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As M&A activities climb across the region, rising regulatory complexity and shifting market dynamics are redefining strategy, execution and the evolving role of general counsel

A look back at the blockbuster transactions of 2025 as we gallop into the Year of the Horse

Marking the largest IPO to date by an AI LLM company, advised by eight law firms

Simpson Thacher, Fangda Partners, Davis Polk, Ogier, KWM, Latham & Watkins and Maples Groupadvised Geely on a USD2.4 billion deal to take electric carmaker Zeekr private and delist it from the NYSE

JD.com's supply chain service arm, Jingdong Industrials, successfully debuted on the HKEX on 11 December, raising HKD2.83 billion

Cleary, Fangda, Maples, Freshfields and Jingtian advised Hesai¡¯s HK debut, raising HKD4.16b, a four-year record

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

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Chagee raises USD411m in Nasdaq debut, marking the second-largest Chinese IPO in the US in three years after Zeekr

The BVI remains key in Asia in 2025, adapting to regulations, fund growth, virtual assets & BVI BC demand

Simpson Thacher, Maples, Fangda, Sidley Austin, Jingtian & Gongcheng advised Alibaba¡¯s USD5B issue of USD/RMB senior notes

Horizon Robotics raised HKD5.4 billion in its IPO, despite past losses

Japan's private equity market is thriving, with the Cayman Islands as a key fundraising hub

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

Cirrus Aircraft¡¯s USD193 million debut on the HKEX, the second largest IPO in Hong Kong this year to date, received legal advice from eight firms

Clifford Chance, Maples Group, Haiwen & Partners, King & Wood Mallesons, Paul Hastings and Commerce & Finance Law Offices have advised on Chenqi Technology

Tencent-backed AI drug researcher QuantumPharm has finally debuted on the HKEX as the first IPO via the new regulations

Five law firms have secured roles on QuantumPharm¡¯s USD127 million debut on the HKEX in the city¡¯s first IPO launched

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Amid the cool capital markets climate, the recent surge in billion-dollar M&A deals involving overseas biomedical companies

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

China's increasingly mature bankruptcy regime has become a reliable tool for market self-correction

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

Six firms act for parties involved with Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca¡¯s acquisition of Chinese peer Gracell Biotechnologies for USD1.2 billion

Sidley Austin, Linklaters and Maples Group advised on the implementation of Sunac China¡¯s USD10.2 billion offshore debt restructuring

Fangda Partners, Wilson Sonsini, Maples Group, Davis Polk and Jingtian & Gongcheng advised Chinese medical research group WuXi XDC on a spin-off listing

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O¡¯Melveny, Han Kun Law Offices, Maples Group, Latham & Watkins and Zhong Lun Law Firm advised on cancer drug developer Adlai Nortye¡¯s Nasdaq debut

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 law firms represented the stakeholders on a merger between car insurance company CheChe Technology and blank-cheque enterprise Prime Impact, marking the latest Chinese variable interest entity (VIE) to pursue an overseas listing

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

Maples Group has hired Ian Clark, formerly a partner at Harneys in Hong Kong since 2022, as a partner

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

Three firms?advised Ping An Insurance¡¯s fintech arm Lufax on its HKEX debut by introduction, a way for a company already on another exchange to list without issuing new shares or fundraising within six months

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

Notable IPOs, De-SPAC, bond issuance, joint venture, license agreement, and loans in March and their legal advisors

Healthcare firm ETAO International Group closed its combination with SPAC Mountain Crest Acquisition III with legal services from Sichenzia Ross Ference, Jingtian & Gongcheng, Maples Group and Loeb & Loeb

Hesai Technology, a China-based developer of sensors used in autonomous driving, raised USD190 million on its Nasdaq debut, becoming the largest Chinese IPO in the US capital markets since October 2021

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

Three law firms advised automotive technology company ECARX on its Nasdaq listing via a merger with US special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)

Huafang Group, the second largest online entertainment streaming platform in China, raised HKD129 million (USD16.56 million) on its HKEX listing, offering 46 million shares at HKD2.8 each

Clifford Chance, Commerce & Finance Law Firm and Maples advised famous Chinese snack brand Weilong on its HKEX listing, raising HKD898 million from the sale of 96.4 million shares at HKD10.56 apiece

Yisheng Biopharma has abandoned its Hong Kong IPO and turned instead to the Nasdaq via the SPAC route in a deal that is expected to be sealed by the first quarter of 2023

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

Davis Polk, Han Kun Law Offices and Maples Group advised NYSE-listed Tencent Music Entertainment Group¡¯s debut on the HKEX in a secondary listing by introduction

A trio of law firms guided Chinese online pharmacy platform Dingdang Health in its Hong Kong IPO of ?HKD12 per share, raising HKD402.4 million (USD51 million)

Carey Olsen has hired funds lawyer Rebecca Lee as an of counsel in its corporate and investment funds team in Singapore

China insurance conglomerate Ping An's fintech subsidiary, OneConnect Financial Technology, has debuted on the main board of the HKEX by way of introduction and dual-primary listing

China¡¯s third largest online logistics platform has debuted on the Hong Kong bourse ¨C a move that summoned the strike of the gong back to the trading floor

The IPO raised HKD115 million with Deacons advising Yoho Group in relation to the listing with Maples Group providing Cayman Islands counsel

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

Chinese electric carmaker NIO debuted on Singapore Exchange by way of introduction without raising funds to become a triple-listed company in Singapore, the US and Hong Kong

Private equity R-Bridge Healthcare Fund struck a USD40 million royalty-backed financing for Yisheng Biopharma ¨C making it the first deal of its type in China¡¯s biopharmaceutical industry

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

Electric vehicle manufacturer NIO successfully listed on the main board of the HKEX by way of introduction with shares beginning trading on March 10

Carey Olsen¡¯s Singapore office has added investment funds specialist Tom Katsaros to its investment funds offering as a consultant, and experienced litigator Helen Wang to its litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice as a counsel

Q&A platform Zhihu raised HKD834 million (USD106.3 million) in a homecoming IPO on HKEX

In recent years the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has gained increasing popularity in the closed-ended sector of the industry.

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