近日，智能汽车芯片公司黑芝麻智能在香港联交所主板成功上市，募资约10.36亿港元。

黑芝麻智能是港交所于去年3月推出第18C章“特专科技公司”上市制度后，第一家根据该制度申请上市的企业，也是继晶泰科技后，第二家完成18C章上市的企业。

发行人方面，中伦律师事务所担任中国律师，高伟绅律师事务所担任香港及美国律师，高盖茨律师事务所就美国出口管制法律提供意见；保荐人方面，君合律师事务所担任中国律师，美国威尔逊律师事务所担任香港及美国律师。

黑芝麻智能成立于2016年，总部位于武汉，是车规级智能汽车计算SoC及基于SoC的解决方案供应商。这是继路特斯、达梦、星竞威武、武汉有机之后，2024年武汉诞生的又一家上市企业。

中伦团队由合伙人郭晓丹律师、陈晋赓律师牵头；

君合团队本项目的牵头人为张珂律师、李辰亮律师；

高伟绅团队由合伙人方刘和李婉雯共同牵头；

威尔逊在本项目中，公司法团队由合伙人欧阳丹、刘泳晖和中国合伙人尹灿、李可领导；税法团队由合伙人Myra A. Sutanto Shen领导；监管及合规团队由合伙人Stephen Heifetz领导。

迈普达律师事务所为发行人提供离岸法律服务。

本项目保荐人为中金公司、华泰国际。

CC, Wilson on Black Sesame’s $133 mln IPO in HK

Clifford Chance, Zhong Lun Law Firm, and K&L Gates have advised intelligent automotive chip maker Black Sesame on its $133 million initial public offering in Hong Kong, with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and JunHe advising the sponsors CICC and Huatai International.

Black Sesame was the first company to apply for listing under the "Specialized Technology Companies" listing regime introduced by the HKEX in March last year under Chapter 18C, and it is the second company to complete the listing under Chapter 18C following QuantumPharm.

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Wuhan, Black Sesame is a supplier of automotive-grade intelligent automotive computing SoC and SoC-based solutions. This follows the listing of companies such as Lotus, DaMeng, NIP Group, and Wuhan Youji Industries, marking another listed company born in Wuhan in 2024.

The CC team was co-led by partners Fang Liu and Virginia Lee.

In this project, Wilson Sonsini's corporate law team was led by partners Ouyang Dan, Winfield Lau, and Chinese partners Yin Can and Li Ke; the tax law team was led by partner Myra A. Sutanto Shen; and the regulatory and compliance team was led by partner Stephen Heifetz.

The Zhong Lun team was led by partners Guo Xiaodan and Chen Jingeng.

The JunHe team was led by Zhang Ke and Li Chenliang.

Maples and Calder provided offshore legal services for the issuer.