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9 law firms star in Mongolian Mining Corp’s $800 mln restructuring deal

BY Raj Gunashekar |

Davis Polk & Wardwell has acted for Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC) in a complex, cross-border bank bond restructuring deal valued at $800 million.
Latham, Weil, Ropes, K&E on Nord Anglia Education’s go-private deal in HK

BY John Kang |

Latham & Watkins has advised Nord Anglia Education on its go-private deal with a consortium led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Baring Private Equity Asia, which owns 67 percent of the Hong Kong-based operator of international schools.
Ropes & Gray HK exits continue as 4-partner team leaves for Gibson Dunn

BY John Kang |

Four more partners have left Ropes & Gray’s Hong Kong office, including office head Paul Boltz. The team, which also includes Scott Jalowayski, Michael Nicklin and Brian Schwarzwalder, has moved to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Cleary, Ropes, Skadden star in Samsonite’s $1.8 bln acquisition of Tumi

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Ropes & Gray and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised Hong Kong-listed Samsonite in its $1.8 billion acquisition of lifestyle accessories brand Tumi Holdings
SE Asia Deals: Week of Sep. 14

BY Karuna Jainpalli |

CC, JSA and Luthra star in a $600 million share offering by Indiabulls Housing Finance, AZB and Khaitan & Co advise on the sale of a 6% stake in Zomato Media to investment groups, Cyril Amarchand and Squire Patton Boggs lead on Prabhat Dairy’s IPO worth $56 million, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia Deals table.
Ropes, Luthra help Carlyle buy stake in Indian lab company

BY Eileen Ang |

Ropes & Gray and Luthra & Luthra have represented private equity firm The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of a 37 percent stake in Metropolis Healthcare, an India-based global operator of pathology laboratories.
Ropes & Gray hires litigator from Orrick in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Ropes & Gray has recruited litigator Andrew Dale from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Ropes & Gray strengthens its real estate presence in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Ropes & Gray has bolstered its real estate investments and transactions practice with the addition of Eduard Sheremeta as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Ropes bolsters Seoul cred with veteran hire

BY Vasundhara Chatterjee |

Ropes & Gray has hired ex-Yulchon and A&O partner Hyo Young Kang as a partner in its Seoul corporate practice.
K&E nabs partner from Ropes & Gray in HK

BY Shangjing Li |

Kirkland & Ellis has boosted its Greater China corporate practice with the hire of Gary Li as a partner at its Hong Kong office.