Chambers Review
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Capital Markets: Equity - Asia-Pacific Region
What the Team is Known For
Kirkland & Ellis offers a highly active ECM practice, much admired for its consistency and visibility in high-profile deals. The team has a strong track record of acting for international and local businesses and investment banks on US and Hong Kong IPOs. It also handles a range of secondary offerings in Hong Kong and New York and maintains strong relationships with regulators. As a Hong Kong- and New York-qualified team with Chinese language capabilities, Kirkland & Ellis is well placed to advise on listings on a variety of stock exchanges. It often advises on significant deals in China's TMT and life sciences sectors.
Strengths
The team is able to deal with complex problems and put forward solutions that are beneficial to customers and comprehensively weigh commercial arrangements and legal requirements.
They have a lot of experience and can provide very professional legal guidance to the company and inform the company in advance of the risks, problems and possible solutions that may arise.
Work Highlights
Kirkland & Ellis advised NIO on its HKD4.03 billion offering of 136.8 million class A ordinary shares at an offering price of HKD 29.46 per share.
Notable practitioners
Hong Kong-based Lu Mengyu and Brian Ho are key contacts for the group.