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CATL completes a new H-share placement, raising HKD39.19 billion on 30 April 2026 in the largest equity placement in the Hong Kong market to date

Kirkland & Ellis appoints Wilfred Ho as a litigation practice partner at its Hong Kong office

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising Tokyo-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical on its acquisition of clinical-stage biotechnology company

Ricky Chow, former vice-president of the listing division at the HKEX, has rejoined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its Hong Kong office

Kirkland & Ellis has hired Jenny Li as a partner in its government, regulatory and internal investigations practice in Shanghai

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Chip supplier Axera listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising HKD2.96 billion (USD378.7 million) and becoming the first Chinese edge AI chip company to go public

Muyuan Foods, the world¡¯s largest pig breeder, debuted on the HKEX on 6 February, raising HKD10.68 billion. Fangda, Clifford Chance, KWM and Kirkland & Ellis provided legal services

ByteDance has reached an agreement with American investors to establish a US joint venture focused on data security, enabling TikTok¡¯s continued operations in the country

JSA, Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters have assisted on Warburn Pincus¡¯ proposal to invest in Acclime Group

OmniVision Group listed on HKEX main board on 12 January, raising about HKD4.8 billion as Hong Kong¡¯s first image sensor IPO

Country Garden¡¯s USD17.7bn offshore debt restructuring took effect on 30 December 2025, among China¡¯s largest

Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters are advising on the proposed USD1.8 billion privatisation of freight operator ANE

Kirkland & Ellis, Haiwen & Partners, Morrison Foerster and JunHe are assisting on the sale of Burger King¡¯s 83% stake in its China operations

Kirkland & Ellis and Baker Botts advised JERA on its USD1.5 billion first US shale gas acquisition from Williams and GEP Haynesville II

O¡¯Melveny hires John Curran as Corporate Finance Partner in Singapore to expand Asia presence

Milbank hires Maurice Conway in Singapore to expand private equity in Southeast Asia

Linklaters, Commerce & Finance and four firms advised on Yuzhou Group¡¯s USD6.68bn offshore debt restructuring

Kirkland, Jingtian & Gongcheng and Maples advised AUX Electric on its HKEX debut, raising HKD3.99b (USD511m)

JD.com to acquire German electronics retailer Ceconomy for EUR2.2b, among the largest Chinese deals in Europe

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Zhong Lun, S&C, Kirkland & Ellis advised on Kelun-Biotech¡¯s HKEX H-share placement raising HKD1.94b (USD250m)

The most complex and interesting deals and disputes that have taken place in the past year  

UK ruling in Lenovo v Ericsson may reshape SEP talks; court grants Lenovo interim license for 4G/5G patents

Morrison Foerster names Xiaoxi Lin as a partner in Hong Kong, strengthening its private equity and M&A presence regionally

Nippon Life Insurance acquires Resolution Life Group Holdings for USD 8.2 billion, marking a historic buyout

Latham, Kirkland, and Fangda advised on the HKD55.2B ESR Group privatisation, HKEX¡¯s largest take-private deal since 2021

Han Kun, Slaughter and May, Fangda, Kirkland & Ellis, and Jingtian advised on the first Star Market firm's acquisition of a Hong Kong-listed company

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Edding Group on its first backdoor listing in Hong Kong with Genor Biopharma on the HKEX

Skadden, Clifford Chance, Norton Rose, and Kirkland advised on L¡¯Occitane chairman¡¯s brand privatisation, ending its 14-year HKEX run

Kirkland & Ellis, Baker McKenzie, Debevoise & Plimpton oversee USD1.2 billion logistics unit sale

China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2023  

Freshfields, MoFo, and Kirkland assisted Synagistics' de-SPAC listing on Hong Kong's e-commerce platform, involving SPAC HK Acquisition

The foreign firms that have overcome adversity and emerged as go-to choices for India legal matters

Kirkland & Ellis, Paul Hastings and Conyers are among the six firms advising on Super Hi International¡¯s USD52.67 million IPO in the US

Kirkland & Ellis, Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell and Slaughter and May advise on Silver Pegasus Investment's HKD8.79 billion take-private of SciClone Pharmaceuticals in Hong Kong

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India Business Law Journal reveals 50 standout deals and disputes of 2023, and the law firms that successfully concluded them    

Kirkland & Ellis represented Carlyle Group in the USD1.8 billion sale of its entire stake in the McDonald¡¯s China operation to McDonald¡¯s

Law firms Kirkland & Ellis, Ogier, Han Kun, Wilson Sonsini, and Maples Group advise on Webull's USD7.3bn SPAC listing with a blank-cheque firm on Nasdaq

China Evergrande, the most indebted real estate giant, faces liquidation with RMB2.43 trillion (USD342.2 billion) debt after a Hong Kong court order

Five law firms advise on Will Semiconductor¡¯s USD445 million global depository receipts (GDR) offering on the SIX Swiss Exchange

Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis, Han Kun Law Offices, Latham & Watkins and Commerce & Finance Law Offices have advised electric vehicle manufacturer NIO?

