Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton provides UK, US and Hong Kong law advice to PRC and Hong Kong clients. Best known for its work in the ECM space, advising on IPOs and secondary offerings, the team regularly advises on public offerings in both Hong Kong and the USA, with further expertise in advising on ADS issuances and convertible offerings. It acts across the TMT, biotech and hospitality sectors, for both issuers and underwriters. Key clients include Burning Rock Biotech, Goldman Sachs and H World.

"Cleary are very calm under stressful circumstances and provide well thought out advice. They put clients' interests first and are willing to go the extra mile."

"They are extremely responsive and help navigate complex issues in the face of new regulatory developments. They're a very capable team on the US listing side."

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton acted as US and Hong Kong counsel to Goldman Sachs and CSCI, as joint sponsors, and Goldman Sachs, CSCI and CICC, as the overall coordinators, joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, on the HKD5.3 billion offering of ordinary shares and primary listing of ZJLD Group.

Freeman Chan co-leads Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's equity capital markets team, offering clients three decades' experience advising on Hong Kong IPOs.

Zhao Shuang acts for both issuers and underwriters on IPOs as well as secondary offerings in her role as co-head of Cleary Gottlieb's ECM team. Her clientele includes biotech, fintech and hospitality companies, as well as banks and financial institutions. "Shuang offers an excellent level of attentiveness and responsiveness." "Shuang puts the clients first. She's very good at mobilising internal resources and delivering."