方达律师事务所近日协助香港机场管理局（“香港机管局”）签署交易协议，未来香港机管局将持有珠海机场35%的股权，交易金额约为43亿元人民币，金杜律师事务所为卖方珠海交通控股集团提供了法律服务。

这是自开放外资投资国内民用机场以来，近十余年外资入股内地机场的一项重大交易。

香港机管局成立于1995年，是香港特区政府全资拥有的法定机构，负责运营并管理香港国际机场。珠海机场启用于1995年，2006年，香港机管局开始和珠海政府合作经营管理珠海机场，包括提升机场运营效率，并推出香港国际机场和珠海机场间的若干转机便利措施等。

根据本次协议，香港机管局对珠海机场的经营管理权将延续至2046年。

方达项目团队由合伙人周碧清领导。此外，公司并购组合伙人施静、房地产组合伙人王宇芳、反垄断组合伙人王瑾提供了重要支持。

金杜（横琴）联营律师事务所和金杜律师事务所组成的团队共同为该项目提供服务。由金杜横琴联营所合伙人王继宁、金杜合伙人陶章启牵头，协同合伙人赵晓红 、唐震宇、刘成、邢美东等开展工作。

Fangda, KWM on HKAA’s $592 mln acquisition of stake in Zhuhai Airport

Fangda Partners has advised the Hong Kong Airport Authority (HKAA) to sign a transaction agreement, under which HKAA will acquire a 35 percent stake in Zhuhai Airport for approximately $592 million. King & Wood Mallesons provided legal services to the seller, Zhuhai Transportation Holdings Group.

This marks a significant foreign investment in mainland airports, the largest in over a decade since the sector was opened to foreign capital.

Established in 1995, HKAA is a statutory body wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government, responsible for operating and managing Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). Zhuhai Airport, also inaugurated in 1995, has been jointly managed by HKAA and the Zhuhai Government since 2006. Their collaboration includes improving operational efficiency and introducing convenient transfer measures between HKIA and Zhuhai Airport.

Under the new agreement, HKAA’s operational management rights for Zhuhai Airport will be extended until 2046.

The Fangda team was led by partner Joe Zhou, with contributions from corporate M&A partner Susie Shi, real estate partner Wendy Wang, and antitrust partner Wang Jin.

The KWM team, comprising King & Wood Mallesons and King & Wood Mallesons (Hengqin) Joint Operation Office, was co-led by Wang Jining and Tao Zhangqi. Partners Zhao Xiaohong, Tang Zhenyu, Liu Cheng, and Xing Meidong also contributed to the project.