Corporate bits | MdME distinguished in the “IFLR Asia Awards 2015”

MdME, the member firm of the network MLGTS Legal Circle for Macau, received the award “M&A Deal of the Year” in the “IFLR Asia Awards 2015” due to its involvement in the acquisition of Hong Kong’s Wing Hang Bank by the Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC). The team led by partner Rui Pinto Proença and associate Liliana Faria acted as Macau adviser to OCBC in the USD5 billion deal that allowed it to delist the Hong Kong bank and combine operations. The Wing Hang Bank purchase was the largest takeover of a Hong Kong bank since 2001.
The award is one of the most recognized in the Asian legal market, given annually by the international legal magazine International Financial Law Review (IFLR), acknowledging MdME’s growing performance in the region.
The IFLR Asia Awards, as they are known, are based on the analysis of a law firm’s performance by an international judge panel, mainly composed by in-house counsel from worldwide financial institutions and companies.
The results were made known during the award ceremony on the evening of March 11, in Hong Kong.

Cats completes successful run at Venetian Macao

Cats ended its 10-day run at The Venetian Macao Sunday, presenting the acclaimed Broadway musical to audiences at The Venetian Theatre March 6-15. CATS has entertained audiences all over the world, including for 18 years on Broadway. Tickets for the 13 shows were in demand, with weekend performances particularly popular.
According to a Venetian press release, it was clear from opening night that the show would be a hit with Macau audiences. The response from the public, both in terms of ticket sales and comments, has been very positive and is an encouraging sign for a city making a name for itself a world center of tourism and leisure. The combination of score, choreography, costumes and song-and-dance routines were met with applause night after night.
The staging of CATS at The Venetian Theatre is the first in a series of Broadway shows coming to Sands Resorts Cotai Strip Macao, including another major musical coming in June.