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In the first part of our China awards, FinanceAsia is delighted to reveal the winners and rationale behind the awards for Service Providers and Best Borrowers this year.
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The Chicago-based law firm expands its corporate finance business in China, tapping veteran Lu Mengyu from rival Kirkand.
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Hong Kong-based Marc Harvey will take over from Françoise Lefèvre as head of the firm's global litigation practice.
The law firm's Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing offices get new partners.
The new team, which builds on 50 years of Indian advisory work from across the firm's global network of offices, will focus primarily on capital markets transactions.
The law firm expands in China as it builds its foreign direct investment and M&A business.
The San Francisco-based law firm appoints former DLA Piper head Nick Seddon to lead its Asia practice.
The new personal income tax applies a unified tax rate to Vietnamese and foreign nationals.
The law firm adds six new hires to its intellectual property practice in Hong Kong and China.
The international law firm strengthens its Greater China team with four new partners and promotes a fifth in Japan.
Kirkland & Ellis, an international law firm known for its work in private equity deals, opens an office in Hong Kong
The securitisation and structured finance specialist law firm strengthens its Asian presence.
But practitioners say the problem of conflicting authorities has not been resolved.
Poor consultation mars Japan''s introduction of a badly needed, modern code for investment advisors.
The mainland government takes some steps in the right direction.
The investment advisor will pay $33 million to disgruntled investors of loss-making hedge funds.