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Linklaters and White & Case win roles on record $2bn Thailand IPO

Linklaters and White & Case have landed lead roles on the planned $2.1bn (£1.4bn) initial public offering (IPO) of BTS Group's new infrastructure fund, reportedly Thailand's largest-ever new listing. BTS, which operates Bangkok's SkyTrain transit system, is in the process of setting up the BTS Rail Mass Transit Group Infrastructure Fund, which will be independently managed.
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CC set to integrate with Riyadh alliance firm in Saudi first

Clifford Chance (CC) has become the first international law firm to set up a mixed local and foreign lawyer partnership in Saudi Arabia after securing approval to integrate with its longstanding ally in the region. CC and Al-Jadaan, which have been allied since 2003, are set to integrate their corporate, finance and capital markets practices in the region, with partners Abdulaziz Al-Abduljabbar and Khalid Al-Abdulkareem becoming CC partners, and a number of Al-Jadaan associates and support staff also moving across to the magic circle firm.
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White & Case adds five Paris partners with Linklaters capital markets hires

Linklaters' Paris office has lost a four-partner capital markets team to White & Case, in a major departure from the magic circle firm. Partners Cenzi Gargaro, Philippe Herbelin and Severin Robillard and consultant Gilles Endreo are joining the US firm's base in the French capital, with a start date yet to be finalised. They are followed by Linklaters associate Thomas Le Vert, with all five joining White & Case as partners.
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Stephenson Harwood London partner joins Hong Kong's HWB in double hire

Hong Kong firm Howse Williams Bowers (HWB) has boosted its corporate team with a double hire including Stephenson Harwood London partner Peter Bradley. Bradley, who is ranked in band 2 by Chambers and Partners for Alternative Investment Market listings, is joining from from Stephenson Harwood's City office, alongside capital markets and M&A lawyer Chia Ching from Reed Smith Richards Butler (RSRB), the Hong Kong arm of Reed Smith.
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A&O hands US managing partner role to City capital markets chief

Allen & Overy (A&O) has named London-based capital markets chief David Krischer as the magic circle firm's new US managing partner. Krischer, who was appointed late last week with immediate effect, will now split his time between London, New York and Washington DC for an initial period while continuing to lead the firm's global capital markets practice.
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Slaughters, Paul Weiss and Sullivan advise on Countrywide IPO

Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have landed the lead roles on UK estate agency Countrywide Group's initial public offering (IPO). Countrywide, the UK's largest estate agency by revenue and deal volumes, has been listed on the London Stock Exchange by US private equity house Oaktree Capital, its majority owner.
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A&O and Paul Hastings among law firms on billion-dollar Singapore REIT IPO

Allen & Overy (A&O), Allen & Gledhill and Paul Hastings have landed key advisory roles on the $1.3bn (£839m) Singapore IPO of a state-owned real estate investment trust (REIT). Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust, a China and Hong Kong-backed division of Mapletree Investments, the property arm of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, is to issue 1.7 billion shares at between 88 and 93 Singapore cents.
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The beginning of a beautiful friendship – Spain and China's strong economic ties

As one of the eurozone's main economies, Spain's severe economic downturn has been particularly trying for the EU and the countries forming part of the single currency. In the second half of 2011 – and particularly during 2012 – the ghost of a complete bailout of the Spanish economy and the break-up of the eurozone loomed as certain indicators, such as the yields of Spanish bonds, soared to critical levels. During this time Spain's corporates, including blue chips, have suffered, with local demand for their products and services contracting and access to capital/debt markets and credit proving near to impossible.
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Norton Rose, CC and Ashurst among firms on £550m Crest Nicholson IPO

Norton Rose, Clifford Chance (CC) and Ashurst have landed key roles on the first major domestic initial public offering (IPO) of 2013, as UK housebuilder Crest Nicholson returns to the stock market. The IPO values Crest at around £553m, with the offer comprising a primary tranche raising £59m for the company and a secondary offering raising £169m through the sale by shareholders including Deutsche Bank and investment manager Varde.
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CC, DLA and Skadden take roles on biggest IPO since Facebook

Clifford Chance (CC), Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and DLA Piper are among a number of law firms to have advised on the initial public offering (IPO) of Pfizer's former animal health business Zoetis, in the largest IPO by a US company since Facebook. The listing, which went ahead on the New York Stock Exchange at the start of February, is said to have raised $2.2bn (£1.4bn), valuing the company at around $13bn (£8.3bn). Pfizer will retain an 80% ownership of Zoetis.
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