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Three banking and finance and dispute resolution partners join the firm following landmark split from Mallesons
Partners at both firms have voted in favour of the tie-up, which marks ‘the largest law firm merger in history’
The combination between Ashurst and Perkins Coie, which will create a $2.8 billion law firm, is expected to close in Q3
Michelle Phang, who joined the firm as head of M&A for Southeast Asia in January, breaks down key trends shaping the region’s dealmaking
Amid US and European market stagnation, Australia is emerging as a vibrant mid-market M&A hub, attracting investors with strong deal flow and stable economic policies
Veteran partners Ian Ho and Anthony King will co-lead the new office, which will also welcome two new partners from Baker McKenzie and Latham
Newly independent King & Wood has established offices in North America, while Mallesons has entered a ‘new era’ with a 1,200-lawyer firm across Australia and Singapore
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Sponsored by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-LawGönenç Gürkaynak and Öznur İnanılır of ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law unpick the key aspects of Turkey’s merger control regime. A pending Draft Competition Law has now been suspended
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Sponsored by JunHeIn 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued the Circular on Promoting the Reform of the Filing and Registration Regime for Issuance of Foreign Debt by Enterprises, under which, both issuance of bonds and borrowing of mid-and-long term commercial loans overseas by PRC enterprises and/or their offshore subsidiaries and branches (collectively, the debtors) are subject to a prior filing and registration with NDRC (foreign debt filing). Over the past five years, the debtors as applicants encountered a lot of issues with regard to the foreign debt filing due to the ambiguity in definitions, scope and standards thereof. As a result, the NDRC issued detailed application guidance including 25 FAQs and respective answers in February 2020, aiming to make these issues clear.
