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Firms chart the landmark sale of a 6.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), raising INR315 billion (USD3.3 billion)

Norton Rose Fulbright bolsters its corporate team in Sydney with the addition of partner Kate Jefferson

Independent renewable power producer Juniper Green Energy debuts at an 8.9% premium in India on 6 August 2026

Li Chen, former Microsoft strategic partnership head for Greater China, Asean, Japan and South Korea, joins RedotPay as general counsel

Saswat Mohanty boosts capital markets and securities law practice at Kochhar & Co¡¯s Mumbai office

Prashaant Vikram Rajput joins Fox & Mandal as a securities and capital markets partner in Mumbai

Linklaters acts on Singapore¡¯s issuance of SGD2.6 billion (USD2 billion) in sovereign green bonds due 2046

Firms counsel on Manipal Health Enterprises¡¯ INR92.75 billion (USD973.1 million) IPO on the BSE and NSE

The Han Kun Hangzhou office held its opening ceremony on 10 August and is formally based at the International Financial Center

China¡¯s first revision since 2012 of insider trading rules that took effect on 27 July 2026 signal continued tightening of regulatory enforcement, say lawyers

Thanathip & Partners counsels Bangkok-headquartered energy company Banpu Public Company (Banpu) on its amalgamation?with Banpu Power Public Company (BPP)

Kawasaki Heavy Industries issues JPY197.4 billion (USD1.2 billion) in common stock and concurrent zero-coupon convertible bonds

Electronic industry services provider JLC Technology lists on the SZSE main board on 4 August, raising around RMB4.69 billion (USD 695 million)

Continuum Group offers landmark USD450 million worth of senior green bonds in the second such issuance by an Indian corporate and are listed on the NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) in GIFT City

Firms assist on the JPY204.8 billion (USD1.3 billion) secondary offering of Archion Corporation shares by Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor.

Firms counsel global textile machinery manufacturer Lohia Corp¡¯s successful USD115 million IPO on the NSE and BSE on 30 July 2026

A practical guide to deals and market trends in Asia

Adnan Sundra & Low (ASL) and Clifford Chance advise the Malaysian government on its USD1.5 billion global sukuk issuance

Indonesia issues its first sovereign panda bonds in China, raising RMB7 billion (USD1.04 billion) in the largest single such issuance to date

Zhongji Innolight¡¯s HKD53.41 billion HKEX debut makes it the largest Hong Kong IPO since 2019

Hanwha Aerospace issues first US dollar bond offering of USD500 million in 5% senior unsecured notes due in 2029

Han Kun welcomes the return of Li Laixiang in Shenzhen, strengthening its commercial transaction capabilities in technology

HKEX sharpens 18A review, prioritising verifiable product development chains

Three firms advise on TIER IV¡¯s JPY23.2 billion (USD141 million) global IPO and pioneering debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

CXMT debuts on the SSE Star Market on 27 July, the largest A-share IPO of 2026, raising RMB57.92 billion (USD8.6 billion)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has consistently emphasised the importance of listed issuers complying with its listing rules

Simpson Thacher and Davis Polk advise on Mizuho Financial Group¡¯s USD6.6 billion senior notes offering.

Firms act on Korea Electric Power Corporation¡¯s USD700 million dual-tranche note issuance under its USD11 billion global medium-term note programme

Philippine Airlines¡¯ issues landmark USD300 million 7.75% five-year senior unsecured guaranteed notes

Commerce & Finance Law Offices opens its Guangzhou office on 22 July, strengthening services across the Greater Bay Area

Firms are advising on Cult.fit¡¯s proposed INR9.5 billion (USD98.45 million) initial public offering on the BSE and NSE

Philippine investors seek US market gains as SEC warns on unregistered brokers and feeder funds

Firms drive electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ather Energy¡¯s INR13 billion (USD134 million) qualified institutional placement (QIP)

Davis Polk and Commerce & Finance advise on MiniMax¡¯s share placement and convertible bond issuance

Watson Farley & Williams strengthens its APAC finance and capital markets team with partner Xuan Jin joining the Hong Kong office.

After two decades at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), Reuben Chacko, senior partner and regional co-head markets practice (south) has decided to move to S&R Associates.

