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Mourant, an international professional services firm, has appointed Xia Li as a partner in its Asia litigation team, further strengthening its bench on complex, cross-border disputes. Her appointment comes amid increasing demand for coordinated litigation strategies spanning Asia and offshore jurisdictions, particularly in PRC-related matters. Xia brings more than seven years’ experience at leading offshore firms, including in the Cayman and British Virgin Islands. She trained at Allen & Overy and has worked across London, Beijing and Singapore, and has also practised at leading US firms in Hong Kong and New York. Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, she adds strong cross border experience and valuable PRC connectivity to Mourant’s Asia disputes practice. Xia’s appointment reflects Mourant’s continued strategic investment and long-term growth ambitions in Asia and enhances the firm’s ability to advise clients on increasingly complex, multi-jurisdictional and PRC related disputes and restructuring matters. Xia Li said: “I am delighted to be joining Mourant’s Hong Kong team at such an exciting time for the practice. The firm has a strong reputation for handling complex offshore and cross border matters, and I look forward to working with colleagues across the business to support clients on their most significant disputes and restructuring matters.” Danielle Roman, Hong Kong Managing Partner, said: “Xia’s appointment strengthens the depth and connectivity of our Asia litigation team. Her combination of offshore expertise and strong PRC alignment is exactly what distinguishes our offering and supports the increasingly complex needs of our clients.” For further information please contact:  Chloe Whittaker, External Communications and Content Manager: [email protected] About Mourant Mourant is a law firm-led, professional services business with over 60 years' experience in the financial services sector. We advise on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg and provide specialist entity management, governance, regulatory and consulting services. We are an international and globally-integrated firm with offices in a number of the world's leading international finance centres, including London and Hong Kong. Our business is intrinsically linked to the global economy and the capital flows that support it. We serve the needs of our clients in all major time zones, facilitating responsible cross-border finance and investment, the pooling and protection of capital and the resolution of disputes. Our clients include many of the world's leading financial institutions, international corporations, asset managers and institutional investors. We are routinely instructed to work alongside the world's pre-eminent legal, accounting and financial services firms. We have an outstanding reputation for integrity and professional ethics, underpinned by a strong risk management culture. Find out more: mourant.com  

Mourant, an international professional services firm, has advised Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO) on a landmark business combination with CBC Group (CBC), creating the world's largest dedicated healthcare investment manager, with over US$21 billion in AUM. The new firm will have more than 200 investment and operating professionals across 13 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific – regions which collectively account for around 90 per cent of global healthcare R&D spend. This expansive footprint, network and global connectivity will enable it to capitalise on high-growth, innovation-led opportunities across the world's largest healthcare markets. GHO and CBC share a strong entrepreneurial, founder-driven culture underpinned by deep and complementary healthcare expertise as both investors and operators. The new firm will empower founders, management teams and portfolio companies to develop and internationalise cutting-edge healthcare solutions, spanning pharmaceuticals, medical devices, life science tools, diagnostics, healthcare infrastructure, and healthcare IT and will be uniquely positioned to offer investors access to private equity, private credit and real estate assets focused on healthcare and life sciences. GHO’s portfolio of North American and European healthcare companies will benefit from enhanced access to local insight and operating capability across Asia-Pacific, one of the most dynamic regions for healthcare innovation and a key growth frontier for many of the firm’s portfolio businesses. In parallel, CBC’s portfolio will be enhanced by the global market insight and execution support from an enlarged firm, enabling its Asian healthcare companies to scale with confidence, while remaining anchored in local execution. The transaction is expected to close in early 2027, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. GHO and CBC will continue to operate independently until the completion of the transaction, with a continued focus on delivering their existing fund mandates. Mourant acted as Cayman Islands counsel on the deal. Global Head of Mourant's Investment Funds team, Alex Last, led the transaction for Mourant, working in collaboration with Partner Rhiannon Williams, Senior Associate Rejonte Rivers, Associates Jalen Nordmark and Jaswindha Singh, and Paralegal Charmaine Yu. In addition, Partner Sara Galletly provided regulatory advice. Alex Last commented: "We are delighted to have played a part in helping our long-standing client GHO complete a transaction with such strategic importance and scale. The combination with CBC creates a truly unique global platform with exceptional reach and capability."  For further information please contact: Chloe Whittaker, External Communications and Content Manager: [email protected] About Mourant Mourant is an international professional services firm with over 60 years' experience in the financial services sector. We advise on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg and provide specialist entity management, governance, regulatory and consulting services. We are an international and globally-integrated firm with offices in a number of the world's leading international finance centres, including London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Our business is intrinsically linked to the global economy and the capital flows that support it. We serve the needs of our clients in all major time zones, facilitating responsible cross-border finance and investment, the pooling and protection of capital and the resolution of disputes. Our clients include many of the world's leading financial institutions, international corporations, asset managers and institutional investors. We are routinely instructed to work alongside the world's pre-eminent legal, accounting and financial services firms. We have an outstanding reputation for integrity and professional ethics, underpinned by a strong risk management culture. Find out more: mourant.com

