Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has agreed to make a USD100 million equity investment for a significant minority ownership stake in China XD Plastics Company Limited, one of China’s leading players engaged in the development, manufacture, and sales of modified plastics primarily for automotive applications, subject to certain customary
Structured finance and derivatives lawyer Jeffrey H Chen has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s Hong Kong office as partner. Chen, formerly with Mayer Brown JSM in Hong Kong, will be a part of the Capital Markets team. "Jeff is a highly regarded capital markets lawyer. He brings to Cadwalader extensive
Collas Crill has opened the doors to its new Singapore office – making it the first Channel Islands-based law firm to do so. Sean Cheong, formerly a partner in Collas Crill’s Guernsey office, has relocated to Singapore to head up the new office. She has been joined by office manager
HNA Group Company Limited (HNA) of China, a leading diversified services and integrated operations company, and Bravia Capital (Bravia) of Hong Kong, have agreed to acquire GE SeaCo, subject to customary regulatory and shareholder approvals. GE SeaCo is the fifth largest player in the global marine container leasing industry owning
Berli Jucker Public Company Limited has acquired 100% of Asia Books from Actis and Thailand Equity Fund (TEF). This exit marks the culmination of Actis’s five year investment in Thailand’s leading retailer and wholesaler of foreign language books and magazines. Actis completed the MBO of Distri-Thai in 2006. Distri-Thai was
China Auto Logistics Inc, one of China’s leading developers of automobile-related websites, a top seller in China of imported luxury vehicles and a leading provider in China of automobile-related services, has successfully closed the sale on 1 July of three million unregistered common shares to accredited individual investors at an
GSR Ventures, the early-stage technology venture capital firm, has closed a new USD350 million fund to invest in China. The fund was substantially oversubscribed with more than 80% of the capital from existing investors. This is the firm’s fourth fund. GSR now has more than USD1.0 billion under management. The
Ogier has opened an office in Shanghai as the offshore law firm further expands its worldwide network. The move is at the heart of Ogier’s strategy to provide the most innovative and comprehensive multi-jurisdictional services, through a significant presence in each of the world’s key financial centres and across all time
In a far reaching survey by Norton Rose Group, the international legal practice, 109 respondents from Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and North America and drawn largely from the infrastructure and energy sectors, resoundingly agreed (96%) that there needs to be an increase of foreign investment into Indonesia. The respondents
Guernsey-headquartered International Administration Group (IAG) has announced that it is to offer fund administration services in China. IAG is forming a joint servicing platform with Exceedor in Shanghai that will allow it to offer onshore RMB denominated private equity fund administration services in China. The formation of a Shanghai operation
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