LCS & Partners(协和国际) law firm news

Maples and Calder, LCS & Partners, Latu Ey & Clarke all played a role in advising on the US$190m Taiwan IPO of TPK Holding Company.

TPK控股近日在台湾上市， 此次首发筹资1.9亿美元。TPK由上海通力，台湾协和国际法律事务所，开曼群岛万普达和Latu Ey & Clarke律师事务所提供法律咨询。

With less than two months to go before the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2010, the race for the best trophy haul of the night is intensifying, and five firms are finalists in more than ten categories apiece.

One of the most striking trends seen in the global M&A markets throughout the past 18 months is the intensity of China’s interest in overseas acquisitions, and the explosion of Sino-foreign M&A activity has been the impetus for both international and domestic firms to ramp up their ability to handle outbound transactions.

全球并购市场在过去18个月中最引人注目的趋势之一是中国企业对海外收购项目的不断增长的兴趣。跨国并购项目的增长也渐渐成为律所加强为海外并购项目提供法律服务的推动力和律所的发展重点。

In one of Taiwan's largest M&A transactions in recent years, international and local Taiwan firms have been working together to facilitate AIG's US$2.15bn sell-off of its Taiwan life insurance unit - Nan Shan Life Insurance.

It was the first year in which the Taiwan Deal of the Year was presented at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2009, and a whole raft of firms received accolades for their role.

Recent events have shown that Dacheng is pursuing international opportunities multifariously.The firm is expanding its global network not only through entering strategic alliances with foreign firms and opening branch offices overseas but also by joining a global professional network.

WSG（World Service Group）近日批准大成律师事务所加入该组织，成为中国地区的唯一成员。

Paul, Weiss has assisted The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) in a US$1.8bn deal to create the largest pay-TV operator in Taiwan.

The votes are in, the numbers crunched, the data weighted, collated and tallied. And the results have given some interesting findings.

由《亚洲法律杂志》策划并组织的２００９年度亚太地区以及中东地区法律市场最佳雇主的调查活动于近日圆满结束。在中国区，十家国内和国际著名律师事务所脱颖而出，被业内人士评选为本年度“最佳雇主”。

Against a backdrop of jittery financial markets and increasingly nervy investment community, Asia's PE players just keep putting the big deals together. ALB reports on the corresponding windfall for law firms.

As Taiwanese companies pursue growth on the international stage and seek capital to fund expansion, local Taiwanese law firms are wading in a sea of instructions

Whether it is for landing a prominent role on a key transaction, undergoing impressive growth, or simply upping sticks to a new location, the following firms across Asia are the ones that are on the march

Taiwan's notoriously oligopolistic legal market shows clear signs of deep-seated change. And, as ALB reports, intransigence is as hard as ever to find on the island - especially in the legal community

Taiwan's notoriously oligopolistic legal market shows clear signs of deep-seated change. And, as ALB reports, intransigence is as hard as ever to find on the island - especially in the legal community