金杜，通商，美富及富而德近日联手，为中信银行股份有限公司(简称﹕中信銀行)A股和H股供股筹资40亿美元提供法律服务。 中信銀行表示﹐A股供股筹款大约为27.3亿美元﹐H股供股筹款大约为12.8亿美元。此交易的承销商是中国国际金融有限公司和中信证券股份有限公司。
金杜律所为中信银行提供中国法方面的服务，该法律团队由合伙人杨小蕾，高怡敏，及彭晋负责。富而德律所则担任中信银行香港和美国法的法律顾问。
通商律所为两位承销商提供中国法方面的服务，而美富律所则为他们提供美国法的服务。美富法律团队由周致聪（Charles Chau）领导。
中信银行是中国大陆第七大银行，也是中国内地第二家以“Ａ＋Ｈ”形式在内地与香港同步上市的银行。中信银行的大股东中信集团公司和西班牙的Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.在早些時候同意参与该行的供股交易。BBVA持有中信銀行15%的股权。
Four firms including PRC powerhouses King & Wood and Commerce & Finance, as well as international players Morrison & Foerster and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all played roles on China Citic Bank Corporation (CITIC) A+H share rights issue raising a total of US$4 billion.
The bank raised US$1.28 billion through the H share portion of its offer and US$2.73 biliion through it A share offering. The proceeds of the rights issue will be used by the bank to strengthen its capital base. CITIC is China's seventh largest lender in terms of total assets and its largest shareholder is China’s largest financial conglomerate, CITIC Group.
The joint underwriters were China International Capital Corp (CICC) and Citic Securities.
King & Wood advised CITIC on PRC law and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer provided U.S. law and Hong Kong law advice. Freshfields's team was led by corporate partner Calvin Lai and newly-promoted counsel Richard Wang.
The joint underwriters turned to Commerce & Finance on PRC law. Morrison & Foerster provided the underwriters with U.S. and Hong Kong law advice. Charles Chau led Morrison & Foerster’s legal team.
Chau said that the completion of this deal is a “true testament to the determination and perseverance of all the parties involved in this offering ...despite the difficult market conditions.”
According to Bloomberg, China Everbright Bank Co. has delayed a share sale in Hong Kong for a second time in less than two month, and China Shipping Nauticgreen Holdings Co. has also put its $200 million initial public offering in Hong Kong on hold.
