Capital Markets: Equity
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 3
Contact number
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Provided by Kirkland & Ellis
Our capital markets team in Asia offers a full range of equity and debt capital markets products to our clients in the region, our cutting-edge advantages include over 40 capital markets attorneys and legal professionals in the Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai offices working together as one team to provide a full spectrum of services to clients in the region, including HK IPOs, US IPOs, SPAC IPOs and other convertible bond, high yield and investment grade debt and follow-on offerings and PIPE transactions.
Chambers Review
Kirkland & Ellis offers a highly active ECM practice, much admired for its consistency and visibility on 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 additionally 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.
Hong Kong-based David Zhang and Lu Mengyu are key contacts for the group.
Work Highlights
- Kirkland & Ellis advised Yunkang Group on its USD140 million global offering and listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Commercial savviness is a strength; they are very commercially attuned to the business drivers of a transaction."
"Commercial savviness is a strength; they are very commercially attuned to the business drivers of a transaction."