中国二次元视频网站哔哩哔哩(“B站”)本周一在香港联交所完成二次上市,行使超额配股权前募集资金超过200亿港元。天元律师事务所、世达国际律师事务所担任发行人律师;安杰律师事务所担任发行人特别法律顾问;通商律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所则为联席承销商提供法律意见。
B站创建于2009年,总部位于上海,是中国最大的视频网站之一。2018年,B站在美国纳斯达克上市。根据B站提供数据,过去三年中,B站月均活跃用户从7180万增长至2.02亿,意味着每两个中国年轻人就有一个是B站的用户。
这是近期继汽车之家、百度之后,又一家在香港完成二次上市的中概股。B站也是第一家根据《香港上市规则》第19C章以具有不同投票权架构的“不获豁免大中华发行人(Non-Grandfathered Greater China Issuer)”身份在香港成功二次上市的公司。
高伟绅团队由合伙人王彦峰、许文嘉和方刘律师牵头领导。
汇嘉律师事务所担任发行人离岸律师。项目联席承销商包括摩根士丹利、高盛、摩根大通和瑞银。
Skadden and CC led on Bilibili’s $2.57bln secondary listing in HKEx
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Tian Yuan Law Firm have advised China’s leading video website Bilibili’s ON over $2.57 billion secondary listing in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with AnJie Law Firm acting as the issuer’s special legal counsel, Commerce & Finance and Clifford Chance advising the joint underwriters.
Established in 2009, the Shanghai-based Bilibili is one of China's largest video websites. In 2018, Bilbili was listed in Nasdaq. This is another U.S.-listed Chinese company launching secondary listing in Hong Kong after Autohome and Baidu in 2021.
The Clifford Chance team was led by partners Tim Wang, Christine Xu and Liu Fang.
Walkers was the issuer’s offshore lawyer. The joint underwriters included Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and UBS.
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