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Hogan Lovells acts on multibillion-euro note programme

Hogan Lovells has taken the lead role on French asset manager Amundi's two recent multibillion-euro asset-backed note programmes issued on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The instruction, which came through the transatlantic firm's Paris office, saw the establishment of a €10bn (£8.3bn) English law programme and a €10bn French law programme, which will be used to invest in secured structured products through a single Luxembourg securitisation vehicle.
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Slaughters advises as Chinese online shopping giant goes private

Slaughter and May has taken the lead role on the $2.5bn (£1.6bn) privatisation of Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba.com. The magic circle firm is advising Alibaba on its withdrawal from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, fielding a team led by Hong Kong capital markets partner Benita Yu (pictured). The privatisation, announced on 21 February this year, has seen Alibaba Group offer HK$13.50 (£1.10) per share, a 60% premium on the 60-day average closing price.
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Skadden, Shearman and NCTM line up on latest Italian fashion IPO

A trio of law firms have won roles on the latest listing of an Italian fashion brand as luxury brand Brunello Cucinelli gears up to launch a Milan initial public offering (IPO). Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Shearman & Sterling and NCTM are all advising on the proposed listing of the cashmere clothing fashion brand, which comes after Italian brands Salvatore Ferragamo and Prada concluded listings last year in Italy and Hong Kong respectively.
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Watson Farley to open in Hong Kong with Goodwin Procter partner hire

Watson Farley & Williams has announced plans to open a Hong Kong office with a partner hire from Goodwin Procter. The UK top 40 firm is recruiting Loretta Lau, a corporate and capital markets lawyer qualified in England and Hong Kong.
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DLA Piper continues global growth with Mexico office launch

DLA Piper has today (14 February) opened a new office in Mexico City with the hire of a four-partner team from the local arm of US law firm Thompson & Knight. The team joining DLA includes tax partner Manuel Rajunov, projects partner Miguel de Erice, capital markets partner Guillermo Uribe and corporate partner Carlos Valencia, who specialises in telecoms, media and technology.
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Four-partner Cobbetts capital markets team exits firm to join Gowlings in London

A four-partner equity capital markets team has left Cobbetts to join the London office of Canadian law firm Gowlings. The City team, which comprises partners Andrew Wright, Charles Bond, Sefton Collett and Dominic Prentis as well as directors Susan Johnston and David Brennan, will join Gowlings' energy, infrastructure and mining industry group at the end of this month.
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US duo win key legal roles as Facebook files for $5bn IPO

US law firms Fenwick & West and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have secured the lead advisory roles on Facebook's much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) aftter the social networking giant filed for the $5bn (£3.2bn) listing yesterday (1 February), reports The Am Law Daily. According to the S-1 filing, Fenwick chairman Gordon Davidson and securities group co-chair Jeffrey Vetter are leading the team from the firm that has won the much-coveted lead counsel role for Facebook.
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Hogan Lovells equity capital markets chief quits to join Latham's City arm

Hogan Lovells equity capital markets (ECM) head Richard Brown has resigned from the firm to join Latham & Watkins. Brown's hire was confirmed through a partner vote at Latham last night (31 January) with his start date yet to be announced.
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A&O and Linklaters top slim 2011 EMEA capital markets rankings as volumes dip

Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have topped Thomson Reuters' EMEA rankings for bank roles on debt and equity capital markets (ECM) transactions in 2011 – a year in which the volume of debt issues fell more than 7%. A&O advised managers on 472 debt issues generating proceeds of $272.5bn (£175.1bn) to head the bank-side rankings across the EMEA region, with Linklaters, Clifford Chance (CC), Davis Polk & Wardwell and Cahill Gordon & Reindel making up the rest of the top five.
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MoFo wraps up Hong Kong capital markets deal hat-trick

Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has completed three multimillion-dollar listings on the Hong Kong stock exchange in recent weeks, as Asian capital markets continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The US firm advised the underwriters - China International Capital Corporation, UBS and RBS - on the $300m (£194m) initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese power company Guodian Technology and Environment Group, which listed on 30 December.
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