King & Wood Mallesons has advised Bank of Qingdao as US, PRC and Hong Kong legal counsel on its US$607 million listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Stuart Fuller, Global Managing Partner said, “We are honoured to have represented Bank of Qingdao on its successful listing today on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The combination of our local depth and global platform has delivered a landmark transaction for our client, and for KWM as the first ever global law firm to act as US, PRC and Hong Kong counsel to the issuer in a transaction of this type. This combination of top tier quality and capability is unique to KWM and provides an integrated, one-firm solution to our clients across the global capital markets.”

Founded in November 1996, Bank of Qingdao is the largest City Commercial Bank in Shandong Province, China, in terms of total assets, total loans, customer deposits and total equity.

The King & Wood Mallesons team was led by Beijing based partners Xiaolei Yang, Zheng Su and Yuanyuan Li, Hong Kong partner Candy Chan, and US Securities partner Christine Chen. They were supported by Ronald Arculli, Rupert Li, Gary Lock and Jin Peng from the firm’s Beijing and Hong Kong offices.