Quanzhou is an associate in the Beijing office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on capital markets and other corporate matters, including representation of PRC-based issuers and international underwriters in initial public offerings in the United States and Hong Kong, and post-listing compliance matters.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Quanzhou’s representative matters include:
Represented the sponsors and underwriters on the US$655 million global offering and listing of Nayuki Holdings Limited (HKSE: 2150), a leading premium modern teahouse brand in China, on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Represented CMGE Technology Group Limited, a leading IP-based game operator and publisher in China, in its US$191 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Represented Chengdu Expressway Co., Ltd. (1785.HK), in its US$128 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Chengdu Expressway Co., Ltd. engages in the operation, management and development of expressways located in and around Chengdu, Sichuan province
Represented Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, China Renaissance Holdings Limited, UBS Investment Bank, China International Capital Corporation Limited, China Securities (International) Corporate Finance, Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., Ltd., China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd., Bank of China International Holdings Limited, Haitong Securities Co., Ltd., CMB International Capital Corporation Limited, Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited, ICBC International Holding Limited and AMTD Group Company Limited, in the US$250 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Maoyan Entertainment, which is a platform providing innovative Internet-empowered entertainment services in China
Represented the underwriters in the US$108 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of iDreamSky Technology Holdings Limited, a leading mobile game publishing platform in China
Represented CICC, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, in the US$149 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Inke Limited, the largest mobile live streaming platform in China in terms of average monthly active streamers in 2017
Represented Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc., a leading after-school math education service provider, in its US$101,000,000 initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange
Represented CLSA Capital Markets Limited as the sole sponsor, and CLSA Limited as the sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner, in the HK$237 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Vobile Group Limited, a global leading provider of online video content protection services. Headquartered in the United States, it also provides video content technology based solutions including content monetization and content measurement
Represented Datang Environment Industry Group Co., Ltd., the sole platform for the development of environmental protection and energy conservation business under China Datang Corporation, one of the five major wholly state-owned power generation groups in the PRC, on its US$263 million initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, before the exercise of the overallotment option. CITIC CLSA is the sole sponsor and a bookrunner on the transaction, with Deutsche Bank, China Merchants Securities, Haitong Securities, HSBC, ABCI andBNP Paribas as the other joint bookrunners
Represented HSBC, Goldman Sachs, CCB International, Credit Suisse, ICBC International, China International Capital Corporation, Citi and Merrill Lynch as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, as well as Huarong International, BOCI Asia, CMB International, GF Securities, China Merchants Securities, DBS Asia, BOCOM International, ABCI Capital, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Nomura, Morgan Stanley, CLSA and China Securities (International) as the other joint bookrunners, in the US$2.5 billion initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd., the largest financial asset management company in China
Represented China Railway Signal & Communications Corp., the world’s biggest provider of train traffic-control systems, on its US$1.42 billion initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, before the exercise of the over-allotment option. Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and UBS Securities are joint sponsors and the joint bookrunners on the IPO, with Macquarie Capital, BOC International, Goldman Sachs, China Merchants Securities, CMB International and Haitong Securities as the other joint bookrunners
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022, New York
People’s Republic of China (non-practicing)
Languages
English
Mandarin
Education
New York University School of LawLL.M.2020
China University of Political Science and LawLL.M.2016
China University of Political Science and LawLL.B.2013