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].

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March 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Latham Leads on $175 Million Convertible Notes Offering for Chinese Solar Company

The firm also previously represented issuer ReneSola Ltd., a maker of solar wafers, on its $200 million New York Stock Exchange IPO in 2008.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Dewey, King & Spalding Advise on Chinese Acquisition of U.S. Plane Maker

China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co (CAIGA), a division of a Chinese state-owned enterprise, is buying personal aircraft manufacturer Cirrus Industries Inc. for $210 million.

By Jessica Seah

4 minute read

August 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Asia Deal Digest: August 25, 2011

Ropes & Gray helps Bain Capital mind some software business Down Under; Latham advises one Chinese company breaking into the Aussie food market and another breaking into the U.S. stock market; and Ashurst guides a Philippine brewing company into the Malaysian oil business.

By Jessica Seah

7 minute read

March 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

DLA Phillips Fox Sees Departures Ahead of International Merger

A group of lawyers led by partner Peter Tredinnick is leaving DLA Phillips Fox--DLA Piper's new Australian merger partner--in order to join Sydney's Moray & Agnew.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

April 19, 2011 | Law.com

Freshfields, Skadden Advise on First Hong Kong Listing by a Japanese Company

Freshfields, Nishimura & Asahi, Skadden, and Paul Hastings have advised on the first listing of a Japanese company in Hong Kong. Financial services company SBI Holdings on Thursday launched a $167 million global offering of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the HKEx.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

March 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer

DLA Phillips Fox Loses More Partners Ahead of Merger

Nine Brisbane-based partners are leaving DLA Phillips Fox ahead of its merger with international alliance partner DLA Piper to join Adelaide-based Thomsons Lawyers.

By Jessica Seah

4 minute read

February 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

BP-Reliance Deal Ropes in V&E, Magic Circle and Indian Firms

Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Vinson & Elkins, and Indian firms AZB & Partners and Talwar, Thakore & Associates are advising on the $7.2 billion deal that will see BP plc acquire a 30 percent interest in offshore oil and gas fields held by India's Reliance Industries Ltd.

By Jessica Seah

3 minute read

April 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Paul, Hastings Leads on Franshion Notes Issue

Paul, Hastings; Tian Yuan Law Firm; and Maples and Calder advised the Hong Kong-listed property group on a $500 million debt issuance in Singapore.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

March 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Mayer Brown JSM, Linklaters on First Overseas Listing for Vietnamese Company

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company, one of Vietnam's largest property developers, raised $56.5 million to finance additional interests in rubber plantations and hydroelectric power generation.

By Jessica Seah

2 minute read

August 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Will Chinese Firms Monopolize Chinese Anti-Monopoly Work?

King & Wood's Susan Ning has emerged as one of the go-to lawyers for multinationals navigating China's three-year-old anti-monopoly law. International firms are eager to expand in the area, but practice restrictions have left their position ambiguous.

By Jessica Seah

7 minute read

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