McDermott任命全球中国业务负责人，拓展中欧业务机会（ZH/EN）
BY Charlie Wu 吴卓言 |美国McDermott Will & Emery律师事务所近日迎来吕晓飞律师加盟其伦敦办公室，并任命吕律师为其全球中国业务负责人，以进一步扩大中国与欧洲市场业务往来的法律服务。加入McDermott前，吕律师曾以合伙人身份，在贝克·麦坚时律师事务所伦敦办公室工作。
多家中外律所助力首批四家A股企业登陆瑞交所（ZH/EN）
BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |国轩高科股份有限公司、格林美股份有限公司、科达制造股份有限公司和宁波杉杉股份有限公司近日在瑞士证券交易所发行全球存托凭证（GDR）并上市，成为继原“沪伦通”机制适用范围的拓展并纳入深圳、瑞士和德国证券交易所之后，首批在瑞士上市的A股公司。多家中资、国际律师事务所为其助力。
天元、君合等助力明阳智能伦交所上市（ZH/EN）
BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |明阳智慧能源集团股份公司（以下简称“明阳智能”）近日在伦敦证券交易所递交招股书，发行全球存托凭证，并将于7月13日挂牌上市，募资约为7.06亿美元。天元律师事务所、年利达律师事务所为该公司提供法律意见，君合律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所则担任联席账簿管理人法律顾问。
虽非桥头堡，自是桃花源——后脱欧时代中国律所与投资者在英国机遇不减（ZH/EN）
BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |2020年12月31日，英国与欧盟达成《欧盟－英国贸易与合作协定》（以下简称“协定”），标志着英国结束了脱离欧盟的过渡期。“协定”从今年5月起正式实施，历时4年多的英国“脱欧”之路就此画上句号。
方达、君合、高伟绅、年利达助力国投电力发行GDR (ZH/EN)
BY Kristen Liu 刘诗宇 |国投电力控股股份有限公司（以下简称“国投电力”）近日成功发行全球存托凭证（以下简称“GDR”），并在伦敦证券交易所上市，募集资金约2.2亿美元。方达律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所作为公司律师参与本次GDR发行；君合律师事务所、年利达律师事务所则为承销商提供法律意见。
UK's Fieldfisher enters China with merger
BY Raj Gunashekar |UK law firm Fieldfisher has entered the China market following a merger with the Beijing-based 12-partner firm JS Partners. As part of the merger, JS Partners will change its name to FeiShi and adopt the Fieldfisher brand.
Ashurst, CC, HSF star in $23 bln Hinkley nuclear plant deal
BY Chris Thomson |Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills have represented various parties in a Franco-Chinese consortium that won the deal to build the $23 billion (18 billion pounds) Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear power station in over 20 years.
Sanpower to buy House of Fraser
BY Reuters |China's Sanpower Group has agreed to buy an 89 percent stake in Britain's House of Fraser in a deal that values the department store at more than 450 million pounds, including debt.
Microsoft backs review of foreign bribery allegations
BY Reuters |Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that allegations of potential bribery by employees in China, Romania and Italy should be reviewed by U.S. agencies and its own compliance unit, but declined to address the specifics of any cases.
DLA Piper, Linklaters advice on Carlyle’s $137 mln investment in Haier Electronics
BY Artemisia Ng |Global buyout firm Carlyle Group engaged Linklaters as legal adviser for its $137 million investment in China’s home appliances giant Haier Electronics Group Co through convertible bonds.
Allen & Overy, Linklaters advise on Tesco’s mega dim sum bond issuance
BY Artemisia Ng |Allen & Overy and Linklaters have advised on British supermarket chain operator Tesco’s RMB 725 billion dim sum bond issuance.