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Kirkland & Ellis

Capital Markets: Equity

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Kirkland & Ellis

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Capital Markets: Equity - Asia-Pacific Region

Band 4

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.

Notable practitioners

Hong Kong-based Lu Mengyu and Brian Ho are key contacts for the group.

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Work Highlights

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  • 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.

Strengths

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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