Tag: Harneys
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
Wilson, Harneys and Loeb assist BitFuFu’s SPAC listing
Wilson Sonsini, Harneys and Loeb & Loeb has assisted on BitFuFu’s merger with SPAC Arisz Acquisition to list on the Nasdaq
‘Enough is enough’ as HK court orders Evergrande to liquidate
China Evergrande, the most indebted real estate giant, faces liquidation with RMB2.43 trillion (USD342.2 billion) debt after a Hong Kong court order
Legal luminaries celebrate at SCCA 21st annual black-tie event
Scores of legal luminaries helped the SCCA celebrate its 21st anniversary at the annual black-tie event
Quartet assist Aoyuan’s USD7.3bn offshore debt restructuring
Linklaters, Harneys, Allen & Overy, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have advised on property developer China Aoyuan Group’s USD6.2 billion debt restructuring
Harneys’ new partner to fortify litigation in Hong Kong
Harneys has added Calvin Chow to the insolvency and restructuring group as a partner in Hong Kong
Six firms assist on AstraZeneca’s USD1.2bn Gracell purchase
Six firms act for parties involved with Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Chinese peer Gracell Biotechnologies for USD1.2 billion
10 firms guide delivery company J&T Express’ HKD3.9bn IPO
J&T Express, Southeast Asia's largest fast delivery company, debuted on HKEX, raising USD501 million through a second-largest IPO in the city's history.
Harneys, K&L Gates advise 17Live on USD1.16bn de-SPAC merger
Harneys has played a pivotal role in advising 17Live Holding on its revolutionary merger with Singapore-listed SPAC, Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd
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
Seven law firms act on VIE-structured CheChe’s US de-SPAC
Seven law firms represented the stakeholders on a merger between car insurance company CheChe Technology and blank-cheque enterprise Prime Impact, marking the latest Chinese variable interest entity (VIE) to pursue an overseas listing
Evergrande files for US bankruptcy protection to restructure offshore debts
Sidley Austin has assisted property developer China Evergrande Group to file for US bankruptcy protection in a Manhattan court as part of the company’s restructuring of offshore debts
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
Equity investment specialist Hannah Yao joins Appleby
Appleby hires partner Hannah Yao to join the Shanghai office, becoming the second offshore law firm with a permanent lawyer based in mainland China after Harneys
Maples expands in Singapore with new partner
Maples Group has hired Ian Clark, formerly a partner at Harneys in Hong Kong since 2022, as a partner
Keep overcomes data scrutiny to successfully list in Hong Kong
Six law firms acted on Keep’s HKD313 million (USD40 million) IPO, marking the Chinese online fitness platform’s success
Five law firms advise on largest chapter 18A listing in Hong Kong
Five law firms advised on Chinese biotechnology company Laekna’s HKD791 million chapter 18A offering, which is the largest such IPO to date this year
China Business Law Awards 2023
China Business Law Journal reveals its top performing law firms of 2022
Harneys appoints Paul Sephton as new Hong Kong head
Harneys has appointed its finance lawyer and global head of the banking and finance and corporate groups, Paul Sephton, as the managing partner of the Hong Kong office
Sidley Austin, Kirkland advise on Evergrande’s debt restructuring
Sidley Austin, Kirkland & Ellis and Harneys advised parties on preliminary proposals for the restructuring
Harneys bolsters corporate team in Hong Kong with partner hire
Harneys has enlarged its two-partner corporate team with the hiring of Alan Au for its Hong Kong office
Deals of the year 2022
China Business Law Journal announces the most exciting China-related legal transactions and disputes of 2022
Law firm quartet advises Gaush Meditech’s Hong Kong listing
Gaush Meditech, the fourth largest ophthalmic medical device company in China, raised HKD672 million (USD86.34 million) in its Hong Kong listing, offering a total of 13.06 million shares at HKD51.4 per share
Five compliance advisers assist China’s third largest e-commerce listing
Cross-border e-commerce company Zibuyu in an unusual move engaged five compliance legal advisers on its HKD275 million listing on the HKEX
Tencent-backed TV Producer raises HKD420m on HK listing
A Tencent-backed Chinese drama series company, Linmon Media, has raised HKD420 million (USD53.5 million) from its IPO on the HKEX
Holly is first futures trading firm to offer A+H shares
Hong Kong-listed Holly Futures raised RMB187 million (USD28 million) from its IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Debt restructuring in the BVI and Cayman Islands
Financial turmoil from the pandemic pushes global companies to restructure their debt cross-border, where advanced regimes in offshore jurisdictions provide viable options
China Business Law Awards 2022
China Business Law Journal reveals the law firms that have excelled in the past year
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
Harneys and Davis Polk advise on Luckin debt revamp
Luckin Coffee has completed two debt restructuring plans, ending the cross-border bankruptcy proceedings under chapter 15 of title 11 of the US Code. Davis Polk acted as legal counsel and Harneys advised on Cayman Islands law.
Harneys lifts litigation strength in Shanghai
Harneys has appointed Han Wenhao as a partner in the litigation, bankruptcy and restructuring team at its Shanghai office