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The former Dechert managing partner joins as the US firm continues to strengthen its Greater China transactional capabilities.

The oversubscribed Euro offering is in three tranches of 8, 12 and 20 years, and follows green bond issuances in Hong Kong and Australia in H1 2026.

As the Japanese insurer expands investments in alternative assets, Blackstone will provide investment management services to Japan’s largest private asset owner across private credit and real estate.

Governments are accelerating efforts to secure critical mineral supply chains for batteries, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and defence technologies. However, Rio Tinto says the commercial conditions needed to unlock large-scale new supply remain far less certain.

One of the investors in the undisclosed licencing deal is fast-growing Chinese tea firm Ningji.

China is strengthening oversight of outbound investment through new regulations from July 1 that are designed to safeguard national interests, following an earlier ban on Meta’s acquisition of AI firm Manus.

The US investment giant exceeded its $10bn target after an active 24 months of deals in the region, especially in India and Japan.

The construction and infrastructure disputes specialist succeeds Terence Tung; Tung remains a partner at the Hong Kong law firm.

The US pharmaceutical giant will pay $650m upfront to support 12 cancer medicine programmes with HKEX-listed Innovent; the collaboration includes co-commercialisation rights in the US and Europe.