Venture Law law firm news

In the latest round of additional redundancy announcements by major international firms, White & Case will again reduce its workforce, cutting 400 staff, including 200 lawyers, and a number of partners across its global offices.

White & Case has broken off its alliance with local Singapore firm Venture Law, after obtaining its licence to practice local law.

Just as Rome needed more than a day to construct its mighty empire, so too has Singapore embarked on the long road of building the legal empire to outlast all others. But this about as far as the analogy extends.

ALB Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners was one of the law firm beneficiaries of the second major convertible bond offering by Enercoal Resources and its parent company Bumi Resources.

And the finalists are...
It's that time of year again. Now in its fifth year, the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards is back and promises to be bigger and better than ever in 2006. The following pages document the official finalists - and potential winners - of this year's awards

US, Thai and Singapore law firms have toasted the success of the initial public offering by Thai brewer Thai Beverage Public Company Limited.

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

SINGAPORE BOUNCE-BACK.The Singapore IPO market appears to have recovered, but despite an increasing number of IPOs, experts' views on the coming year remain cautious

Raffles Hotel chain, home of the famous "Singapore Sling" cocktail, has divested its world-wide hotel interests. The leading American investment fund Colony Capital LLC purchased the Singapore-based hotel chain for just under US$900m.

A host of international and local firms have completed the first Indonesian cross-border securitisation since 1997.

SingTel rival StarHub has closed the largest IPO in Singapore this year, with the trading of its shares beginning on 13 October.

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe is set to open an office in Beijing after being granted a licence to do so.