11月1日，物流地产运营商易商红木在香港联交所挂牌上市，此次上市共筹集126亿港币（16亿美元）资金。环球律师事务所在此次上市中担任发行人中国法律顾问，瑞生国际律师事务所担任香港及美国法律顾问，通商律师事务所及富而德律师事务所在此次交易中担任了联席保荐人的法律顾问。
根据环球的一份新闻稿，易商红木上市是本年度香港第二大IPO，也是2014年以来港股地产行业最大的IPO。易商红木2011年由美国私募股权公司华平投资参与设立，目前是亚太区最大的物流地产运营商，业务遍及中国、日本、新加坡、韩国、澳大利亚和印度。这也是易商红木今年6月暂缓IPO后第二次尝试港股上市。
此次交易环球团队由合伙人张宇律师和合伙人林华伟律师牵头，团队成员还包括合伙人徐劼律师和合伙人李志斌律师；瑞生国际的牵头律师为香港办事处合伙人Amy Beckingham、苏国瑞和邓植之；富而德的牵头律师为香港办事处合伙人黄颖慧及新加坡办事处合伙人Stephen Revell和Arun Balasubramanian。
Global, Latham, C&F, Freshfields act on ESR Cayman’s $1.6 bln HK IPO
Global Law Office and Latham & Watkins have advised industrial property investor ESR Cayman on its $1.6 billion initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Commerce & Finance Law Offices and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advising the underwriters.
This is the second-largest IPO in Hong Kong this year. ESR Cayman, founded in 2011 and backed by U.S. private equity investor Warburg Pincus, is the largest logistics real estate operator in Asia-Pacific, with business covering China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and India. The company relaunched this IPO following a failed attempt in June.
The Global team was led by partners Zhang Yu and Lin Huawei, with assistance from partners Xu Jie and Li Zhibin. The Latham team was led by Hong Kong partners Amy Beckingham, Benjamin Su and Terris Tang, while the Freshfields team was led by Hong Kong partner Grace Huang and Singapore partners Stephen Revell and Arun Balasubramanian.
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