一站式旅游平台携程集团已于4月19日在香港联合交易所完成第二上市,募集资金83.3亿港元,成为全球首家同时在美国和中国香港上市的在线旅游企业。通商律师事务所、世达国际律师事务所担任发行人律师;竞天公诚律师事务所、瑞生国际律师事务所则为联席保荐人(摩根大通、中金公司、高盛)提供法律意见。
携程集团成立于1999年,总部位于上海。根据易观报告,携程在过去10年内一直为中国最大的在线旅行平台,且在2018年至2020年为全球最大的在线旅行平台。2003年,携程在美国纳斯达克完成首次公开募股。
竞天公诚团队牵头合伙人为胡铮铮与高峥律师;瑞生团队则由合伙人邓植之、张大颖、苏国瑞和杨长缨律师牵头领导。
迈普达律师事务所担任发行人离岸律师。
Skadden, Latham act on Trip.com’s $1.09 bln secondary listing
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Commerce & Finance Law Offices have counselled travel website Trip.com on its $1.09 billion secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Latham & Watkins and Jingtian & Gongcheng advising the joint sponsors and the underwriters.
China-headquartered Trip.com is the first travel platform to be listed on both the U.S. and Hong Kong stock markets.
According to Reuters, the company will sell 31.63 million shares, in the deal which represented 5 percent of its total outstanding shares
The listing comes as a spate of U.S.-listed Chinese companies opt for secondary listings in Hong Kong, including Bilibili, Autohome, New Oriental Education & Technology, Yum China Holdings, Zai Lab, ZTO Express and Huazhu Group.
The Latham & Watkins team was led by partners Terris Tang, Daying Zhang, Benjamin Su, Cathy Yeung, Alex Cohen, Paul Dudek, Dana Fleischman Simon Hawkins and Samuel Weiner.
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