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ACCRALAW, A&O, Latham act on the Philippines’ first REIT IPO

BY Aparna Sai |

Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALAW), Allen & Overy and Dechert advised the Ayala Land-backed AREIT on its $276.65 million IPO, with Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices and Latham & Watkins representing the lead managers and book runners.
HK: A&O loses 4th partner since June as Gibson Dunn nabs tech specialist

BY Aparna Sai |

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has appointed technology transactions partner Connell O’Neill in the firm’s Hong Kong office from Allen & Overy.
Ashurst recruits disputes partner from A&O in Hong Kong

BY Aparna Sai |

Ashurst has grown its disputes resolution offering in Hong Kong with the hire of Cliff Chow as a partner. Chow joins from Allen & Overy, where he worked for more than a decade.
Milbank bolsters HK cap markets practice with A&O hire

BY Aparna Sai |

U.S. firm Milbank has recruited capital markets expert Liang (Alex) Tao as a partner in Hong Kong from Allen and Overy.
Latham, SAM, CAM, A&O act on India’s biggest IPO since 2017

BY Aparna Sai |

Latham & Watkins and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas have advised Indian credit card issuer SBI Cards on its 10,341-crore-rupee ($1.4 billion) IPO, with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy representing the lead managers.
A&O adds corporate practice expert in HK from White & Case

BY Hu Yangxiaoxiao 胡阳潇潇 |

Allen & Overy has hired Tess Fang as partner in Hong Kong, aiming to further bolster its China corporate practice. Fang joined from U.S. firm White & Case’s Hong Kong office, where she was a local partner.
Capital Law, Shearman, A&O act on Thailand’s largest IPO to date

BY Aparna Sai |

Shearman & Sterling and Bangkok-based The Capital Law Office have advised Thailand’s Central Retail Corporation (CRC) on its 78.1 billion baht ($2.6 billion) initial public offering, with Allen & Overy advising the joint managers.
Weerawong, Latham advise Asset World on Thailand’s biggest corporate listing

BY Aparna Sai |

Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners and Latham & Watkins have represented Asset World Corporation (AWC), Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s hospitality and retail arm, on its $1.6 billion listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Freshfields, A&O star in $11 bln sale of AB InBev’s Australian ops to Japan’s Asahi

BY Aparna Sai |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Gilbert + Tobin have advised Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, on the sale of its Australian operations to Japan’s Asahi for $11 billion. Asahi was counselled by Allen & Overy.
A&O makes another cap markets hire in SG

BY Aparna Sai |

Allen & Overy has hired a second capital markets partner in Singapore in the space of three months, after Pallavi Gopinath Aney joined from Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow.