William Cho

Initial Public Offerings

• Advised Sony Music Entertainment as a cornerstone investor on the IPO and listing of shares of Cloud Village Inc. (Stock Code: 9899) on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; deal value: HKD 3.28 billion.  
• Advised SF REIT (Stock Code: 2191) on its REIT IPO and listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which is the first logistics-focused REIT in Hong Kong. 
• Advised 3SBio Inc. (Stock Code: 1530) on the spin-off listing of its subsidiary, Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 688336), on the STAR Market, the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
• Advised China Merchants Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Stock Code: 1503) on its IPO and listing of REIT units on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; deal value HKD 2.57 billion.
• Advised CICC, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley (as the joint sponsors and/or underwriters) on the IPO and listing of the H shares of Shanghai Dongzheng Automotive Finance Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 2718) on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; deal value: HKD 1.65 billion.

Equity and Debt Fund Raisings by Listed Issuers

• Advised Waven World Limited, a company owned by Gaw Capital Partners, on the subscription of convertible bonds issued by Hong Kong listed Union Medical Healthcare Limited, the largest non-hospital medical service provider in Hong Kong.
• Advised SK Co., Ltd., a Korean conglomerate, on the block trade of its shares in China Gas Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 384), as seller's counsel; deal value: HKD 16.7 billion.
• Advised Chong Hing Bank Limited (Stock Code: 1111) on its rights issue, as the issuer's counsel; deal value: HKD 4.0 billion. Chong Hing Bank was one of the issuers formerly on the list of Stock Connect and was subsequently privatised.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advised 3SBio Inc (Stock Code: 1530) on and its employee-owned company on the off-market share buy-back and acquisition of sale shares by mighty decade from the second largest shareholder; deal value: HKD 855 million. 
• Advised Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited (Stock Code: 2314) on the acquisition of land in Cambodia and the set-up of VIE structure; deal value: USD 98.75 million.

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