LONDON, May 5, 2026 – King & Spalding announced today that Raymond Fang has joined the firm’s Real Estate and Funds practice group as a partner focused on private capital transactions. He is based in the firm’s London office. Fang is a corporate real estate lawyer who works across the full spectrum of real estate private equity deals, including structured M&A, joint ventures and general partner (GP) stake investments. He advises clients on both UK and cross‑border transactions, ranging from corporate structures holding single-trophy assets to large multi-jurisdictional portfolios. He also advises on strategically significant investments across asset classes such as hospitality and leisure, healthcare, student accommodation, self-storage, living, life sciences, and clean energy infrastructure. “Ray has an impressive blend of both legal and real estate private equity market acumen that is highly complementary to our U.S. platform as well as our international network, including Europe and the Middle East,” said Erik Andersen, co-head of the firm’s Real Estate and Funds practice group. “The firm is investing in the London practice, with corporate real estate an important component of that plan, and Ray’s experience aligns well with those strategic objectives.” Fang joins King & Spalding from Goodwin, where he was a partner. He received his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Sydney. “King & Spalding has been on an impressive trajectory for many years in London and globally, and I’m excited about the opportunity to help grow the firm’s private capital and corporate real estate platform across the UK and Europe,” Fang said. “The strength of the U.S. practice and the firm’s international reach create a compelling foundation for cross-border collaboration.” About King & Spalding King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,300 lawyers in 26 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com. Media Contact: Tony Collins +44 7584 613256 [email protected]

LONDON – April 30, 2026 – Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised Italian company Fontana Gruppo on its successful signing of an agreement to acquire Germany-based Kamax Group — a strategic transaction that further strengthens Fontana's global footprint and market position.   The transaction marks a significant milestone in Fontana Gruppo’s strategic development. As a leading industrial fasteners manufacturer with a strong presence across Europe, India, the United States, Mexico, and Brazil, Fontana continues to expand its global platform. Kamax Group operates 15 manufacturing plants in Germany, Spain, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and China.   Upon completion of the transaction, Fontana Gruppo will operate a total of 42 plants worldwide, employ more than 9,000 people, and generate approximately €2 billion in annual revenue. Closing is expected in the coming months, subject to customary regulatory approvals.   Greenberg Traurig advised Fontana Gruppo with a multijurisdictional team led by its Milan and Germany offices, working closely with colleagues in Warsaw, Mexico City, and the United States. The firm provided broad legal advice covering all key aspects of the transaction, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, finance, antitrust and competition, employment, tax, intellectual property and technology, real estate and public law.   PwC Advisory (Italy) supported Fontana Gruppo with the financial due diligence and in relation to the SPA. PwC Tax (Italy) supported Fontana Gruppo with the tax due diligence and the structuring of the transaction.   Background Fontana Gruppo and Greenberg Traurig’s Milan office have a longstanding relationship. The firm is advising the client for more than two decades.   Legal advisers   Milan ·         Partners: Mario Santa Maria (Corporate/M&A, Lead), Alessandra Boffa (Corporate /M&A), Marco Leonardi (Banking & Financial Services), Edoardo Gambaro (Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation) ·         Counsel: Pietro Missanelli (Competition) ·         Associates: Martino Basilisco (Antitrust), Victoria Quarzo and Abram Farina (both Corporate/M&A), Alessandro Pallavicini (Banking & Financial Services)   Berlin ·         Partners: Peter Schorling, Sara Berendsen (both team lead Berlin, Corporate/M&A), Henrik Armah (Corporate/M&A), Georg von Wallis (Tax), Thilo Ullrich (Labor & Employment), Lucas Wüsthof (Antitrust) ·         Associates: Claudia Amthor (Competition), Josephine Beier (Employment), Florian Deitel (Tax), Jannis P. Dietrich-Webb (Intellectual Property & Technology), Juliane Linhart, Lisa Meinel, Zin Nakam, Julia M. Schwengers (all Corporate/M&A), Anna Kolodenska, Helena von Schorlemer (Intellectual Property & Technology), Alexander Nagel (Real Estate), Ahmet Kilic (Public Law)   Mexico City ·         Partner: Miguel Flores Bernés (Antitrust & Competition) ·         Associates: Francisco De Rosenzweig (Corporate/M&A), Valery Dayne García Zavala (Antitrust/Competition)   United States ·         Partners: Kara M. Bombach (International Trade), Angelika Hunnefeld (Litigation) ·         Associate: Dario Ciapponi (Corporate/M&A)   Warsaw ·         Partners: Robert Gago (Competition), Thayane Machin Martinez (Litigation) ·         Counsel: Agnieszka Stopińska (M&A) ·         Associates: Jakub Baczuk (Intellectual Property & Technology), Paweł Fortuna (Competition), Michał Zabost (Employment)   Financial advisers: PwC Advisory (Italy) ·         Partners: Matteo Colombo, Giovanni Tinuper ·         Director: Stefano Ramello, . Marco Piaser, Daniela Mentesana ·         Manager: Matteo Morello (Manager) ·         Senior manager: Giorgia Galleni   Tax advisers: PwC Tax (Italy) ·         Partners: Pasquale Salvatore, Giorgio De Capitani ·         Senior Manager: Giulia Azzali About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 3000 attorneys across 51 locations in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm’s broad geographic and practice range enables the delivery of innovative and strategic legal services across borders and industries. Recognized as a 2025 BTI “Best of the Best Recommended Law Firm” by general counsel for trust and relationship management, Greenberg Traurig is consistently ranked among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100, NLJ 500, and Law360 400. Greenberg Traurig is also known for its philanthropic giving, culture, innovation, and pro bono work. Web: www.gtlaw.com.   Media Contact Stephen Rowe [email protected] T +44 (0) 203 100 6780 | M +44 7826511845