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Yongtai Technology is first Shenzhen firm to list in London
JunHe, Linklaters and Clifford Chance have advised on chemical company Zhejiang Yongtai Technology’s global depository receipt (GDR) offering
JunHe adds private equity partner Diao Lina in Shanghai
JunHe gives its investment fund and private equity practices a boost with the hiring of Shanghai-based partner Diao Lina, formerly a non-equity partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm
Five law firms advise on Atour’s USD98m secondary ADS offering
Five law firms advised on a secondary offering of American depository shares (ADS) of hotel chain Atour Lifestyle Holdings worth USD98 million
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
Five firms steer Saudi Aramco’s Chinese business expansion
White & Case, Fangda Partners, Grandall Law Firm, T&C Law Firm and JunHe have advised various parties in two of Saudi oil giant Aramco’s latest oil projects in China
Shell appoints JunHe on ethylene joint venture with CNOOC
JunHe advised UK petrochemical titan Shell on PRC law when it developed an ethylene joint venture phase III project with oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
Deal highlights
Notable IPOs, De-SPAC, bond issuance, joint venture, license agreement, and loans in March and their legal advisors
JunHe welcomes infrastructure specialist’s return to Shanghai
Infrastructure specialist Li Deting, formerly a partner at DeHeng Law Offices, returns to JunHe as a Shanghai-based partner
Best-laid plans
Janet Hui, the new co-chair of the International Bar Association’s antitrust section, talks her ambition to broaden the horizons for Chinese lawyers in the competition arena, and her unusual career journey
What’s ahead?
We gathered opinions from legal professionals on their hopes and plans for this year, and what they have done to survive the past tumultuous years
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
Structure Therapeutics raises USD180m in ADS offering
Biopharmaceutical company Structure Therapeutics raised USD134 million in a Nasdaq listing, offering 8.95 million American depositary shares (ADS) priced at USD15 each
Deals of the year 2022
China Business Law Journal announces the most exciting China-related legal transactions and disputes of 2022
JunHe adds two partners to beef up insolvency restructuring business
JunHe kicks off the new year with the hiring of two partners to strengthen its insolvency restructuring and dispute resolution practices
The A-List 2022
After thorough editorial survey and research, China Business Law Journal presents the elite lawyers in China’s legal market
INEOS signs fourth major joint venture with Sinopec
INEOS, the world's fourth largest petrochemicals group, acquired a 50% stake in Sinopec's Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project. JunHe and Slaughter and May advised INEOS
Five law firms advise China’s Atour hotel chain in Nasdaq debut
Chinese hotel chain Atour Lifestyle Holdings has raised USD52.23 million in its Nasdaq debut after selling 4.75 million American depositary shares (ADS) priced at USD11 each, the lowest end of the IPO range
JunHe advises China power giant’s RMB7.5bn acquisition
JunHe advised China Power International Development on acquiring 23 subsidiaries of the State Power Investment Corporation
JunHe steers Chinese electric carmaker Aion’s RMB18.3b financing
JunHe advises Chinese electric carmaker Aion’s USD2.5 billion fundraising, ranking it second to Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group’s USD3.3 billion private placement in February last year
JunHe enhances commercial litigation practice in Hong Kong
JunHe has hired commercial litigation partner Philip Kwok to be based in the Hong Kong office
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
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
Eyes forward
The leaders of international and domestic firms in China have their eyes firmly on the prizes of the future
Paul Hastings, JunHe guide Onewo HKEX listing raising HKD5.8bn
Paul Hastings and JunHe advise on China Vanke subsidiary Onewo’s IPO on the HKEX, raising about HKD5.8 billion (USD738 million) in the fourth biggest debut so far in Hong Kong
Han Kun welcomes private equity specialist’s return to Shenzhen
Harry Xia, a specialist in private equity and venture capital investment, has rejoined Han Kun Law Offices and will be based in the firm’s Shenzhen office as a partner
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
Slaughter and May, JunHe team up in deals worth USD7bn
Slaughter and May and JunHe have advised the UK chemical giant INEOS on a string of deals valued at USD7 billion with Sinopec
China steel giant acquires Jiangxi’s biggest industry peer
The world’s largest iron and steel company China Baowu Steel Group, a state-owned enterprise, has acquired a 51% stake in XinSteel
Compliance experts join JunHe
JunHe has appointed Leon Liu and Carol Sun as partners in Shanghai
Five firms steer MINISO’s dual-primary listing in Hong Kong
Global retailer MINISO Group has achieved its dual-primary listing on the Hong Kong bourse, raising USD72.2 million. Five law firms assisted in the listing
JunHe expands Beijing and Chengdu offices
Han Zhen, Lin Zhijun and Kou Chunyan have joined JunHe to strengthen the firm’s restructuring and M&A, capital markets and environmental law practices
Han Kun adds IP partner
Han Kun Law Offices has hired Song Haining as a Beijing-based partner to bolster its intellectual property (IP) practice
JunHe steers Publicis’ acquisition to power up digital business
JunHe advised the largest French communications giant Publicis Groupe on its China branch’s acquisition of a digital product consultancy Wiredcraft
China Business Law Awards 2022
China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year
In-house Counsel Awards revealed
After months of intensive surveys, we reveal the winners of our In-house Counsel Awards 2021-22
Four firms advise on CH-AUTO’s USD1.7b merger
Electric-vehicle maker and auto-design service company CH-AUTO agreed a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Mountain Crest IV worth nearly USD1.7 billion
Merits & Tree makes five hires
Merits & Tree Law Offices has hired four partners – Philip Qiao and Kelly Zheng in its Beijing headquarters; Stone Huang and Fan Qiuping in the firm’s Shenzhen branch – as well as Song Yaqin as a counsel in Beijing
JunHe recruits data protection specialist
JunHe’s Shanghai office has added Lu Sipei as a partner specialising in data compliance, cybersecurity, M&A, and domestic and overseas investment
JunHe hires expert in securities law
Shi Libin has joined JunHe as an expert in corporate and securities law. She joins from Linklaters and has legal qualifications in China and New York State
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