Allens and HSF Kramer assist on FDC¡¯s landmark IPO, raising AUD400 million in the largest debut on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this year to date

India broadens schedule III route, tightens safeguards on ownership, thresholds and land-border jurisdictions

Firms guide Adani Enterprises on a INR150 billion qualified institutional placement in the largest such non-bank issuance in India

Latham & Watkins, Allen & Gledhill and Clifford Chance guide parties in Foundation Healthcare¡¯s SGD242 million (USD187 million) IPO in Singapore

Leading wafer foundry Nexchip Semiconductor lists on the HKEX main board on 10 July, raising around HKD6.98 billion (USD890 million)

Three-Circle Group debuts on the HKEX on 9 July, raising around HKD7.16 billion (USD913 million)

Printed-circuit board drill-bit manufacturer Dtech Technology raises HKD4.8 billion (USD612 million) in its HKEX debut on 9 July, three years after its SZSE listing

Assegaf Hamzah & Partners advises Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) on acquiring Bank SMBC Indonesia¡¯s pension loan portfolio for a reported IDR19.9 trillion (USD1.1 billion)

South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix debuts on the Nasdaq via American depositary receipts, raising up to USD26.5 billion

Chinese leading manufacturing company Luxshare Precision raises about HKD24.27 billion (USD3.09 billion) in Hong Kong¡¯s largest IPO to date this year

Chinese graphics processing unit developer Biren Technology raises around HKD7.1 billion after an H-share placement on the HKEX on 8 July

Linklaters assists on Philippine government¡¯s USD2.5 billion triple-tranche global bond offering

Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta debuts on the HKEX on 8 July, raising HKD5.89 billion (USD751 million)

China¡¯s EACON Group becomes the world¡¯s first listed autonomous mining vehicle company after its HKEX debut on 8 July, raising HKD3 billion

Global Law Office recruits four partners and their teams to strengthen its capabilities in dispute resolution and investment

Firms advise on NTT Finance Corporation¡¯s concurrent multi-currency offering of senior notes equating to around USD10.4 billion

Malaysia¡¯s Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (LHAG) recruits three lawyers from Zaid Ibrahim & Co, including former managing partner Amin Abdul Majid

AZB & Partners, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Hogan Lovells act for Sterlite Technologies¡¯ qualified institutional placement (QIP), raising around INR15 billion

Kanga & Co advises Om Power Transmission on its successful IPO in India, raising around INR1.5 billion (USD15.73 million)

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Firms have worked on JSW Infrastructure¡¯s landmark INR75 billion (USD875 million) qualified institutional placement (QIP)

Former Paul Hastings partner Steven Hsu joins Sullivan & Cromwell¡¯s capital markets group in Hong Kong

HHP Law Firm, the Indonesian member firm of Baker McKenzie, names Ponti Partogi as its new managing partner

Cooley and Dua Associates have guided Apple supplier Lingyi iTech on its HKD8.26 billion (USD1.06 billion) initial public offering in Hong Kong

King & Wood, Haiwen & Partners and Clifford Chance act on China Resources New Energy¡¯s record breaking RMB21.3 billion IPO on the SZSE

Allens counsels GuarantCo on a payment default guarantee for a private VND-denominated USD30 million bond issuance by Verdant Energy¡¯s Vietnamese subsidiaries

Juris Corp inducts Ankit Sinha, Apurva Kanvinde, Saurabh Sharma and Smrithi Nair as equity partners

Firms advise on Mitsubishi Corporation¡¯s Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of USD1 billion in senior notes

China Minmetals Corporation¡¯s subsidiary MMG raises USD1.6 billion from a share placement and bond issuance

Hong Kong¡¯s shift to a paperless securities regime in 2026 marks a digital leap for issuers, reshaping shareholding?and compliance norms

Firms steer Merdeka Gold Resources¡¯ landmark secondary listing of Hong Kong depositary receipts (HDRs) on the SEHK

Bae Kim & Lee (BKL) is the sole legal adviser working on Sambu Engineering & Construction¡¯s corporate rehabilitation proceedings in South Korea

Firms assist on Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences¡¯ INR15 billion (USD155 million) qualified institutional placement of shares

China Commercial Law Firm has received approval to establish a Singapore office as its 20th overseas branch, further expanding its global legal services network

This practical guide covers tax exposure, distinct exit paths for VIE and direct equity structures, and five regulatory red flags that determine IPO success.

Firms chart Italian stationary giant FILA Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini¡¯s sale of 7% stake in Indian subsidiary DOMS Industries

Capital markets lower entry threshold but ramp up accountability

Firms chart?Danantara?Indonesia¡¯s debut USD5 billion global medium-term note programme and inaugural USD1.5 billion bond issuance??

