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Asia Appointments: Week of Jan 18

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

K&L Gates hires two partners in Shanghai and Singapore, DLA Piper gets new Middle East corporate head, and more in this week’s Asia Appointments table.
Asia Appointments: Week of Dec. 21

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Jones Day, OMM, Paul Hastings and Freshfields announce promotions, and more in this week’s Asia Appointments table.
PH, Anjie assist NewQuest on China hydro exit

BY Eileen Ang |

Paul Hastings and Anjie Law Firm have represented an investment group led by NewQuest Capital Partners in the sale of China Hydroelectric Corp (CHC) to a unit of state-owned Shenzhen Energy Group for around $492 million, with Jones Day and Grandall Law Firm advising the buyers.
North Asia Deals: Week of Nov. 16

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

STB, Jones Day, Lee and Li on Tsinghua’s stake purchase in Powertech, Cleary and Shearman lead on Dali Foods’ Hong Kong IPO and more in this week’s North Asia Deals table.
STB, Jones Day, Lee and Li on Tsinghua’s stake purchase in Powertech

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jones Day and Lee and Li are advising on Chinese state-backed chip maker Tsinghua Unigroup’s proposal to purchase a 25 percent stake in Taiwan chip packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology Inc.
North Asia Deals: Week of Nov. 9

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Four firms on Japan Post’s $12 bln triple IPO, Debevoise, STB and Skadden act on Anbang’s purchase of Fidelity & Guaranty Life, and more in this week’s North Asia Deals table.
North Asia Deals: Week of Sep. 28

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Freshfields and Jones Day on Japan Tobacco’s $5 bln purchase of tobacco brand from Reynolds, Clifford Chance acts on Indonesian Govt’s samurai bond issuance, and more in this week’s North Asia Deals table.
Baker Botts expands in Greater China with Jones Day HK raid

BY ALB |

Baker Botts has hired Michael Arruda, Joanne Du and Phillip Georgiou as partners from Jones Day’s Hong Kong office. The trio will be based in Hong Kong and Beijing.
Davis Polk, Jones Day, STB star in ASE’s bid for $919 mln stake in SPIL

BY Eileen Ang |

Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE) on its plan to purchase up to 25 percent of shares in Siliconware Precision Industries Co (SPIL) for about T$30 billion ($919 million).
Asia Appointments: Week of Aug 3

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Ashurst adds infrastructure partner in Singapore, Morrison & Foerster nabs disputes team from Winston & Strawn in HK, and more in this week’s Asia Appointments table.