05/11/2021
Scottish court blocks ‘legal error’ arbitration appeal
Before this, parties were able to use the old ‘stated case procedure to bring multiple legal challenges to the decisions of arbitrators.
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05/11/2021
Carey Olsen advises Nuvemshop on funding round to drive LatAm expansion
The Carey Olsen team advising Nuvemshop on the Cayman law aspects of the funding round was led by corporate partner Alistair Russell, assisted by associate Emily Cornhill.
05/11/2021
BCR Law LLP named in 2021 eprivateclient Top Offshore Law Firms
The 2021 rankings are based on a survey of more than 50 private client offshore law firms worldwide.
05/10/2021
Court wrong to let Citi's US$504m transfer error stand, groups say
The law should not encourage similar "self-imposed ignorance in situations where it is nearly costless for a party" to "uncover and remedy the error", the professors said in their friend-of-the-court brief offering the judge their view
05/10/2021
Leading law firm for 8 areas in 2 jurisdictions in Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2021
Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific is a publication that focuses exclusively on the region’s litigation and dispute market, providing rankings of firms and litigators considered to be of an elite status.
05/10/2021
Freshfields advises CVC Capital Partners VII on its investment in Acronis
CVC and other investors have invested more than $250m in Acronis in a funding round that values Acronis at more than $2.5bn.
05/10/2021
Latham & Watkins Advises The Carlyle Group Inc. in Providing US$300 Million in Growth Capital to Four Springs Capital Trust REIT
Multidisciplinary team represented the global investment firm in the offering.
05/10/2021
Kevin Lee named Private Client Lawyer of the Year at ASLA Awards
He also advises on family businesses, and has represented corporate clients on commercial transactions and establishing operations in Hong Kong.
05/10/2021
BVI Commercial Court Confirms Implied Cross Undertaking in Damages in Receivership Order
The Freezing Order contained the usual cross undertaking in damages, which was given by JTrust to the Court as the price for obtaining injunctive relief.
05/10/2021
Invest Africa and DLA Piper partner to support ESG best practice in African renewable energy projects
The project will assemble experts from the worlds of impact investment, development finance and law.
05/10/2021
Grand Court of the Cayman Islands strikes out a creditor's winding up petition and comments on the relationship with arbitration clauses
The Company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands as the ultimate holding company for a corporate group engaged in the education sector in the PRC.
05/10/2021
Clyde & Co continues US expansion with opening of three new offices in the Southwest
The opening of the offices continues Clyde & Co’s long term strategy to create a truly national US insurance practice
05/10/2021
First-ever legal framework for AI proposes obligations for developers, users and importers
The proposal also puts forward deterrent fines of up to €30 million, or 6 per cent of worldwide annual turnover in the preceding financial year, for companies flouting the data-related rules.
05/10/2021
Allens advises on Australia's largest sustainability-linked loan
Under the SLL, sustainability performance targets will apply to the Fund's use of borrowed capital in alignment with ISPT's ESG strategy.
05/07/2021
Is It Still as Easy to Hide $1 Billion 5 Years After the Panama Papers?
The papers shed a light on how Mossack Fonseca enabled a handful of wealthy individuals to create shell corporations to manage their assets and taxes.
05/07/2021
Allen & Overy advises on NBN Co’s USD50 billion GMTN programme and inaugural issuance
Allen & Overy acted as sole issuer’s counsel to NBN Co
05/07/2021
Maples Advises on US$4.76B Take Private of China Biologic Products
The company's products are used as critical therapies during medical emergencies and for the prevention and treatment of life-threatening diseases and immune-deficiency related diseases.
05/07/2021
Conyers Shortlisted for ALB China Law Awards 2021
In addition, nine significant matters led by our Hong Kong-based lawyers were also shortlisted as Deals of the Year.
05/07/2021
Appleby's Hong Kong Office Continues to Act as BVI and Cayman Islands Counsel for Times China Holdings Limited
Appleby’s Hong Kong office was instructed again by Times China Holdings Limited (Times China) to act as British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands counsel for their issuance of USD200 million 5.3% senior notes due 2022.
05/07/2021
Ogier advises ad hoc group of noteholders on US$7.1 billion Valaris plc financial restructuring
The restructuring involved an equitisation of the outstanding debt liabilities, the provision of a debtor-in-possession facility by the noteholders and the issuance of new secured notes.