Tag: Haiwen & Partners
The A-List 2023-24: Rising Stars
When helping clients navigate a complex legal landscape, young elite lawyers have brought fresh ideas and innovative approaches to the table
Haiwen helps Sinopec complete RMB12bn private placement
Haiwen & Partners advises Sinopec on RMB12 billion A-share private placement, led by domestic and Hong Kong partners
Back from the brink
China's increasingly mature bankruptcy regime has become a reliable tool for market self-correction
Haiwen, Clifford Chance advises Sinopharm’s take-private bid for China-TMC
Sinopharm leads HKD15.6B take-private bid for China-TMC
Haiwen & Partners hires private equity partner Benran Huang
Haiwen & Partners adds Zhao Sheng partner Benran Huang, strengthening Beijing office's TMT, manufacturing, consumer & healthcare practice
Firms act on Ascendent’s USD1.66bn acquisition of Hollysys
Six firms advise on Ascendent Capital Partners' USD1.66bn acquisition of China's Hollysys Automation Technologies, a control system solutions provider
Jingtian & Gongcheng adds partners to IP, dispute resolution
Ma Qiang and Wang Wei have joined Jingtian & Gongcheng as partners, bolstering the firm's expertise in IP and commercial dispute resolution
The A-List 2023-24: Growth Drivers
Following an extensive survey of market opinion and independent editorial research, China Business Law Journal announces the Growth Drivers in China’s legal market.
Zhao Sheng names Richard Gu as new managing partner
Zhao Sheng Law Firm has appointed Richard Gu, a Shanghai-based corporate partner, as its managing partner
International trade expert joins Haiwen in Beijing
Haiwen & Partners has strengthened its global trade practice with the recruitment of Yuan Shuaiqi as an international partner in the firm’s Beijing office
Haiwen adds Alibaba’s senior counsel Fu Duan
Cross-border M&A specialist Fu Duan has joined Haiwen & Partners and will be based in the Beijing and Hong Kong offices
Cross-border fundraising opens doors for foreign funds
Insights into cross-border fundraising for foreign funds in China's evolving regulatory landscape.
Stellantis acquires 20% stake in Leapmotor for EUR1.5bn
Maserati’s holding company Stellantis has acquired a 20% stake in new-energy carmaker Leapmotor for USD1.6 billion
China Business Law Awards (Regional Awards) 2023
China Business Law Journal identifies the leading “branch office” and “homegrown” law firms across different regions.
Hard knocks
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
Haiwen adds bank financing duo Hallam Chow, Boya Shen
Haiwen & Partners has welcomed Hallam Chow and Boya Shen as partners both in its Beijing and Hong Kong offices
Bain Capital takes private China’s biggest data-centre provider
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.
Newborn Town buys Chizicheng to acquire LGBTQ digital platform
Newborn Town acquired LGBTQ digital platform BlueCity and its affiliates from Chizicheng Strategy Investment, with advice from Haiwen & Partners, Jingtian & Gongcheng, and Harneys
Huaqin Technology raises USD811.56m on SSE listing
Zhong Lun Law Firm and Haiwen & Partners advised on Huaqin Technology’s IPO on the SSE, raising USD811.56 million from listing 724.25 million A shares
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
Testing the wind
Law firms stress the importance of compliance and risk management for reshaping business
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