百度集团股份有限公司(“百度”)于2021年3月23日在香港联交所主板完成第二上市。百度本次全球发售股份数共计95,000,000股,发售价为每股股份252.00港元,全球发售所得款项净额逾236亿港元(假设超额配售权未获行使)。金杜律师事务所、世达国际律师事务所担任发行人律师;海问律师事务所、达维律师事务所则为联席保荐人提供法律意见。
百度是全球最大的中文搜索引擎平台,并已发展为拥有强大互联网基础的领先AI公司。基于AI能力,百度为数亿用户提供互联网信息和服务。2005年8月,百度在美国纳斯达克上市。
海问团队由合伙人张继平、杜宁牵头领导;达维团队由达维亚洲 (日本除外) 联席主管何鲤、全球合伙人林振宇及褚洋牵头领导。
迈普达律师事务所作为发行人离岸律师参与本次第二上市。
联席承销商为美银证券、中信证券、高盛集团。
Skadden, Davis Polk led on Baidu’s $3.1 bln HK secondary listing
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and King & Wood Mallesons have advised Baidu, Inc. on its $3.1 billion HKSE secondary listing, with Davis Polk & Wardwell and Haiwen & Partners advising the joint underwriters.
Established in 2000, the Beijing-headquartered Baidu is the largest Chinese search engine in the world. It is also a leading artificial intelligence company with powerful Internet technology providing Internet information and services for billions of users worldwide. In August 2005, Baidu was listed on Nasdaq.
The Davis Polk team was led by partners Li He, James C. Lin and Yang Chu; the Haiwen team was led by partners Jiping Zhang and Ning Du.
Maples and Calder was the offshore lawyer in Baidu’s secondary listing.
The joint underwriters were BofA Securities, CITIC Securities and Goldman Sachs.
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