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Shin & Kim signs AI governance cooperation agreement with Douzone Bizon

Shin & Kim signed a cooperation agreement with enterprise software company Douzone Bizon on AI governance and regulatory compliance, in Seoul on 22 October. Shin & Kim will analyse AI laws and design compliance frameworks. Douzone Bizon will build governance and security systems, including dashboards.

  • Shin & Kim
  • Oh Jong-han
  • Ji Yong-gu
  • Seoul
  • Regulatory

SourceAsia Law Portal

Also notable11

Confirmed

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and JSA advise on Tonbo Imaging ₹852 crore IPO

Tonbo Imaging India Limited made an IPO comprising an offer for sale by existing shareholders of about ₹852.092 crore. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advised Tonbo Imaging. JSA Advocates & Solicitors advised book running lead managers JM Financial and IIFL Capital Services.

  • Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
  • J. Sagar Associates
  • Nikhil Naredi
  • Krupa Brahmbhatt
  • Harsh Loonker
  • Veronica Miranda
  • Anoushka PV
  • Richa Singh
  • Thejaswi Melarkode
  • Shreya Gupta
  • Prachi Gupta
  • Madhurima Mukherjee Saha
  • Sagar Batra
  • Bhavini Mohan
  • Tamanna Kapoor
  • Shivani Agrawal
  • Badal Singh
  • Zaier Ahmad
  • Capital Markets, Disputes

SourceBar & Bench

Confirmed

Clifford Chance advises CICC on three-way merger with Dongxing and Cinda Securities

Clifford Chance advised CICC on its three-way merger with Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities through mergers by absorption and share exchange. The combined group is expected to have assets of more than RMB1 trillion. The transaction was completed on 26 October 2026.

  • Clifford Chance
  • Shanghai He Ping Law Firm
  • Tommy Tam
  • Alex Bidlake
  • Rocky Mui
  • Kimi Liu
  • Terry Yang
  • Angela Chan
  • Maggie Lo
  • Yong Bai
  • Michael Wang
  • Lena Ng
  • Jack Hardman
  • Mark Currell
  • David Clee
  • Hajime Saito
  • Paul Ellison
  • Simon Crown
  • Marc Benzler
  • Steven Gatti
  • Dimitri Slobodenjuk
  • Renée Latour
  • Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai
  • M&A, Regulatory, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance

SourceClifford Chance — media centre news

Confirmed

Fox & Mandal and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas act on Info-Tech acquisition of Zluri

Info-Tech Research Group, Canada, made a 100% acquisition of Zluri Technologies Pvt Ltd and its US subsidiary Zluri Inc. Fox & Mandal acted as Indian counsel to Infotech. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advised Zluri, its founders and the investors Lightspeed, Kalaari, Endiya and MassMutual Ventures.

SourceBar & Bench

Confirmed

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advises HPCL Rajasthan Refinery on ₹10,400 crore financing arrangements

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advised HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited on financing arrangements: ₹8,000 crore rupee term loans for part refinancing, a ₹2,000 crore working capital demand loan from Bank of Baroda, and ₹400 crore of credit facilities from ICICI Bank. The team included partners Deepto Roy and Dnyanraj Desai.

  • Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
  • Deepto Roy
  • Dnyanraj Desai
  • Abhinav Rawat
  • Aditya Menon
  • Prashant Dubey
  • Banking & Finance, Project Finance/Energy & Infra

SourceBar & Bench

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