11/03/2013
China’s AllBright Opens in Hong Kong and forms Local Association
Shanghai-headquartered AllBright has become the latest Chinese firm to expand into Hong Kong.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/03/2013
Addleshaw Goddard strengthens Singapore capability
He also has extensive experience of practice in South East Asia, having spent much of the last 20 years in the region, initially with Richards Butlers and then with DLA Piper.
11/03/2013
Bakers, S&C, Slaughters star in $1.5 bln HK bank buy
The purchase of Chong Hing Bank by Guangzhou’s Yue Xiu will be the first takeover of a Hong Kong bank since the $4.7 billion deal for Wing Lung Bank by China Merchants Bank in June 2008
11/02/2013
JPMorgan confirms probes of hiring in Hong Kong
Authorities in the US and elsewhere check whether practices breached bribery laws
10/31/2013
Asian regulators eye more forceful monitoring of shadow banking units
ASIA’s financial leaders are looking into implementing a high-level policy framework to strengthen the monitoring of financial institutions that provide services similar to that of a traditional bank.
10/31/2013
Enlarged King & Wood Mallesons forms new global organisational structure
The newly merged firm will be governed by the international management committee
10/31/2013
Dacheng launches into Mongolia
Several international firms have also entered into Mongolia
10/30/2013
Debevoise Names New International Counsel in Hong Kong
He regularly represents private equity sponsors and multinational corporations in a range of corporate transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, minority and control investments, secondary transactions and capital market offerings.
10/30/2013
China securitization plan expanded to include foreign banks - sources
Chinese regulators have expanded a pilot plan allowing banks to package loans into tradable securities to include foreign banks
10/27/2013
Ex-Slaughter, Linklaters Lawyers Fail to Dismiss Lawsuit
A former Slaughter and May lawyer and her boyfriend who worked for Linklaters LLP lost a bid to dismiss a Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission lawsuit alleging they used inside information to trade shares.
10/27/2013
Japanese Bank’s Inquiry Finds Details of Shady Loans
The used-car dealers that dot the outskirts of Tokyo and other Japanese cities are an unlikely link between one of Japan’s biggest banks and the country’s yakuza gangsters.
10/24/2013
King & Wood Mallesons senior partner to chair HK insurance group
King & Wood Mallesons senior partner Ronald Arculli has been appointed as chairman of Pacific Century Group new insurance business, FWD Group.
10/24/2013
Withers expands Asian family practice
The newly appointed Chinese team members will further expand and strengthen our offering to the growing Chinese high net worth market.
10/23/2013
Former Indian Bank chief, four others sentenced
A CBI court sentenced on Wednesday former Indian Bank chairman and managing director M Gopalakrishnan and four others to one year imprisonment for defrauding various branches of the bank to the tune of about Rs. 6.5 crore.
10/22/2013
Taiwan Investor Headed To Luxembourg For BSI Documents Involving Madoff-Linked Funds
A Taiwanese investor who tried to obtain potentially embarrassing documents in a Hong Kong court tied to the possible sale of Bernie Madoff-linked funds
10/21/2013
UBS fined on Newcrest sale
The breach had the potential to damage the reputation and integrity of the market but was inadvertent on the part of UBS
10/21/2013
Clifford Chance comes under fire from Singapore government for 'misleading clients'
Shanmugam said the government had contacted the firm to warn it about giving misleading statements
10/21/2013
Bakers Hires Corporate Lawyer From A&O in Tokyo
Baker & McKenzie has hired corporate M&A lawyer Jeremy White as a partner at its Tokyo office
10/20/2013
Singapore launches assessment of money-laundering risks
Singapore has launched an assessment of money-laundering and terrorist-financing risks within its borders
10/19/2013
Asian Financial System Strengthened By Regulatory & Supervisory Framework - Zeti
The modernisation of the Asian financial system has been accompanied by a significant strengthening of the regulatory and supervisory frameworks