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Skadden, Davis Polk lead on Meituan Dianping’s $4.2 bln HK IPO

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Affiliates and Han Kun Law Offices have represented Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan Dianping on its $4.2 billion initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Davis Polk & Wardwell and Zhong Lun Law Firm advising the underwriters.
Freshfields, CC star in $6.9 bln China Tower IPO, the biggest globally in 2 years

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China Tower Corporation, the world’s largest operator of mobile telecommunications towers, on its $6.9 billion listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Clifford Chance representing the joint sponsors and underwriters.
Freshfields, CC lead on Sinochem Energy’s $2 bln HK IPO

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Tian Yuan Law Firm have advised Sinochem Energy, a unit of China’s state-owned Sinochem Group on its $2 billion Hong Kong initial public offering, with Clifford Chance and Fangda Partners counselling the joint sponsors.
PRC firm Fangda launches investment protection practice in HK with arb partner hire

BY Aparna Sai |

Chinese firm Fangda Partners has launched an investment protection in Hong Kong, where it operates in association with Peter Yuen & Co., after hiring arbitration specialist Olga Boltenko as a partner.
Skadden, Freshfields act on E-House’s $586 mln Hong Kong IPO

BY Aparna Sai |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Grandall Law Firm have advised Chinese real estate services firm E-House on its $586 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Fangda Partners representing the joint sponsors.
Former Nielsen exec joins SPB as public policy head for China

BY Aparna Sai |

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Yan Xuan as the head of its international public policy practice in China from Nielsen, where he was president of the Greater China region.
DLA Piper hires Shearman counsel in Beijing as U.S. cap markets partner

BY Aparna Sai |

DLA Piper has appointed capital markets specialist Yang Ge as a partner in Beijing from Shearman & Sterling, where she was counsel.
CC, JunHe represent Bank of Jiujiang on $486 mln HK IPO

BY Aparna Sai |

Clifford Chance and JunHe Law Firm have advised China’s Bank of Jiujiang on its $486 million initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Sidley Austin and Haiwen & Partners representing the underwriters and joint sponsors.
Links, Dentons act on $275 mln Lao PDR mine sale

BY Aparna Sai |

Linklaters has counselled a subsidiary of China Minmetals Corporation on the $275 million sale of its 90 percent stake in Lane Xang Minerals, which owns the Sepon mine in Lao PDR, to Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining. The buyer was advised by Dentons.
AnJie becomes latest PRC firm to open in Hong Kong

BY Aparna Sai |

AnJie Law Firm has become the latest Chinese firm to open in Hong Kong after opening an office in the city through a tie-up with Hwang Hauzen, which was set up last year by Dechert’s former office head.