12月30日，贵州银行股份有限公司在港交所主板完成上市，此次上市共筹集53亿港元（约6.99亿美元）资金。金杜律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所担任了发行人律师，君合律师事务所、瑞生国际律师事务所为联席保荐人提供了法律意见。

贵州银行成立于2012年9月，是总行位于贵州省的唯一一家省级城市商业银行。根据瑞生国际的新闻稿，贵州银行由三家城市商业银行合并成立，截至2019年6月底，共开设有8家分行，207家支行。此次筹集资金将用作资本金，支持其业务进一步发展。

金杜团队牵头律师为合伙人李元媛、卢勇、高怡敏；高伟绅团队牵头律师为中国区联席管理合伙人王彦峰、合伙人方刘、向天宁；瑞生国际团队牵头律师为香港合伙人杨长缨、邓植之、王嘉忻，并得到合伙人施道明的协助。

农银国际、建银国际、中信里昂证券担任了此次上市的联席保荐人。

KWM, JunHe, CC, Latham act on Bank of Guizhou’s $699 mln HK IPO

King & Wood Mallesons and Clifford Chance have advised Bank of Guizhou on its $699 million initial public offering in Hong Kong, with JunHe and Latham & Watkins advising the joint sponsors.

According to a press release, Bank of Guizhou was established in 2012 as a result of the merger and restructuring of three city commercial banks in China’s Guizhou province and the only city commercial bank initiated by Guizhou provincial government. It had eight branches and 207 sub-branches as of June 30, 2019. Bank of Guizhou intends to use the proceeds from the offering to strengthen its capital base to support the sustainable growth of the business. 

The KWM team was led by partners Li Yuanyuan, Lu Yong and Gao Yimin, while the Clifford Chance team led by China co-managing partner Tim wang, partners Fang Liu and Xiang Tianning. The Latham’s team led by Hong Kong partners Cathy Yeung, Terris Tang and Allen Wang, with assistance from Hong Kong partner Dominik Sklenar.

The joint sponsors were ABCI Securities, CCB International Capital and CLSA.

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