锂矿生产商天齐锂业已于7月13日在香港联合交易所主板上市，募资135亿港元。中伦律师事务所、瑞生国际律师事务所担任发行人律师，君合律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所则为联席保荐人提供法律意见。

天齐锂业成立于1995年，总部位于四川成都，是一家锂矿生产商，产品主要分锂精矿和锂化合物及其衍生物两大类。2010年8月，该公司在深圳交易所上市。

高伟绅团队由合伙人方刘、向天宁律师领导；瑞生团队则由合伙人林敬豪、杨长缨和邓植之律师牵头。

此次上市项目中，摩根士丹利、中金公司、招银国际担任联席保荐人。

CC, Latham act on Hong Kong’s largest IPO so far this year

Latham & Watkins and Zhong Lun Law Firm have advised Tianqi Lithium Corporation on its $1.7 billion secondary listing in Hong Kong, with Clifford Chance and JunHe advising the joint sponsors. The IPO is Hong Kong’s largest so far in 2022.

Established in 1995, the Chengdu-headquartered, Shenzhen-listed Tianqi Lithium is a producer of lithium chemicals for electric vehicle batteries. The listing forms part of the ‘newest fundraising rush’ of Chinese firms involved in electrical automobile battery and materials productions as the country looks to boost its domestic production of these commodities, Bloomberg reported.

The CC team was led by partners Fang Liu and Xiang Tianning, while the Latham team was led by partners Howard Lam, Cathy Yeung, and Terris Tang.