Skadden advises Japanese company GO on its JPY88.6 billion global IPO and Tokyo Stock Exchange debut in the largest Japan listing in 2026

Firms act on JX Advanced Metals Corporation¡¯s issuance of JPY250 billion (USD1.5 billion) of zero-coupon convertible bonds

China Commercial Law Firm recruits Luo Shazhou and Ji Zhe as partners at its Shanghai office, bolstering the capital markets practice

Mallesons and Ashurst advise on Charter Hall Long WALE REIT¡¯s new AUD2 billion (USD1.4 billion) secured debt platform

India draws Japanese investment with pricing rules, FDI, FVCI, convertible notes and minority protections for unlisted equity

South Korea¡¯s sweeping reforms invite Japanese investors to reassess market opportunities, risks, governance and collaboration

The HKMC issues its maiden multi-currency native digital bonds worth around HKD12 billion (USD1.5 billion) in the largest such global issuance

Simpson Thacher advises KKR HKE Investment on the sale of its Kokusai Electric Corporation stake for USD945 million

Shihui Partners launches a Hong Kong office in association with local peer HM Chan & Co, marking the Chinese mainland firm¡¯s fourth branch

Firms guide parties involved in an update of IIFL Finance¡¯s USD1 billion secured global medium-term note programme

Kanga & Co counsels MK Sons Fine Jewels and book-running lead manager Aryaman Financial Services on the jewellery company¡¯s proposed IPO in India

Firms advise on China finance ministry¡¯s first issuance of RMB6 billion RMB-denominated sovereign green bonds in Hong Kong

Armand Yapsunto Muharamsyah & Partners advises Indonesia¡¯s Ketrosden Triasmitra on its IDR220 billion (USD12 million) submarine shelf registration programme

New consultation paper proposes relaxed WVR voting caps, simplified financial requirements, and easier secondary listing rules to attract more quality issuers to Hong Kong

Dajin Heavy Industry, a leading offshore wind energy equipment manufacturer, lists on the HKEX, raising HKD6.64 billion

AI global expansion confronts regulatory and geopolitical hurdles

Singapore firms steer USD841m refinancing loan for Frasers Tower in the Lion City

Dechert¡¯s former China practice head Wang Yang joins K&L Gates in Hong Kong as a partner

Commerce & Finance Law Offices hires Zhong Xiaoming as a partner at its Hong Kong office

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Firms counsel parties on Indika Energy¡¯s USD100 million 8.75% senior note issuance to fund a gold mining project in Indonesia

Firms are advising on the proposed IPO on the BSE and NSE of Online Instruments (India), which expects to raise INR7.5 billion (USD77.49 million)

Pharmaceutical R&D company WuXi AppTec issues RMB6.78 billion (USD996.6 million) in USD-settled zero-coupon convertible bonds due in 2027

Pakistan issues South Asia¡¯s first sovereign panda bond, raising RMB1.75 billion and funding green infrastructure

LPA Tokyo hires partner Yoshiki Tsurumaki from King & Wood to boost corporate and M&A

Rohit Tiwari joins Trilegal as Bengaluru capital markets partner, boosting equity partnership to 158

Simpson Thacher advises Japan¡¯s Sumitomo Pharma on its USD711m international share offering

Italian law firm Gianni & Origoni appoints Hong Kong-based partner Teresa Lee

The appeal of panda bonds surges in 2026, with issuance volume reaching RMB88.24 billion (USD13 billion) in a record high for a single quarter

Dechert appoints two partners from Milbank ¨C David Cho, ex-managing partner of the Seoul office, and special counsel Min Kim

Llinks Law appoints partners Vivian Ji and Daniel Leung for its Hong Kong office

Firms advise on HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering¡¯s KRW2.37 trillion (USD1.55 billion) zero-coupon exchangeable bond issuance

CATL completes a new H-share placement, raising HKD39.19 billion on 30 April 2026 in the largest equity placement in the Hong Kong market to date

Linklaters advises Malaysia-headquartered Genting Group on its issuance of USD1.25 billion dual-tranche subordinated perpetual securities

Kudun & Partners integrates corporate and capital markets law firm Manunya & Associates with its founder Manunya Thitinuntawan joining as a partner

Cofoe Medical Technology lists on the HKEX main board becoming the first home medical equipment maker to achieve a dual listing

Thailand¡¯s Chandler Mori Hamada has brought back Siregran (Gahn) Sakuliampaiboon and Disaphon Kevin Saengpetch

Commerce & Finance appoints Jiang Shan as a partner in its debt capital markets practice in Hong Kong

When listed companies become involved in serious misconduct like tax evasion or bribery, the actual controller is often the first to be held accountable

Dorsey hires Carlton Ng as of counsel at its Hong Kong office, strengthening its capabilities in capital markets and corporate compliance

Optical-electronic hybrid computing provider Xizhi Technology lists on the HKEX on 28 April, raising HKD2.53 billion (USD323 million)