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Shearman loses 4-member HK cap markets team to Fangda（双语）

BY Ines Yang |

PRC firm Fangda Partners has poached a four-member capital markets team from Shearman & Sterling in Hong Kong led by Colin Law, who headed that practice for Asia at his previous firm.
Paul Hastings, A&O lead on $392 mln HK IPO of Midea Real Estate

BY Aparna Sai |

Paul Hastings and Tian Yuan Law Firm have represented Midea Real Estate Holding, the Chinese developer backed by the founder of the world’s largest appliance maker, on its $392 million initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Skadden, CC on China Re’s $346 mln Hong Kong IPO（双语）

BY Ines Yang |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised boutique investment bank China Renaissance’s on its $346 million Hong Kong initial public offering, with Clifford Chance advising the joint sponsors and the underwriters.
Freshfields, CC lead on Sinochem Energy’s $2 bln HK IPO

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Tian Yuan Law Firm have advised Sinochem Energy, a unit of China’s state-owned Sinochem Group on its $2 billion Hong Kong initial public offering, with Clifford Chance and Fangda Partners counselling the joint sponsors.
Freshfields, CC star in $6.9 bln China Tower IPO, the biggest globally in 2 years

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China Tower Corporation, the world’s largest operator of mobile telecommunications towers, on its $6.9 billion listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Clifford Chance representing the joint sponsors and underwriters.
Skadden, Freshfields act on E-House’s $586 mln Hong Kong IPO

BY Aparna Sai |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Grandall Law Firm have advised Chinese real estate services firm E-House on its $586 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Fangda Partners representing the joint sponsors.
CC, JunHe represent Bank of Jiujiang on $486 mln HK IPO

BY Aparna Sai |

Clifford Chance and JunHe Law Firm have advised China’s Bank of Jiujiang on its $486 million initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Sidley Austin and Haiwen & Partners representing the underwriters and joint sponsors.
Paul Hastings, Zhong Lun represent Jiangxi Bank on $952 mln HK IPO

BY Aparna Sai |

Paul Hastings and Zhong Lun Law Firm have advised Jiangxi Bank on its $952 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Latham & Watkins and King & Wood Mallesons counselling the joint global coordinators.
HK: K&E hires Shearman corp lawyer as partner

BY Aparna Sai |

Kirkland & Ellis has appointed Wanda Woo as corporate partner in Hong Kong from Shearman & Sterling, where she was an associate.
STB, KWM counsel Ant Financial on record $14 bln fundraising

BY Ines Yang, Reuters |

Ant Financial has played a major role in shaping China’s financial technology landscape.