Freshfields misses out on Alibaba IPO pot of gold
The New York IPO of Chinese retail and social media hub Alibaba last week was the largest-ever flotation, raising $25bn (£15.3m). And so the law firms advising Alibaba also picked up a chunky reward, sharing out $15.8m in fees. But one firm was curiously absent from that list. Despite acting on Alibaba’s much smaller Hong […]