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  • JP Morgan's $2 per share buyout of Bear Stearns has upset shareholders, leading to speculation that they could postpone the deal
  • Linklaters won international law firm of the year at last night's IFLR European awards at the Dorchester in London
  • China may have stumbled on a new form of enforcement for its securities markets: public humiliation
  • Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has advised Dutch shareholder Sun Sage in the sale of its stake in Mando Corporation, a Korean car parts company, to an engineering consortium led by Halla. The $763 million deal also includes a linked redemption of bonds issued by Sun Sage.
  • Ashurst has appointed restructuring specialist Carl Dunton as a partner in its Singapore office. He joins partners Matthew Bubb and Ashley Wright. The firm has announced its intention to develop its finance practice in Southeast Asia to take advantage of the region's economic growth.
  • David Duchosal has joined DLA Piper's Paris office as an of counsel. Duchosal, the founder of French finance firm De Gaulle Fleurance et Associés, specializes in banking, structured finance and projects. He will join DLA Piper's finance and projects group.
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is representing Bear Stearns in its sale to JP Morgan Chase. The deal is valued at just $236 million, equivalent to $2 per share - the stricken bank's share price had soared to $159 in April 2007. Bear Stearns is the latest financial institution to suffer from the decline in the global banking industry. UK mortgage lender Northern Rock was taken over by the British government in February 2007 after investors panicked over its exposure to subprime mortgages.
  • Clifford Chance has represented Khazanah Nasional Berhad on its third issue of exchangeable sukuks (Islamic bonds). The $550 million issue was 10 times oversubscribed. The bonds will be listed on exchanges in Dubai, Hong Kong and Labuan. They are exchangeable into shares of Parkson Retail Group, China's largest department store operator.
  • Norton Rose has hired derivatives and structured finance lawyer Karl Rogers as a partner in its Dubai office. Rogers joined the firm from an in-house position at Shaheen Business & Investment Group in Jordan.
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has announced it is opening an office in São Paulo, Brazil. This is the first physical presence for Skadden in Latin America despite having a dedicated regional practice for nearly two decades.