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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Hong Kong partners Julie Gao, Christopher Betts and Paloma Wang and Shanghai partner Haiping Li are advising Chinese delivery company ZTO Express Inc. on an upcoming secondary Hong Kong listing that could raise $1.27 billion. Global Law Office is Chinese counsel to ZTO. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Kong partners Teresa Ko and Richard Wang are representing sponsor Goldman Sachs with JunHe as advising Chinese law. [Read Full Story]Asia Deal Digest: September 2020 UPDATED
Skadden and Freshfields are among the global firms advising recent and upcoming Hong Kong listings.
September 23, 2020 at 08:42 AM
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The Forum of Exchange Square, site of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange / Credit: Kapi Ng/Shutterstock.com
Hong Kong and China
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Hong Kong partners Julie Gao, Christopher Betts and Paloma Wang and Shanghai partner Haiping Li are advising Chinese delivery company ZTO Express Inc. on an upcoming secondary Hong Kong listing that could raise $1.27 billion. Global Law Office is Chinese counsel to ZTO. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Kong partners Teresa Ko and Richard Wang are representing sponsor Goldman Sachs with JunHe as advising Chinese law. [Read Full Story]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised Chinese hotel group Huazhu Group on a $800 million listing in Hong Kong. JunHe served as Chinese counsel to Huazhu. Freshfields Hong Kong partner Richard Wang and Calvin Lai advised Goldman Sachs and CMB International Capital as underwriters to Huazhu's Hong Kong listing with Jingtian & Gongcheng as Chinese counsel. [Read Full Story]
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