Tag: Fangda Partners

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

Jia Yuan Law Offices hires partners Zhang Huihui and Fan Junqi in Shanghai to enhance dispute resolution and capital markets practice

Fangda Partners, Dechert, JunHe, and White & Case advised on Africa's first panda bond, opening doors to the Chinese market for other countries in the region

China Business Law Journal identifies the leading “branch office” and “homegrown” law firms across different regions.

How did China’s legal market fare in the locked down year of 2022? Our annual survey, featuring 88 leading law firms, reveals the answers

Baker McKenzie and Fangda Partners assisted NWTN Motor’s (NWTN) HKD3.89 billion (USD496 million) strategic investment into Evergrande New Energy Auto

Fangda Partners and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng on its HKD5.84 billion (USD744 million) acquisition of Didi Global

Partners at Chinese and international law firms analyse changes under the new registration-based listing regime as the momentum shifts on going public

Wang Rongqing and Syu Zhu have joined the Shanghai office as partners to strengthen the dispute resolution and corporate operations of Chance Bridge Partners

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

Five law firms advised on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO of Horizon Construction Development (HCD), raising a total of HKD1.75 billion (USD224 million)

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Fangda Partners assisted in Axin Trust’s restructuring in a USD1.26 billion private placement involving the issue of 4.375 billion shares

Big benefits from progressive IP protection but tech advances bring fresh challenges

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

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

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

Corporate lawyer David Liao, most previously at Chinese law firm Fangda Partners in Hong Kong, has joined Morgan Lewis in the city as a partner, focusing on the debt capital markets

Two China joint operation firms linked with Allen & Overy and Linklaters have hired partners Vivian Cao and Ellen Zhang, respectively

Small wonder that the past couple of years have spawned an exciting amount of tech-related reform in China’s courts and arbitration institutions

A former Fangda Partners lawyer has rejoined the firm to boost the capital markets business, while another appointment aims to  enhance its intellectual property practice

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 Journal identify the leading “branch office” and “homegrown” law firms across different regions

To strengthen its litigation team and international arbitration practice, Reed Smith has hired Matthew Townsend as a partner in Hong Kong

Fangda Partners has recruited specialists to beef up its capabilities in the areas of capital markets and data protection

Han Kun Law Offices has hired Song Haining as a Beijing-based partner to bolster its intellectual property (IP) practice

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

Intellectual property specialist Gordon Gao brought colleagues Sherry Yao, Zhang Xuting and Cassidy Guo with him from Fangda Partners to join King & Wood Mallesons as partners

Fangda Partners has made Zhang Huanyan a partner in its Guangzhou office

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

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

Liangshan Development Group issued USD204 million senior unsecured notes due in 2025 on the Singapore Exchange with a coupon rate of 6.5%

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