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  • Ashurst has expanded its German corporate practice by hiring Lutz Englisch as a new partner. Englisch is joining the firm from his position as a senior in-house lawyer at Siemens.
  • Malayan Banking (Maybank) has issued the world's first Islamic US-dollar subordinated bank capital sukuk
  • Belgian-based bancassurers KBC Group has won an auction to take 92.5% of Absolut Bank in Russia for $1.01 billion. Baker & McKenzie advised KBC Group throughout the process that began in the fourth quarter of 2006. At this stage, there were over 20 potential bidders, but by the end there were only two rivals. The other bidders had to withdraw due to their own involvement in other European M&A deals.
  • Japan's raised sovereign debt rating of AA from Standard & Poor's is symbolic, but will not affect deal flow, says Tim Lester, managing partner of Lovells' Tokyo office
  • Chinese conglomerate Beijing Enterprises has acquired Beijing Gas Group (BVI) from Beijing Enterprises Group, which is wholly-owned by the Beijing municipal government, for HK$11.6 billion ($1.4 billion)
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed five partners in Asia, including the firm's first home-grown bengoshi, Junzaburo Kiutchi
  • The US Securities and Exchange Commission is moving closer to allowing the use of International Financial Reporting Standards in financial reports
  • Corporate lawyers have argued that IPOs and industry sales are converging into dual track offerings because of the booming M&A market
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Citigroup on hybrid bonds for American International Group and The Travelers Companies
  • The Hong Kong listing market is suffering, after the China Securities Regulatory Commission's (CSRC) insistence on a $1 billion threshold for H-share listing candidates