Jones Day has hired capital markets expert Gene Buttrill as a partner at its Hong Kong office.

Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have advised a consortium led by Carlyle Group in its agreement to take Chinese budget hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings private for $688 million.

Eversheds has advised private equity firm AID Partners Capital Ltd (AID Partners) on its purchase of British music and video retailer HMV’s Hong Kong and Singapore operations for an undisclosed amount.

Howse Williams Bowers has grown its corporate practice in Hong Kong with the addition of Chia Ching Tan to its partnership.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised investment holding company Shanghai Industrial Holdings on its issuance of HK$3.9 billion zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has advised Hainan Airlines on its $500 million issuance of 3.625 percent notes due 2020.

It is not feasible for large companies to completely eliminate fraud internally; however, a business has to have the right culture to ensure compliance, said lawyers speaking at ALB’s Masterclass – a learning forum for lawyers – in Hong Kong on Thursday.

As Chinese companies listed in the U.S. have increasingly become the subject of accounting scandals, Washington has pressured Beijing to provide U.S. regulators access to the audit records of U.S.-listed Chinese companies. China’s refusal to do so has led to a regulatory standoff. Kanishk Verghese examines the ongoing dispute, and discusses its ramifications for Chinese-U.S. business and legal work in the region.

Baker & McKenzie has advised Cheung Kong Holdings and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cheung Kong Bond Securities, on its issuance of $500 million 5.375 percent guaranteed senior perpetual securities.

Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its Hong Kong M&A practice with the hire of partner Frank Sun from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.