中国证监会发行审核委员会上周三发布公告称，已审核通过中国农业银行股份有限公司首次公开发行申请。至此，国内惟一一家尚未上市的国有银行的上市计划迈出了关键一步。农行将分别在香港及上海两地上市，融资规模在200亿美元至300亿美元之间。
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中国证监会发行审核委员会上周三发布公告称，已审核通过中国农业银行股份有限公司首次公开发行申请。至此，国内惟一一家尚未上市的国有银行的上市计划迈出了关键一步。农行将分别在香港及上海两地上市，融资规模在200亿美元至300亿美元之间。根据农行预披露的招股书初稿，其A股IPO项目中，德恒律师事务所为发行人法律顾问，经办律师为王丽、徐建军、吴莲花、孙艳利、李广新。金杜则担任主承销商的法律顾问，牵头合伙人为杨小蕾、唐丽子、苏峥。此次A股IPO项目的联席保荐机构（主承销商）为中国国际金融有限公司、中信证券、中国银河证券以及国泰君安证券。
The last of China's 'big four' state-owned commercial banks to go public, the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), has received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for its A-share IPO.
This marks a critical step in the bank's plan to launch a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which is expected to raise between US$17.6bn and US$23bn when it is expected to be launched in mid-July.
According to the bank's A-share IPO draft prospectus, Beijing's DeHeng Law Office has secured the role as the issuer's legal advisor, while King & Wood has been appointed as the legal advisor to the lead underwriters - CICC, Citic Securities, Galaxy Securities and Guotai Junan Securities.
DeHeng's managing partner Wang Li leads the firm's team on the IPO, consisting of partners Xu Jianjun and Li Guangxin and lawyers Wu Lianhua and Sun Yanli. King &Wood's legal team is co-headed by partners Yang Xiaolei, Tang Lizi and Su Zheng.
King & Wood recently advised Bank of Communication on its US$4.9bn right issuance in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and, in 2006, it acted for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in its A+H share IPO, which raised US$22bn and is the world's largest IPO to date. ALB
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