A&O Shearman

With a strong presence throughout Greater China, which was further enhanced by the recent merger with legacy Shearman & Sterling, A&O Shearman provides ‘reliable and cost-effective advice’ to issuers and underwriters on a myriad IPOs, listings, and follow-on offerings. Jonathan Hsui provides ’solid and responsive advice’ to sponsors/underwriters and issuers, both in the context of Hong Kong IPOs as well as international offerings, where he is particularly skilled at advising on GDRs for Chinese companies on the Switzerland Stock Exchange (facilitated by the China-Switzerland Stock-connect regime). Hong Kong and UK-qualified partner Lina Lee regularly handles underwriter-side work on Hong Kong listings, including her current role for the banks on the first domestic  de-SPAC transaction since the new regulations were introduced, as well as work for issuers, both on the transactional front and on ongoing compliance matters. New York and Hong Kong-qualified partner Kyungwon Lee, who joined the firm following the recent merger, co-heads the team alongside Lee, and as part of his comprehensive capital markets offering (which also includes DCM work) is particularly skilled at advising SEC registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings of equity securities.