30 October, 2015
Kirkland & Ellis represented 22 investment banks in the US$2.3 billion global offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd., the largest financial asset management company in China. Kirkland clients on the transaction included HSBC, Goldman Sachs, CCB International, Credit Suisse, ICBC International, China International Capital Corporation, Citi and Merrill Lynch as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, as well as Huarong International, BOCI Asia, CMB International, GF Securities, China Merchants Securities, DBS Asia, BOCOM International, ABCI Capital, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Nomura, Morgan Stanley, CLSA and China Securities (International) as the other joint bookrunners. The listing took place on October 30, 2015.
The Kirkland team, led by Hong Kong corporate partners Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong, Benjamin Su and Peng Qi, with assistance from Hong Kong corporate partner Shawn Tai and Beijing corporate partner Steve Lin, advised on both Hong Kong and U.S. law aspects of the IPO.
