优然牧业计划于6月18日在香港联交所上市。天元律师事务所、达维律师事务所为发行人提供法律意见；大成律师事务所、盛德律师事务所则担任联席保荐人律师。
根据路透社报道，该次上市预计募资额为6.43亿美元。
优然牧业成立于2007年，总部位于内蒙古。根据路透社报道，其于2015年从伊利分拆出来独立运营，目前股东包括私募公司PAG。2020年10月，优然曾斥资3.69亿美元，从新西兰恒天然手中购买位于山西应县和河北玉田的两个牧场。
达维团队由全球合伙人褚洋、许嘉、何鲤牵头领导。
奥杰律师事务所担任发行人的离岸律师。
该项目联席保荐人为华泰国际、瑞信。
Davis Polk, Sidley lead on dairy company Youran’s planned $643 mln HK IPO
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Tian Yuan Law Firm are advising China’s Youran Dairy on its planned IPO in Hong Kong, with Sidley Austin and Dentons advising the joint underwriters.
The IPO is expected to raise around $643 million, Reuters reported.
Established in 2007, Youran Dairy is headquartered in Inner Mongolia. According to Reuters, it is backed by private equity firm PAG, and was spun off from Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group. Youran bought two farming hubs in Ying and Yutian counties last year for $369 million from New Zealand's Fonterra.
The Davis Polk team is led by partners Yang Chu, Jason Xu and Li He.
Ogier is advising the issuer on offshore matters. The joint underwriters are Huatai International and Credit Suisse.
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