24 September, 2018
Skadden advised the leading e-commerce service company Meituan Dianping on its US$4.2 billion initial public offering (before the underwriters' exercise of an over-allotment option) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Trading in the shares commenced on 20 September 2018.
The Skadden team was led by Hong Kong partners Julie Gao and Christopher Betts, with of counsel Antony Dapiran, counsels Anthony Pang and Shu Du; associates Deni Li, Steven Lee and Guang Yang; legal manager Abril Kang; and legal project coordinator Cecilia Chen.
Skadden previously represented the company in its US$3 billion series B preferred shares and US$4 billion series C preferred shares private placement financing, and in its US$3.7 billion acquisition of Mobike.