Tag: Morgan Stanley
Firms guide USD710m Japan semiconductor strategic partnership
Firms advise on semiconductor manufacturer Onto Innovation’s USD710 million 27% acquisition X-ray technology maker Rigaku
Skadden advises Otsuka on potential USD1.2bn biotech buy
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising Tokyo-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical on its acquisition of clinical-stage biotechnology company
Firms assist on Horizon Robotics’ HKD6.4bn share placement
Davis Polk, KWM and Jingtian & Gongcheng advised Horizon Robotics on its HKD6.4b share placement and top-up arrangement
Firms counsel on Horizon Robotics’ HKD4.67bn HK placement
Horizon Robotics raises HKD4.67bn via share placement and top-up deal, among HK’s largest capital market deals in 2025
Haiwen, Linklaters aid Ping An on HKD11.7bn convertible bonds
Ping An issues HKD11.77bn convertible bonds with Haiwen & Partners, Linklaters advising on the transaction
Four firms act on Chow Tai Fook’s HKD8.8bn convertible bonds
Harneys, Jingtian & Gongcheng, KWM, and Linklaters advised Chow Tai Fook on its HKD8.8 billion convertible bond issuance led by UBS
Firms act on Haitian’s HKD10bn IPO on HKEX
Haitian raised HKD10.1 billion in its HKEX debut, with top firms advising on the year’s second-largest main board IPO
Firms help brew bubble tea chain Chagee’s USD411m IPO
Chagee raises USD411m in Nasdaq debut, marking the second-largest Chinese IPO in the US in three years after Zeekr
Trio acts for iQIYI’s USD350m convertible bond issue
Jingtian & Gongcheng, Davis Polk advised iQIYI on its USD350m convertible bonds issuance
Quartet guides Korea’s largest IPO since January 2022
LG CNS’s KRW1.2 trillion IPO, South Korea’s largest since 2022, was guided by Quartet of firms
Jingtian & Gongcheng adds three partners in Shenzhen
Jingtian & Gongcheng’s Shenzhen office has recruited three partners specialising in dispute resolution – John Zhou, Li Li and Tan Yanhua
Septet steers ESR Group’s HKD55.2bn delisting
Latham, Kirkland, and Fangda advised on the HKD55.2B ESR Group privatisation, HKEX’s largest take-private deal since 2021
Quartet steers USD3.3bn Hyundai India IPO
Shardul Amarchand, Latham & Watkins, White & Case, and Cyril Amarchand advised on Hyundai Motor 含羞草社区 USD3.3 billion IPO
Quintet counsels on Horizon Robotics’ HKD5.4bn IPO
Horizon Robotics raised HKD5.4 billion in its IPO, despite past losses
Quintet counsels on Meituan’s USD2.5bn bond issue
Davis Polk advised on Meituan’s USD2.5 billion senior notes, the largest by a Chinese company in three years
Four firms act on Trial debut in this year’s largest Japan IPO
Trial Holdings, a Japanese discount-store chain, completes global IPO on Tokyo Stock Exchange, raising USD258 million
Quartet advises first HK rights issue under China’s new rules
Baker McKenzie, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Linklaters and JunHe advised on Hong Kong-listed Yuexiu Property’s HKD8.36 billion (USD1.07 billion) rights issue
China Business Law Awards 2023
China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2022
Force of nature
With rapidly escalating ESG awareness and evolving policies, China is embracing a robust wave of green investment
Han Kun adds capital markets partner Raymond Shi in Beijing
Han Kun Law Offices has hired Raymond Shi as a Beijing-headquartered partner to bolster its capital markets division
Three firms?advise Lufax?on?HKEX listing by introduction
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
Deal highlights
Notable IPOs, De-SPAC, bond issuance, joint venture, license agreement, and loans in March and their legal advisors
Law firm trio advise ECARX on Nasdaq listing via SPAC merger
Three law firms advised automotive technology company ECARX on its Nasdaq listing via a merger with US special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)
New World Development blazes path for green, social bonds
The world’s first public sector issuance of social and green dual-tranch bonds saw Linklaters’ capital markets partner Gloria Cheung advising the issuer, Hong Kong developer New World Development
Deal highlights
Aquila Acquisition Corporation became the first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to list in Hong Kong
NIO plugs into HKEX without fundraising
Electric vehicle manufacturer NIO successfully listed on the main board of the HKEX by way of introduction with shares beginning trading on March 10
Future Legal Leaders 2022
India Business Law Journal identifies 50 promising lawyers who are poised for greater success





















































