Aiwen Lei

Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Aiwen’s representative matters include:

• Represented Asia Innovations Group Limited (ASIG), a leading mobile social company across emerging markets, on its proposed business combination with Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited (NYSE: OPA), a special purpose acquisition company. The business combination provides for an equity valuation of $2.5 billion for the combined company. This transaction was named “Deals of the Year 2022” by China Business Law Journal
• 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 the underwriters on the NYSE IPO of Lufax Holding Ltd., China’s leading technology-empowered personal financial services platform, that raised US$2.36 billion
• Represented Chindata Group Holdings Limited, a carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Asia and a Bain portfolio company, in its US$621 million Nasdaq IPO under the symbol “CD”. Kirkland also represented Chindata in its concurrent private placements for an aggregate amount of US$135 million
• Represented the underwriters in the US$154 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Greentown Management Holdings Company Limited (9979.HK), the largest project management company in the PRC real estate market
• Represented the underwriters in the US$320 million initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq of Dada Nexus Limited, a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China
• Represented the underwriters in the US$586.5 million initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market of Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited, one of China’s top cloud services providers
• Represented the underwriters in the US$376 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Wise Talent Information Technology Co., Ltd. (06100.HK), the largest online talent acquisition services platform in China which operates Liepin.com
• 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 the underwriters 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 the underwriters, in connection with the US$629 million global offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Meitu, Inc., a leading PRC mobile Internet company
• Represented Chindata Group Holdings Limited on ongoing regulatory and compliance matters
• Represented SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. on ongoing regulatory and compliance matters