Jessica Seah

March 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Ashurst is to launch a Beijing office with a partner hired from the newly minted King & Wood Mallesons. Patrick Phua was head of derivatives, structured finance, and banking for the former Mallesons Stephen Jaques' Beijing office.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

November 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The two firms are among the legal advisors on a deal that will see the chief executive and majority owner of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. buy the remaining 30 percent of his company, following its delisting from Nasdaq.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

February 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

A wave of British law firms has crashed onto Australian shores in the last two years. But among their American rivals, the tide has yet to swell.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

August 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Chinese state-owned oil giant's 2005 attempt to buy America's Unocal Corp. for $18.5 billion met with furious political opposition and has cast a lingering shadow over Chinese cross-border M&A. Now CNOOC is taking a $15 billion shot at another Western oil company.

By Jessica Seah

6 minute read

March 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

As Apple and Shenzhen-based Proview International Holdings battle over the iPad trademark in China, the lawyering involved in the 2009 trademark deal between the two companies has also become a hotly debated point of contention.

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

June 07, 2012 | The American Lawyer

* Baker & McKenzie helps a Chinese power giant juice up in Brazil* China's biggest gold miner turns to Allens for a takeover bid Down Under* Allen & Overy and Mayer Brown JSM guide a Vietnamese bank to its first international bond offering

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read

August 07, 2012 | Law.com

This time last year, the Hong Kong legal scene was abuzz about Kirkland & Ellis' big push into the market, which was cruising toward a third year as the world's top destination for IPOs. One year later, Hong Kong capital markets are in the midst of a downturn. What's been the outcome for Kirkland's move?

By Jessica Seah

7 minute read

February 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In its appeal today before a Guangzhou court, lawyers for Apple, Inc. focused on the role played in negotiations by the supposed general counsel for Proview International Holdings Ltd., the Shenzhen-based company that claims it owns the iPad trademark in China.

By Jessica Seah

4 minute read

April 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

After being spurned by China's King & Wood last year for a bigger, flashier Aussie partner, the Sydney firm has piled on the big-ticket work.

By Jessica Seah

6 minute read

August 29, 2012 | Law.com

Kuala Lumpur has come from far behind to become the region's IPO champ, outpacing former leader Hong Kong. The $3.3 billion listing in June of Malaysian palm oil company Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd. was 2012's second-largest after Facebook. So is Kuala Lumpur the next big thing?

By Jessica Seah

5 minute read