Maples and Calder law firm news

A landmark decision by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange approving Guernsey as an ‘acceptable overseas jurisdiction’ for listing marks the second time in just over two years the exchange has approved an offshore jurisdiction.

BVI firm Barker Adams has opened its first overseas office after launching in Singapore.

Following the Nasdaq listing of China-based online retailer Mecox Lane in late October, Dangdang , the top-ranked Chinese online book retailer, has recently launched its US$312m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Maples and Calder’s Cayman Islands managing partner Gareth Griffiths will relocate to Hong Kong to replace current joint-managing partner Spencer Privett – who takes up the post of chairman of the Maples Fund Services’s Asia-Pacific division, effective Dec 2010.

Maples and Calder近期宣布，将开曼群岛管理合伙人Gareth Griffiths 调至香港办公室任联席管理合伙人。

A-share listings and international IPOs have reached the highest levels seen in the history of capital markets for Chinese companies, according to recent statistics released by China’s leading investment consulting firm ChinaVenture.

据ChinaVenture最新数据显示，2010年1－11月份中国企业IPO数量已经达到431家；超过2007年265家的最高纪录，达到年度IPO数量历史最高峰。

Maples and Calder, LCS & Partners, Latu Ey & Clarke all played a role in advising on the US$190m Taiwan IPO of TPK Holding Company.

TPK控股近日在台湾上市， 此次首发筹资1.9亿美元。TPK由上海通力，台湾协和国际法律事务所，开曼群岛万普达和Latu Ey & Clarke律师事务所提供法律咨询。

China Unicom’s latest US$1.8bn convertible bonds issuance is the world’s largest international convertible bond issuance by a PRC company to date. Freshfields, Sullivan & Cromwell and Herbert Smith advised on the transaction.

中国联合网络通信近日通过其全资子公司成功发行总额达18.39亿美元附息可转换债券。本次可转债发行是中国境内企业有史以来最大规模的国际可转债发行。

A tremendous surge in Hong Kong IPOs in recent weeks indicates a return to health for capital markets in the region, and well positioned firms are reaping the benefits.

中国西部水泥近日成功在港交所挂牌上市，通过发行IPO集资额12.8亿港元。此次上市亦标着着该公司正式从伦敦AIM退市。众多律所普遍认为在未来将会有更多的企业从伦敦退市转而到香港上市。

Debevoise & Plimpton partner Drew Dutton will relocate to Hong Kong from Paris, in a strategic move to expand the firm’s financial services and transactional private equity platforms in Hong Kong.

Maples and Calder, Richards Butler in association with Reed Smith, Reed Smith and King & Wood have all won mandates to advise on the Hong Kong IPO of Mongolian miner Winsway.

China-Mongolia coking coal supplier and transporter, Winsway Coking Coal Holdings, is set to become the very first BVI company to list in Hong Kong since the HKSE approved the listing of BVI-incorporated companies in December last year.

永晖焦煤股份有限公司将在10月份成为第一家英属维尔京群岛(BVI)注册成立的香港上市公司。该公司由金杜，齐伯礼，开曼Maples and Calder和雷曼律师事务所蒙古分所提供法律咨询。

Maples and Calder has laterally hired Harney Westwood & Riegels’ head of Hong Kong office to co-lead the firm’s British Virgin Islands (BVI) practice in Asia.

Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery has successfully launched its IPO in Shenzhen, raising RMB400m (US$60m). The issuer engaged Zhong Lun in 2007 to be its legal advisor for the IPO and listing.

近日，广州珠江啤酒股份有限公司在深圳证券交易所正式上市。中伦和广东信利盛达分别作为发行人法律顾问和承销商律师参与了此次上市项目。