Skadden, CM Law Firm, Maples Group, Kirkland & Ellis and Jingtian & Gongcheng have advised Tuhu Car, a Chinese automotive after-sales service provider, on its USD145 million IPO in Hong Kong

Seven firms have acted for Hong Kong¡¯s first de-SPAC transaction involving a proposed merger between specialised shell company Aquila Acquisition and Chinese steel trading website ZG Group

Four law firms assisted Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Company (Yitai Coal) in a HKD5.7 billion (USD726 million) H-share buyback offer, making it the largest such privatisation to date

Seven law firms have assisted Chinese data-centre provider Chindata Group¡¯s privatisation by its holding company Bain Capital, which buys all the outstanding stock at USD4.3 per ordinary share, or USD8.6 per ADS, for USD3.16 billion.

Sidley Austin has assisted property developer China Evergrande Group to file for US bankruptcy protection in a Manhattan court as part of the company¡¯s restructuring of offshore debts

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired Ethan Chen, formerly a partner at Kirkland & Ellis since 2021, as a partner

India Business Law Journal is pleased to present its selection of the top 15 foreign law firms for India-related work

Five law firms counselled parties involved in the HKD1.36 billion (USD174 million) listing of innovative biomedicine company Kelun-Biotech Pharmaceutical in Hong Kong

China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2022    

Baker McKenzie, Kirkland & Ellis, Haiwen & Partners and Han Kun Law Offices advised on one of the largest master franchise agreements in the fast-food industry covering international chain Subway¡¯s plan to open 4,000 stores in mainland China in the next two decades

After three years at investment firm, V?rde Partners, as a managing director and general counsel in Singapore, Tarun Warriar joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner in its special situations and private credit team in Hong Kong

Sidley Austin, Kirkland & Ellis and Harneys advised parties on preliminary proposals for the restructuring

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Automaker Geely Holdings¡¯ luxury electric vehicle brand Lotus Technology agreed to merge with an LVMH-backed shell company, which saw legal support from Skadden, Han Kun Law Offices, Kirkland & Ellis, Fangda Partners and Shearman & Sterling

China Business Law Journal announces the most exciting China-related legal transactions and disputes of 2022

Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin assisted in the restructuring of Modern Land¡¯s USD1.34 billion in overseas senior notes, paving the way for the cancellation of debt and the issuance of new notes

Kirkland & Ellis, Jingtian & Gongcheng and Conyers Dill & Pearman were among seven firms advising on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing of Super Hi International, a spin-off of Haidilao¡¯s global restaurant business

Tims China started to sell its shares on the Nasdaq after closing a merger with blank cheque company Silver Crest Acquisition Corp and at the same time received nearly USD200 million of additional financing

Jianzhi Education Technology Group is the first Chinese variable interest entity (VIE) to debut on the Nasdaq since DiDi¡¯s 2021 listing on the same market sparked a crackdown by Chinese authorities

Brian Ho, the former executive director of corporate finance at Hong Kong¡¯s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), has joined Kirkland & Ellis¡¯ transactional group as a partner

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Sidley Austin has hired finance lawyer Daniel Lindsey as a partner in its global finance group in Singapore

Private equity expert Daniel Dusek has joined Goodwin in Hong Kong as a partner in its global private equity practice after spending six years with Kirkland & Ellis¡¯ office in the city as a partner

NaaS Technology has been listed on Nasdaq through a merger with US company RISE Education Cayman in a deal that makes NaaS the third China concepts stock to go public in the US this year and the first IPO for an electric-vehicle charging-services provider

Clifford Chance has strengthened its global funds and investment management team with the hire of Xing Liyong as a partner in Hong Kong

The HKEX listing of Vision Deal, a special purpose acquisition company backed by former Alibaba CEO David Wei, saw three firms advising in the HKD1 billion (USD127 million) transaction

China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year    

The fifth-largest market player in China¡¯s medical operation services sector has been listed on the HKEX

Kartikey Mahajan has been named as a partner at Khaitan & Co¡¯s Singapore office dispute resolution practice

Aquila Acquisition Corporation became the first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to list in Hong Kong

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Howie Farn as a partner in its global transactions group in Hong Kong. Farn joined from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a capital markets partner focusing on US securities transactions

With the approval of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Golden Wheel Tiandi, a Hong Kong-listed and Jiangsu-based real estate company

Offshore financial centres worldwide have made relentless efforts to attract foreign business, and outward-looking Asian companies have responded to this demand by setting up overseas entities. However, finding the right legal team is daunting

We look back at the most significant transactions and disputes of last year as we ring in the year of the tiger