Daini Li is an associate in the Shanghai office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Daini focuses her practice on corporate practices, including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and general corporate matters. She received legal education in both China and the United States and is admitted in New York and qualified in China (non-practicing).
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Daini has represented:
Credit Suisse and Barclays as joint bookrunners in the US$74.75 million follow-on offering of American depositary shares by JinkoSolar, and Credit Suisse as the placement agent in JinkoSolar’s US$85 million convertible notes offering in reliance of Regulation S. JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world.
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Securities, CMBI, CLSA, Credit Suisse, CCBI, ICBCI, ABCI, China Merchants Securities, AMTD and Futu Securities as underwriters, in the US$180 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Tongcheng-eLong Holdings Limited (0780.HK), a leading online travel service provider in China.
J.P. Morgan, as a financial adviser to Yunfeng Financial Group Limited (HKSE: 376) (“Yunfeng Financial”), of the US$1.7 billion acquisition of MassMutual Asia Limited with other co-investors. The acquisition also constitutes an extreme very substantial acquisition for Yunfeng Financial. The other investors in the proposed acquisition include API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co. Ltd.), City-Scape Pte. Ltd. (an investment vehicle managed by GIC Private Limited) and SINA Corporation.
Studio City International Holdings Ltd (NYSE: MSC) in its US$359 million initial public offering and listing on the New York Exchange. Studio City is a world-class gaming, retail and entertainment resort located in Cotai, Macau.
BOCI Asia Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, SBI China Capital Financial Services Limited, China Everbright Securities (HK) Limited and Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Limited, as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, in the issuance of US$260 million 7.95% Senior Notes by China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-listed curtain wall installation and solar engineering, procurement and construction companies in China.
Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited (1980.HK) (“Tian Ge”), a social video platform partially owned by SINA Corporation, in its RMB292.6 million disposal of its 36% equity interest in Jinhua Ruian Investment Management Company Limited (“Jinhua Ruian”) to an associate of SINA Corporation. Jinhua Ruian is controlled by Tian Ge through contractual arrangement and holds 80% equity interest in the company that develops and operates Wuta Camera, a leading mobile photo and video application in China. The disposal constitutes discloseable and connected transactions for Tian Ge.
Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co., Ltd. a leading private psychiatric healthcare group in China in relation to HKEX compliance matters.
Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited, a leading social video platform in China which is partially owned by SINA Corporation in relation to HKEX compliance matters.
Wynn Macau, Limited, the developer, owner and operator of two world-class casino resorts in Macau (Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau) in relation to HKEX compliance matters.
