Fangda Partners, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms)

About

Provided by Fangda Partners

Equity Capital Markets

We handle the most complex and high-profile A-share initial public offerings in our market. Our team is viewed as the market leader in this field, ranking highly in substantially all of the leading legal benchmark publications focused on China.

In Hong Kong, our team regularly acts as both PRC and Hong Kong counsel, handling virtually all aspects of equity capital markets transactions for issuers, underwriters and other market participants. We also provide U.S. securities law advice for capital markets transactions in Hong Kong, including having a team of experienced U.S.-qualified securities lawyers who can advise on all aspects of Rule 144A offerings. Our senior partners are widely recognized as market-leading practitioners, having a track record for handling many cutting-edge transactions, including advising on the first batch of companies listing under the new Chapter 18A Listing Rules.

Debt Capital Markets

Our debt capital markets team leads work on a full range of debt securities offerings and related transactions, advising clients on corporate bonds issuance (both high-yield and investment grade); on the establishment of, updates to, and drawdowns under debt issuance programs; on tender offers, exchange offers and other liability management transactions; on preference shares, perpetual bonds and other hybrid securities offerings; on private placement of debt securities; as well as advising on Panda bond offerings.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances - China

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Fangda Partners is a solid corporate practice with extensive experience in overseas equity and debt offerings, including IPOs and H-share convertible issuances. It is known for advising on listings in the USA, Singapore and Hong Kong. The team is equipped to handle corporate bond, perpetual bond and panda bond issuances. Fangda Partners continues to serve a host of leading pharmaceutical, biotech and internet companies, as well as financial institutions. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and BMW are examples of its notable clients. The law firm is active in representing both issuers and underwriters in the domestic market, especially with regard to companies delisted from overseas markets returning to the domestic market.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Fangda Partners

Fangda Partners acted as PRC counsel for Kingsoft Cloud on its listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Fangda advised InnoCare Pharma on its lisitng on the STAR Market, raising about CNY2.9 billion.
Fangda Partners advised AIA Life Insurance regarding the inception of the initial phase of the Guojun-AIA Life Insurance Policy Loan ABS.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"I'm highly impressed with the team. They have a knack for providing clear guidance, and their responses are consistently prompt and well organised."