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Where Do U.K. Funds Teams Go From Here? | Mishcon's IPO Plans Grind to a Halt

This week's biggest news stories included shelved IPOs, knighthoods and the state of the market for U.K. private equity funds lawyers, where firms have been bowled a googly by Kirkland & Ellis when it comes to succession planning. For more cricket takes (from Nigel Boardman, not me, thankfully), keep reading.
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Mishcon de Reya Scraps IPO Plan 'for Foreseeable Future'

The firm had aimed to list on the London Stock Exchange this year.
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Heavyweight Trio Lead on Latest Big Ticket Middle East IPO

Oil-rich Abu Dhabi has seen a flurry of IPOs in recent quarters.
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Will China's Compromise on Foreign Audits Be Enough to Stop Stock Market Expulsions?

China has made a compromise in an effort to resolve a conflict between China's national state secrecy laws and a U.S. law requiring foreign listed companies to comply with U.S. auditing standards. But will that be enough to save its companies from being expelled from U.S. bourses?
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Squire Patton Boggs Guides First Company in Dominican Republic to IPO

The international law firm is unique in having made the Dominican Republic the base for its Latin America practice. It has already fielded requests to assist three additional Dominican companies interested in selling shares.
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Jones Day, A&O Lead On €1B French Music Streaming IPO

To accomplish the float, Deezer, a competitor to Spotify, is merging with a SPAC, and is being backed by a number of prominent figures in French business and finance.
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Who Leads on Hong Kong Listings? Maybe Not the Firms You Think

A Law.com International analysis shows that British firms are losing out to their U.S. rivals for work on Hong Kong IPOs—a market they once dominated. But U.S. firms also face stiff competition: Chinese firms dominated the Hong Kong IPO market in 2021, taking the lion's share of the work.
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China Amends Law to Allow Foreign Inspection of Listed Companies

The new rules may boost investor confidence and move U.S. listing plans of Chinese companies. But they also may decrease the volume of "homecoming" IPOs in Hong Kong, lawyers say.
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New Wave of Securities Class Action Suits Targets U.S.-listed Asian Companies

Didi and Grab Holdings are among the high profile New York-listed Asian companies to be facing securities class action lawsuits in the U.S. Lawyers say a new wave is coming, and issuers' choice of defense counsel is more crucial than ever.
7 minute read

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Deal Digest: Who Is Leading Asia's Market Consolidation and Expansion? And Who's Leading the Region's SPAC Bubble?

In this occasional look at Asia's big deals, Jessica Seah writes about the lawyers advising on Asia's market expansion and consolidation. She also examines SPACs, which have not performed as hoped in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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