Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. (Guotai Junan) completed its initial public offering (stock code: 2611) on the mainboard of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) on April 11. Haiwen & Partners acted as the Chinese legal advisor to Guotai Junan, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as its Hong Kong legal advisor. The Chinese and Hong Kong legal advisors to the underwriter are respectively Grandall Law Firm and Clifford Chance.
A total of 1.04 billion shares (prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option) were issued through H-share IPO, at a price of HK$15.84 per share, and approximately HK$16 billion will be raised worldwide.
Haiwen designated its partners YANG Jingfang, MOU Jian and LI Liping to take charge of the project. The law firm also served as Guotai Junan's legal advisor for its A-share IPO in 2015.