Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
Global Guide 2024 : China
Band 4
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With deep ties to Asia's entrepreneurial, financial, investor, and legal communities, Wilson Sonsini has developed a strong and thriving practice in Greater China and neighboring regions.
The firm's China-based attorneys offer a wide array of legal services and work closely with their colleagues in the United States and Europe to leverage the firm's experience and resources on a global scale. Led by Greater China-based partners who are recognized experts in U.S. and Hong Kong capital markets, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance, our fully integrated team has approximately 40 bilingual professionals.
Drawing on Wilson Sonsini's comprehensive platform of services and expertise, our firm also represents both U.S.- and Asia-based companies and funds in corporate, private equity, and venture capital investments; joint ventures; technology transactions; intellectual property matters; antitrust counseling; arbitration; and litigation. Of note, the attorneys in the firm's Hong Kong office advise clients on matters governed by both U.S. and Hong Kong laws.
Our clients include leading companies across a broad range of technology, healthcare, and consumer industries, including life sciences and pharmaceuticals, medical devices, communications and networking, digital media and internet, mobile software and hardware, semiconductors, and renewable energy.
Chambers Review
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati fields a recognised team with a profile for advising clients in the technology, life sciences, healthcare and education sectors, as well as acting for banks and financial services clients as underwriters. It is well regarded for handling the US listings of Chinese clients and regularly handles IPOs, spin-off listings and follow-on offerings. The practice's key clients include Citigroup Global Markets, Fenbi and Huafang Group.
Work Highlights
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati acted as the US counsel to QuantaSing Group on its USD42.2 million US IPO and listing of its American depositary shares on the Nasdaq.
Strengths
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"The level of customer service is super and feedback is fast. It is an outstanding team."
"The team can span Chinese law, Hong Kong law and other fields, with good depth and breadth, understanding customer pain points and offering high efficiency."
"The level of customer service is super and feedback is fast. It is an outstanding team."
"The team can span Chinese law, Hong Kong law and other fields, with good depth and breadth, understanding customer pain points and offering high efficiency."
Notable Practitioners
Ouyang Dan is the head of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Hong Kong ECM team and frequently active on US IPOs and secondary listings for Chinese clients, advising both issuers and underwriters.
"Ouyang Dan is a very friendly and professional partner and lawyer. She is very knowledgeable in both Hong Kong and US capital markets. She also has very strong commercial vision."
"Dan is more than an excellent lawyer; she is a strategist. She helps us navigate complex relationships among regulatory bodies, project intermediaries, investors and senior management. She always comes out with innovative solutions to address competing concerns."
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