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Gilbert + Tobin on $930 Million Spotless IPO

Spotless, a Melbourne-based facilities management company, is relisting after being taken private in 2012.
1 minute read

International Edition

Asia Deal Digest: April 24, 2014

* Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields lead on state-owned company's acquisition of Hess Oil assets in Thailand* Cleary, O'Melveny and Kirkland on a Chinese IT company's $332 million take-private* Willkie Farr guides a U.S. VC fund on a $250 million investment Down Under
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Amid IPO Wave, Firms Ride Rising Fee Tide

The Am Law Daily looks at Am Law 100 firms reaping fees for new listings, which have soared in recent years.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Report: Virtu IPO Delayed Amid High-Speed Trading Storm

High-frequency trading firm Virtu Financial has reportedly delayed its planned initial public offering as controversy continues to swirl around the broader high-speed trading industry.
2 minute read

International Edition

Asia Deal Digest: April 17, 2014

* White & Case and Linklaters lead on $5.85 billion Chinese mine acquisition in Peru* Chinese retail group turns to Simpson Thacher for its takeover of a British department store chain* Milbank advises the government of Sri Lanka on a third sovereign bond offering
11 minute read

Law.com

Alibaba Asks Firms to Pick Sides

The Chinese e-commerce giant, which is expected to have the world's largest IPO since Facebook Inc. later this year, has let it be known that it won't be hiring any firm for transactional work that also advises its major competitors. Though such demands are not uncommon outside of Asia, not least in the U.S. tech sector, lawyers say firms face a more complicated choice in the super-competitive but still-developing China market.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Disclosing 'Trends' in Securities Offerings: Lessons From 'Facebook'

Gregg L. Weiner and Israel David of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson write: 'Facebook' provides some important lessons concerning disclosures of a "trend" identified intra-quarter that has not yet materially affected revenues, sales, or income, but which arguably should be disclosed because such a trend is "reasonably expected" to have a material effect.
17 minute read

The Recorder

Pillsbury's $20 Million Man

Jorge del Calvo powers the firm's Valley corporate practice.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Davis Polk, Cahill, S&C Handle Year's Biggest IPO to Date

Three years after first filing to go public in a bid to repay a $17.2 billion federal government bailout, Ally Financial, the former finance arm of auto giant General Motors, raised nearly $2.4 billion in an IPO Thursday that sees principal investor the U.S. Treasury Department slash its stake in the company. Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising on the offering, the latest to hit surging U.S. capital markets in recent weeks.
4 minute read

International Edition

Asia Deal Digest: April 10, 2014

* Shearman and Davis Polk on $3.2 billion merger of Indian generic drug makers* Linklaters and Gilbert + Tobin advising a South African retailer on its $2 billion bid for Australia's David Jones department stores* Chinese state food giant COFCO turns to Clifford Chance for Hong Kong grain trading acquisition
7 minute read

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