Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong

The ‘very knowledgeable’ team at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong excels in advising large Chinese issuers (including most notably Alibaba) and underwriters across a myriad big-ticket and sophisticated listings, in Hong Kong and abroad. In this regard, the team, which is led by Christopher Wong excels in resolving ’complicated and innovative issues’, oftentimes advising parties on first-of-kind transactions to avoid falling foul of increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. At the vanguard of transactions under the Chapter 19C listing rules since Alibaba was the first US-listed Chinese company to raise capital via a secondary Hong Kong listing, the team remains active on these so-called “homecoming” listings, helping to advise a myriad hi-tech companies on secondary or dual-primary listings. Daniel Fertig, who is a key relationship partner for Alibaba, has been at the forefront of many of these secondary listings and is a pivotal member of the team that also includes Marjory Ding, who excels in advising clients from a range of industry sectors on their Hong Kong IPOs.