Mergers and Acquisitions

China's legal market continues to attract high-end, complicated and multi jurisdictional work and in Beijing this month, the China Law & Practice awards will reflect the complexities and challenges. Chris Bisogni and Joanna Law provide a summary of the deals and firms that made the 2008 shortlist.

China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued measures aimed at regulating the financial consultants who provide advice to listed companies in China. Although it is seen as a step in the right direction, by bringing China more into line with the world's mature capital market environments, for many the measures do not provide a level playing field for M&A activity in China.

China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued measures aimed at regulating the financial consultants who provide advice to listed companies in China. Although it is seen as a step in the right direction, by bringing China more into line with the world's mature capital market environments, for many the measures do not provide a level playing field for M&A activity in China.

Restrictions set on securities companies' business scope.

Poly Investments has carried out the first share swap in China under new M&A rules, but uncertainty still surrounds the treatment of acquiring equity interest.Poly's…

China Netcom has proposed a US$24 billion merger with China Unicom as part of a broader restructuring of China's telecommunications sector.Under the…

California-based Heckmann Corporation (Heckmann) has acquired China Water and Drinks (China Water) for US$625 million. While Heckmann is a US blank check…

Poly (Hong Kong) Investments Limited (PIL), a company incorporated in Hong Kong and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has acquired the entire equity…

China Merchants Bank has acquired Wing Lung Bank, which is valued at approximately US$4 billion, or 3.1 times book value. Wu Jieh Yee Company is the single-largest…