银行(亚洲)股份有限公司收购美国国际信贷(香港)有限公司的交易项目。

PRC firms, for the first time ever, have topped the Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A legal advisory league table.

总部位于北京的通商和德恒按金额在2009上半年亚太地区（日本除外）并购法律顾问排名中上升到前两名。这标志着中国律所首次在类似法律顾问排行中名列榜首。

Herbert Smith has announced that former partner Jeremy Xiao has returned as a consultant to the firm. Xiao will work out of the firm’s Beijing office on a part-time basis.

史密夫重新聘请肖志岳（Jeremy Xiao）作为其北京代表处的顾问。