Tag: Haiwen & Partners
Quartet acts for China’s first group of REIT expansions
Haiwen & Partners, Han Kun Law Offices, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Zhong Lun Law Firm counselled China’s initial set of four infrastructure real estate investment trust (REIT) expansion projects
Haiwen welcomes three partners to boost capital markets in HK
Haiwen & Partners hires three partners Tom Chau, Wang Zhong and Isaac Chen from Herbert Smith Freehills to strengthen its practice in Hong Kong capital markets practice
China Business Law Awards 2023
China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2022
Four law firms assist on Subway master franchise agreement
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
Nexchip taps KWM and Haiwen on RMB9.96bn Star Market IPO
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Haiwen & Partners acted on Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation’s USD1.44 billion IPO on the Star Market, the largest A-sh are listing to date this year
Five firms advise ZJLD’s HKD5.3bn IPO in biggest HK listing this year
Davis Polk, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Conyers Dill & Pearman, Cleary Gottlieb and Haiwen & Partners, have advised on the largest IPO in Hong Kong to date this year
Six law firms act on Bitdeer’s Nasdaq SPAC listing
Six firms assisted crypto miner Bitdeer Technologies Holding on its Nasdaq listing after closing a merger with blank cheque company Blue Safari Acquisition at a valuation of USD1.18 billion
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
Inventive incentive
Teresa Cheng, Edward Liu list Hong Kong’s unique strengths as a dispute resolution hub
Rising Stars 2023
When helping clients navigate a complex legal landscape, young elite lawyers have brought fresh ideas and innovative approaches to the table
On the money
As part of our annual exploration of billing rates, we decided to begin analysing specific sectors for an insight into how fee practices vary
Time for plan B?
Misunderstood by many, the bankruptcy regime in China requires urgent legislative and administrative upgrades to inject market logic into the economy
Deals of the year 2022
China Business Law Journal announces the most exciting China-related legal transactions and disputes of 2022
Fees to please: Flexible and innovative fee structure for Hong Kong arbitration
With an increasing demand for TPF, the authors are optimistic that the current third-party regime will serve as an important access to justice
The A-List 2022
After thorough editorial survey and research, China Business Law Journal presents the elite lawyers in China’s legal market
China’s second largest streaming platform Huafang lists in Hong Kong
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
Jia Yuan, V&T, Stephen Peepels pave way for CALB’s HK debut
China Aviation Lithium Battery (CALB) has debuted on the HKEX, raising HKD10.1 billion (USD1.29 billion), ranking it as the third largest IPO on the city’s bourse by the end of October this year
Dispute resolution specialist Chen Jingjing back at Haiwen
Chen Jingjing has returned to Haiwen & Partners as a partner to boost the firm’s dispute resolution business in the Shanghai office
Counting blessings
China Business Law Journal conducted its annual legal market survey for 2021 with 94 leading law firms to seek their views on trends of the past year
China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2022
China Business Law Journal identify the leading “branch office” and “homegrown” law firms across different regions
Disputes specialist returns to Haiwen & Partners
AnJie & Broad Law Firm lawyer Yang Chao has returned to Haiwen & Partners as a partner to handle the disputes business
CTG Duty Free raises HKD16bn in Hong Kong
China Tourism Group Duty Free (CTG Duty Free), the world’s largest travel retailer, has raised HKD16.24 billion (USD2.07 billion) from its IPO on the HKEX on 25 August
Commercial dispute resolution expert moves to Haiwen
Haiwen & Partners has hired Edward Liu as a partner in the Hong Kong office, who was previously a partner at Hill Dickinson
Markets of choice
Chinese companies are finding both challenges and opportunities amid shakeups in capital markets at home and abroad
NaaS charges into Nasdaq on short-cut
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
Xu guides angels to Startorus Fusion’s Tokamak
Partner Xu Guochuang of Haiwen & Partners advised Startorus Fusion in its multimillion-yuan angel round of funding
China Business Law Awards 2022
China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year
What does it take to be a top lawyer?
Our A-List lawyers share strategies for success
Haiwen sharpens IP focus
Jia Yuanyuan, an IP specialist, has joined Haiwen & Partners as a partner in Beijing.
Deals of the year 2021
We look back at the most significant transactions and disputes of last year as we ring in the year of the tiger
Fees to please
With an increasing demand for TPF, the authors are optimistic that the current third-party regime will serve as an important access to justice