10月6日,中国动力电池企业中创新航科技股份有限公司成功于香港联交所主板上市,募资约101亿港元(约12.87亿美元)。据彭博报道,该项目是香港今年第三大IPO。
嘉源律师事务所境内及香港团队在本项目中担任发行人境内和香港律师;万商天勤(深圳)律师事务所为发行人提供中国知识产权法相关服务。
君合律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所则分别担任独家保荐人及包销商的中国及香港律师;海问律师事务所就中国知识产权法为保荐人提供服务。
中创新航总部位于江苏常州,是全球领先的新能源科技企业,主要从事动力电池和储能系统的设计、研发、生产和销售,公司产品应用于乘用车、商用车及储能系统,其客户包括广汽、小鹏、零跑、吉利、东风、本田、上汽通用五菱等。
中创新航此次募资将用于支付其成都、武汉、合肥、广东江门及四川眉山项目的生产线建设,以及用于先进技术研发。去年宁德时代曾起诉中创新航专利侵权,不过该诉讼并未对中创新航上市造成实质性影响。
嘉源团队由创始合伙人颜羽律师、创始合伙人徐莹律师、高级合伙人韦佩律师、高级合伙人刘磊律师、合伙人王鹏杰律师、合伙人钟云长律师领导;
君合团队由合伙人曲惠清律师、牛元栋律师牵头,内核合伙人周舫律师给予指导;
高伟绅团队由中国区联席管理合伙人王彦峰、合伙人李婉雯、方刘和向天宁共同领导。
华泰国际为本项目独家保荐人。
CC, Jia Yuan, JunHe on CALB’s $1.3 bln Hong Kong IPO
EV battery manufacturer CALB Co., Ltd. made its capital markets debut on Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s main board on 16. Oct by raising $1.3 billion in total, making it the third largest IPO in Hong Kong this year. Jiangsu-based CALB is among the largest EV battery suppliers in China.
Jia Yuan Law Offices acted as both Hong Kong and China legal advisors to the issuer, while Clifford Chance and JunHe advised sponsor Huatai Securities on Hong Kong law and PRC law, respectively.
Shenzhen-headquartered V&T Law Firm and Haiwen & Partners provided services regarding China’s IP law to the issuer and sponsor, respectively.
CALB will use the raised funds to support its new production lines in Chengdu, Wuhan, Hefei, Jiangmen and Meishang, as well as to support its high-end technology R&D.
The CC team was led by its China co-managing partner Tim Wang, as well as partners Virginia Lee, Fang Liu and Tianning Xiang.
The Jia Yuan team was led by founding partners Yan Yu, Xu Ying, senior partners Wei Pei, Liu Lei, and partners Wang Pengjie, Zhong Yunchang.
And the JunHe team saw the leadership of partners Qu Huiqing, Niu Yuandong, will guidance from core partner Zhou Fang.