Commerce & Finance Law Offices is highly experienced in handling stock issuances, bond issuances and other capital markets transactions for both domestic and international issuers and underwriters. The firm places special emphasis on cross-border transactions and the M&A of large listed companies, especially SOEs, in China. The team’s extensive client base includes Chinese and overseas businesses and financial institutions, including China Merchants Port, Bilibili and the Export-Import Bank of China. The practice is headed by Xin Kong, who routinely advises on listings on domestic and foreign securities markets, Xinyang Zhang and Gang Wu. They are supported by key individuals such as Wei Sun, Si Chen and Xiaoman Zhang.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Commerce & Finance Law Firm capital markets team has very good service quality, fast feedback, good business sense and the ability to handle complex affairs. They are familiar with the requirements of the regulatory agencies, and they are also very familiar with the policies and regulations of state-owned enterprises.’
  • ‘The quality of the legal opinions and documents that the Commerce & Finance capital markets team issue is very high. At the same time, they are also very familiar with the situation of our company. The team demonstrated a high degree of professionalism, cooperation and efficiency, which won the recognition of our company's top management.'

Key clients

  • SF Holding Co., Ltd.
  • China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.
  • STATE GRID INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  • Sunshine Insurance Group Company Limited
  • WEILONG Delicious Global Holdings Ltd
  • Hainan Strait Shipping Co.,LTD
  • The Export-Import Bank of China
  • Bilibili Inc.
  • Shenzhen Bluetrum Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Chongqing Polycomp International Corp
  • YH Entertainment Group
  • BONA Film Group
  • Hesai Group
  • GKG Precision Machine Co., Ltd.
  • GOGOX Holdings Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Hesai Group on its US$190 million IPO of American depositary shares on Nasdaq.
  • Advised YH Entertainment Group on its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • Acted on behalf of the co-sponsors in connection with the introduction and listing of Super Hi International Holdings Limited on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Xin Kong, Xinyang Zhang, Gang Wu

Other key lawyers

Wei Chen, Xiaoman Zhang, Si Chen