DaHui Lawyers has extensive experience in capital markets transactions and has served as PRC counsel for issuers and underwriters in both equity and debt offerings in the US and Hong Kong, handling IPOs, secondary offerings, bond offerings and private placements. Managing partner of DaHui Lawyers, Richard Ma, has more than 20 years of experience in representing companies in capital markets, M&A, investments and compliance matters. His industry strengths are in media and entertainment, and technology and telecommunications. The firm welcomed partner Jue Li for dispute resolution in June 2023.
Work highlights
Advised Boeing in multiple PRC court cases concerning product liability disputes arising from the tragedy of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Advised Wuhan Lejiate Real Estate in a $606 million (Rmb4.4 billion) real estate and construction dispute.
Key clients
China Securities, Subtle Medical, Transtech Engineering Corporation.
Work highlights
Advised J&T Express in a merger control filing for its acquisition of Fengwang from SF Express with a special time constraint connected with the IPO in Hong Kong that J&T Express was initiating at the same time.
Advised one of the world’s top three international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to acquire actual control of the Chinese joint venture.
Key clients
Comcast Corporation, Elsevier.
Work highlights
Acted as lead counsel for J&T Express on its precedent-setting IPO on the HKEX. The most innovative aspect was listing in Hong Kong but with a variable interest entity structure following the new requirements set by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on March 31, 2023. J&T Express is the first company listing in Hong Kong to successfully satisfy those requirements and obtain the CSRC’s blessing.
Advised a SPAC in its merger and listing in the US with an international hotel business.
Work highlights
Acted as Nvidia’s monitoring trustee for antitrust compliance. This matter arose amid a new chapter in the chip race between the US and China and will directly affect the situation of the chip competition between the countries.
Advised the PRC merger control filing for a Japanese trading house’s investment in the world’s biggest shrimp farm.
Key clients
Illinois Tool Works, Musashi Group.
