Kaiwen(凯文) law firm news

Hong Kong-listed operator and developer of underground shopping centres in China, Renhe Commercial Holdings, has retained Kaiwen(凯文), Conyers Dill & Pearman, Norton Rose, Davis Polk and Latham & Watkins for the third time since its IPO, for its US$300m senior notes offering on the Singapore Securities Exchange (SGX- ST).

人和商业控股近日在新加坡证券交易所发行了于2016年到期的3亿美元优先票据。人和商业由竞天公诚，达维，离岸律所康德明和诺顿•罗氏提供法律咨询，而承销商则由凯文和瑞生国际律师事务所担任法律顾问。

King & Wood topped the Bloomberg charts for top China domestic IPO issuer advisors (by total deal value) for the first half of 2010. Hot on its heels were Beijing Tianyin, Grandall, Jia Yuan and Zhong Lun.

根据彭博资讯统计，金杜和国浩近期分别荣登国内IPO发行人法律顾问排行榜榜首（按融资总额和项目总数计算）。金杜于2010年上半年内作为发行人律师参与共17项IPO融资总额达250亿人民币，而国浩则参与了共22项IPO的发行。

Recent Asian debt market transactions have put high-yield notes capabilities back on law firm agendas. Four Chinese property companies have recently offered high-yield notes with a total deal value of US$1.37bn.

近月来，多家律所协助了四家地产商发行美元保证优先票据，总价值高达13亿美元。

Haworth & Lexon becomes the first Shanghai firm to open an office in Chongqing.

West China is the next hot market. Investors have been attracted by the preferential economic policies, a cheap workforce, and sufficient raw materials and natural resources. This vast region is maturing rapidly.

In the context of the global financial crisis and the Olympics aftermath, the legal industry in the country's capital city is inevitably affected. But Beijing's legal fraternity believes that the legal services market will remain vibrant and prosperous.

Despite a short-term drop in deal volume, law firms are keeping a positive outlook for Chinese outbound M&A activity in the years ahead

Increasingly, the divide between the burgeoning mainland legal system and Hong Kong’s own common law jurisdiction is, at a practical level, becoming blurred. ALB asks Hong Kong lawyers whether this trend is enhancing their leading position in the industry or bringing more competition from their mainland counterparts