Jessica Seah
Jessica Seah is Law.com International's Asia Editor. She writes about lawyers and legal issues in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea. Her coverage includes the business of law, global and domestic law firms, legal tech, in-house legal departments and regulatory issues. She can be reached at [email protected].
September 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Asia Deal Digest: Sept. 1, 2011Slaughter and May helps a Hong Kong airline find financial flexibility; Freshfields advises CVC on a push into the Aussie health club business; and Amarchand and Latham team on an Indian Internet IPO.
By Jessica Seah
5 minute read
March 04, 2011 | Law.com
DLA Phillips Fox Sees Departures Ahead of International MergerA group of lawyers has left DLA Phillips Fox ahead of the Australian firm's impending merger with DLA Piper. Partner Peter Tredinnick and special counsel Belinda Marshall have joined Sydney's Moray & Agnew; they will be joined by five associates from both DLA Phillips Fox and DLA Piper.
By Jessica Seah
3 minute read
May 23, 2011 | Law.com
Chinese Firms Confront Generational Gripes Over CompensationThe Chinese legal profession is young -- the oldest private firms date back less than 20 years -- but it is already confronting an age-old problem: how to balance the prerogatives of established senior partners while encouraging the next generation of firm leaders, especially in determining pay.
By Jessica Seah
5 minute read
May 04, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Simpson Thacher, Mallesons Lead as Blackstone Buys Struggling ValadSimpson Thacher & Bartlett, Gilbert + Tobin and Mallesons Stephen Jaques have advised on the private-equity house's $227 acquisition of Valad Property Group, a distressed Australian real-estate company.
By Jessica Seah
3 minute read
March 30, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Mallesons, A&O on Lehman Minibonds Reimbursement DealSixteen banks have agreed to reimburse Hong Kong investors up to 96.5 percent of their losses on minibonds once guaranteed by bankrupt U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers.
By Jessica Seah
4 minute read
April 06, 2011 | The American Lawyer
O'Melveny and Goodwin Procter Lead on Russian Group's $500 Million Investment in Chinese E-commerceDigital Sky Techonologies (DST), the Moscow-based investment firm that is also a shareholder in Facebook Inc., Groupon, and Zynga Game Networks Inc., announced last week it was investing $500 million in 360buy.com, China's largest online retailer.
By Jessica Seah
2 minute read
March 28, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Paul Hastings Leads on Chinese Leasing Company IPOShanghai-based Far East Horizon Ltd., which provides equipment-based finance leases to small and medium-sized enterprises, is seeking to raise $658 million with its Hong Kong listing.
By Jessica Seah
3 minute read
February 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Hogan Lovells, A&O, and Herbert Smith on $2.8 Billion Liquified Natural Gas ProjectMitsubishi has announced it will proceed with a joint venture involving Kogas, PT Medco Energi, and PT Pertamina to develop natural gas fields and construct an LNG facility in Indonesia's Sulawesi province.
By Jessica Seah
2 minute read
April 12, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Hong Kong and Beijing Firms Lead on $1.7 Billion RMB-Denominated IPOHong Kong law firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo and Beijing's Commerce & Finance Law Offices are advising a real estate group controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing on a $1.7 billion IPO that will be the first outside mainland China denominated in Renminbi, the Chinese currency.
By Jessica Seah
5 minute read
February 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer
China's New New UpstartsWhile international firms in China feel growing competition from leading Chinese firms like King & Wood and Jun He Law Offices, the new Chinese market leaders are starting to face challenges of their own from a band of Beijing up-and-comers.
By Jessica Seah
5 minute read
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