Sidley Austin Poaches Wilson Sonsini's Beijing Head
Capital markets partner Kefei Li has advised Chinese companies on IPOs in Hong Kong and the United States.
January 26, 2015 at 11:59 PM
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Sidley Austin has hired the former Beijing office head of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Kefei Li joined the Chicago-based firm's Beijing office this week. He typically advises Chinese companies on capital markets deals, especially initial public offerings in Hong Kong and the U.S. He has advised on Chinese online car dealer Autohome Inc.'s $410 million rights issue and $133 million IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as China Shengmu Organic Milk Ltd.'s $136 million IPO in Hong Kong.
Li first joined Wilson Sonsini as a partner in Shanghai in 2011 and helped the firm open its Beijing office the following year. Before that, he was a counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and has also worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and the now-defunct Dewey & LeBeouf.
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