On March 19, 2024, China Business Law Journal announced its "Deals of the Year 2023", which highlights 9 Han Kun-advised deals.
The legal market has shown great resolve and imagination in what has been another challenging year. In China and abroad, scores of representative deals have demonstrated lawyers' wisdom and work ethic. Some deals have turned the tide, some have saved the day, and some have offered hope for the coming year. Among the deals that have closed or have seen significant progress between November 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023, China Business Law Journal has selected the standouts as the Deals of the Year 2023 from a voluminous database of Chinese and international law firm submissions, saluting the hard work and remarkable performance behind each deal.
J&T Global Express's USD501m Hong Kong IPO
Kingsoft Cloud's Hong Kong dual-primary listing
Lotus Technology's SPAC listing on Nasdaq
NIO sells USD1bn convertible senior notes
CSC SPIC New Energy REIT raises USD1.1bn
Sinopec joins Kazakhstan's biggest polythene project
Subway's biggest master franchise agreement
XPeng purchases Didi's EV unit
Lotus Technology's series pre-A and series A financing
*The above deals are sourced from the China Business Law Journal website (https://www.vantageasia.com).
As in previous years, backed by its years of independent observation and continued coverage of China's legal market and following intensive research and extensive consultation, China Business Law Journal has selected the Deals of the Year 2023 by taking into account factors that included overall significance, complexity, innovative nature, and deal size, among other broader interests.