By King and Wood Mallesons
Asia’s global law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is now officially open for business in Singapore, with the firm’s new office opening today in the Ocean Financial Centre.
Three KWM partners will lead the establishment of the office with an initial focus on International Funds, Energy and Resources and
On September 19, 2014 U.S. Eastern Standard Time, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba”) began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BABA”. A total of 320,106,100 American Depositary Shares (excluding green shoe) were offered and approximately US$21.8 billion proceeds were raised in the offering, making Alibaba’s IPO the biggest one in the history of the U.S. capital markets.
King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) acted as the PRC legal counsel for the six lead underwriters in Alibaba’s U.S. listing. From the kick-off to the filing of registration form with SEC, the roadshow and the successful listing, KWM lawyers participated in every stage of this milestone project and witnessed every important event of Alibaba’s U.S. listing process.
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By King & Wood Mallesons’ Healthcare Group
Guangdong JDB Beverage Company Limited (“JDB”) filed a lawsuit against Wong Lo Kat in Chongqing’s First Intermediate People’s Court (the “Court”), alleging that Wong Lo Kat’s advertisement slogan of “a bottle of Wanglaoji takes the fear of Shànghuǒ (i.e. excessive internal heat a cause of disease in Chinese perspective) away”, constitutes unfair competition. Although this case involved an advertisement slogan, it was heard in the court according to the Anti-unfair Competition Law rather than the Copyright and Trademark Laws, creating a novel cause of action.
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By King & Wood Mallesons’ Healthcare Group
Since March 2013, “consumers” from several cities such as Jinan, Shenyang, Chongqing, Sanya have sued Wong Lo Kat Guangzhou Health Industry Co. Ltd. (“Wong Lo Kat”) for disputes over the sales and purchase agreements and product liabilities on the ground of “the change of taste in Wanglaoji’s herbal beverage”. KWM lawyers represented Wong Lo Kat, and succeeded in protecting our client’s legal interests and winning the “China’s first consumers’ taste safe-guarding case” and all of its subsequent relevant cases.
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