Capital Markets

  • Alibaba Group on its US$25 billion initial public offering of American Depositary Shares and its US$10 billion monetization by SoftBank Group Corp.
  • YY Inc. on its issuance of American Depositary Shares for US$442 million.
  • Qudian Inc. on its US$975 million initial public offering of American Depositary Shares.
  • Jianpu Technology Inc. on its US$220 million initial public offering of American Depositary Shares.
  • China International Capital Corporation as the sponsor and lead underwriter in Foxconn Industrial Internet Co.’s global reorganization and RMB27.1 billion initial public offering of A shares on the domestic market.
  • Focus Media’s privatization for US$3.7 billion and its back-door listing of A shares on the domestic market.
  • Jumei’s US$430 million initial public offering of American Depositary Shares.
  • Goldman Sachs as the sole sponsor in Huahong Grace Semiconductor’s US$300 million’s Hong Kong initial public offering.
  • UBS as the global coordinator and sponsor in BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited’s HK$6.7 billion initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • Baring Private Equity Asia on its acquisition to take Giant Interactive Group private for a consideration of US$2.8 billion.
  • A consortium of investors including the company’s chairman Zhou Hongyi, together with Citic Guoan, Golden Brick Silk Road Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Taikang Life Insurance, Ping An Insurance, Sunshine Insurance, New China Capital, Huatai Ruilian, Huasheng Capital or their affiliated entities in the taking-private transaction of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$9.3 billion.
  • CICC and Credit Suisse as the underwriters in E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Limited’s Hong Kong initial public offering and global offering of ordinary shares raising approximately HK$4.7 billion.