1月16日，运输服务提供商京沪高速铁路在上交所主板上市，成为了“中国高铁第一股”，此次上市共募集306.74亿元资金，金杜律师事务所担任了发行人律师。

根据招股书，京沪高铁公司成立于2008年，主要提供客运服务，并为其他公司列车使用相关线路提供服务。京沪高铁贯穿北京、天津、上海三个直辖市，是中国利润最高的铁路线路之一，其自2014年开始盈利，2018年净利润为102.48亿元，2019年前9个月为95.2亿元。此次上市能够使京沪高铁所有权多元化，优化资本结构，并促进未来的高品质发展。

中信建投证券担任了此次上市的主承销商，中信证券、中金公司则担任了联席主承销商。

金杜团队此次牵头律师为合伙人唐丽子，韩杰、郭亮。

KWM act on China’s first high-speed rail IPO

King & Wood Mallesons has advised Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail’s (BSHSR) $ 4.5 billion initial public offering in Shanghai, with CSC Financial being the main sponsor and CITIC Securities as well as CICC being joint sponsors.

According to the prospectus, established in 2008, the BSHSR links three municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, and has been one of China's most profitable rail lines, turning a profit for five years in a row since 2014. Its net profit hit about 10.25 billion yuan in 2018. The IPO will benefit the diversification of ownership, promote the optimization of capital structure and enhance the high-quality development of the railway sector, Xinhua.net reported previous.

The KWM team was led by partners Tang Lizi, Han Jie and Guo Liang.

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