CBLJ Honors Kirkland With 11 “Deals of the Year”

China Business Law Journal named Kirkland to its 2025 “Deals of the Year” list, a collection of the most significant deals of the past year based on size, industry impact, structural innovation and judicial precedent setting.

Kirkland was selected for the following award-winning transactions:

Equity Capital Markets
ESR HK$55.2B privatization
CATL HK$35.7B HKEX IPO
AUX Electric HKD4.15B HKEX IPO
DualityBio’s HK$1.64B Hong Kong IPO

Intellectual Property
Motorola Solutions v Hytera Communications

Liquidation, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Kaisa offshore debt restructuring
Yuzhou $6.7B offshore debt restructuring
Country Garden offshore debt restructuring

M&A
RBI sells Burger King China stake for $350M
Alibaba sells stake in Sun Art for HK$13.14B
MicroPort CRM acquires MicroPort CardioFlow