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  • Three UK and one US firm have won roles on The Commercial Bank of Qatar's $900 million listing of global depository receipts (GDRs) – the first by Qatari listed company in nearly 10 years.
  • McDermott Will & Emery has recruited the director of enforcement from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
  • In a structure that is expected to gain popularity in Asia, CVC Asia Pacific has employed a rare whitewash waiver in its investment in Hung Hing Printing
  • SJM Holdings, the largest casino operator in Macau, has raised $494 million from a global offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. A Baker & McKenzie team led by CY Leung, Anthony Poon, Rosanna Chu and Scott Clemens advised SJM on US and Hong Kong law. The casino operator turned to C&C Advogados and Joao Nuno Riquito & Associados Advogados for assistance with Macau law.
  • Following in the footsteps of the UK Financial Services Authority, the US SEC is rushing through short-selling regulation. But as in the UK, lawyers fear this additional regulation will create confusion
  • Taylor Wessing is opening its second Chinese office. The firm has been operating in Shanghai since 1996 and will now open in Beijing.
  • Austrian firm Schoenherr has re-hired corporate partner Monika Wildner after four years at Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich.
  • Three partners and ten lawyers have walked out of Romanian firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Peterson to set up a stand-alone practice. High-profile partners Cristina Filip (energy), Francisc Peli (real-estate) and Carmen Peli (M&A) will form a new firm named Peli Filip, along with the ten other Nestor Nestor lawyers.
  • Brewers Anheuser-Busch and InBev have entered into a definitive merger agreement worth $52 billion. InBev will acquire all the outstanding shares of Anheuser-Busch at a price of $70 each. Sullivan & Cromwell partners Frank Aquila, George Sampas, George White and Jim Morphy are leading the team advising InBev. The European brewer turned to Clifford Chance for advice on debt financing and Linklaters for equity financing. Rod McGillivray and Francois De Bauw led the respective teams.
  • As some cases fester in the US judicial system, other claimants are bringing their disputes about structured investment vehicles to the UK courts for quicker resolution