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Minters, A&O, Bakers, NRF involved in Mongolia wind farm project

BY Chris Thomson |

MinterEllison and Norton Rose Fulbright have advised Denmark’s Vestas on a deal to supply turbines for Mongolia's 50 MW Tsetsii wind farm.
Emerging equity rally brightens IPO outlook

BY Reuters |

A stock market rally is breathing fresh life into equity capital markets across developing countries, with bankers predicting some long-awaited IPO deals will finally get off the starting blocks in coming months.
StanChart Thailand legal head joins A&O as partner

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Allen & Overy has hired Nithi Laophulsuk as a partner in Bangkok from Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) PCL, where he was the head of legal and compliance.
Shearman, SAM advise GE Capital India on divestment

BY Ashima Ohri |

Shearman & Sterling and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas have advised GE on the sale of the financial service businesses of GE Capital India to a buyer group represented by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy.
A&O, CAM advise on NTPC’s first ‘green masala’ bonds

BY Ashima Ohri, IFR |

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has advised NTPC, India’s largest power company on its offering of “green masala” bonds, with Allen & Overy advising the lead managers.
HK: A&O hires cap markets partner from Davis Polk

BY Ashima Ohri |

Allen & Overy has hired Liang (Alex) Tao from Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner as it looks to expand its Greater China debt capital markets practice in Hong Kong.
A&O advises Thomson Reuters on $3.55 bln sale of IP & Science business

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Allen & Overy has advised Thomson Reuters Corp on the sale of its Intellectual Property and Science (IP&S) business to private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia
SE Asia Deals: Week of July 11

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Sidley, A&G, Links advise on $2.5 bln sale of SG building to Qatar fund, Wong & Partners, Cheang & Ariff on Zurich Insurance’s takaful buy, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia deals table.
A&O, Freshies on $175 bln NBAD-First Gulf Bank merger

BY Ashima Ohri |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Abu Dhabi-based First Gulf Bank on its proposed merger with National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), part of the emirate's plan to revamp its economy hit by lower oil prices.
‘Here to stay’: UK law firms look long-term at Korea despite Brexit setback

BY Eileen Ang |

UK law firms have entered the South Korean market on the back of a free trade agreement that that country signed with the European Union in 2011. But despite the uncertainty brought by Brexit, firms say they are committed for the long haul