Lateral hires
Name | Leaving | Going to | Practice | Location | Position |
James Webb | Mourant Ozannes | Walkers | Finance & Corporate | Hong Kong | Partner |
Marcus Hinkley | Collas Crill | Withers | Trusts | Singapore | Special Counsel |
Kazuhilo Kikawa
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| Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | Corporate | Tokyo | Special Counsel |
Ryo Muramatsu | Nijubashi Partners | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
| Tokyo | Associate |
Annette Bain | A M Bain | DLA Piper |
| Hong Kong | Pro Bono Counsel Asia |
视频网站哔哩哔哩（“B站”）近日在香港联合交易所二次上市，募集资金超过200亿港元（行使超额配股权前）。天元律师事务所、世达国际律师事务所担任发行人律师；安杰律师事务所担任发行人特别法律顾问；通商律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所为联席承销商提供法律意见。
Freshfields, Skadden star in Nikkei’s purchase of the Financial Times, 11 firms act on Xueda Education’s merger with Xiamen Insight Investment, Bakers and Debevoise advise on Meiji Yasuda’s U.S. insurance acquisition, and more in this week’s North Asia Deals table.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis are part of an eight-firm group advising on Alibaba Group Holding’s $3.7 billion buyout of online video provider Youku Tudou, known as ‘China’s YouTube’.