东莞农村商业银行已于今日赴港上市，募资90.9亿港元。金杜律师事务所、江苏世纪同仁律师事务所为发行人提供法律意见；嘉源律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所则担任联席保荐人律师。
东莞农村商业银行始建于1952年，于2009年完成股份制改革，是广东省率先启动改制为农村商业银行的三个试点之一。根据中国银行业协会发布的数据，按总资产统计，东莞农商银行是中国第五大农村商业银行。
金杜团队由合伙人陈璴丹、梁启康牵头领导；嘉源团队则由合伙人颜羽、文梁娟、易建胜、苏敦渊牵头领导；高伟绅团队的主办合伙人为方刘、向天宁，并由合伙人李婉雯提供支持。
本次IPO项目中，联席保荐人为招商证券国际、招银国际、农银国际、工银国际。
CC, KWM lead on Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank’s $1.3bln IPO in Hong Kong
King & Wood Mallesons and Chinese law firm C&T Partners have advised Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank on its $1.3 billion IPO in Hong Kong, with Clifford Chance and Jia Yuan Law Offices representing the joint sponsors.
Established in 1952, Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank completed ownership restructuring in 2009, becoming one of the three trial rural commercial banks in Guangdong Province. According to China Banking Association, the bank is the fifth largest rural commercial bank in China in terms of total assets.
The joint sponsors are CMS, CMBI, ABC International, and ICBC.
The Clifford Chance team was led by partners Fang Liu and Xiang Tianning, supported by partner Virginia Lee. Meanwhile, the KWM team advising the issuer was led by partners Candy Chan and Kanne Leung. The Jia Yuan team's leading partners were Yan Yu, Wen Liangjuan, Yi Jiansheng, and Su Dunyuan.
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