Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China Everbright Bank on its US$3bn H-share IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which took place today and is the largest IPO in Hong Kong in 2013.

China Everbright Bank is a state-owned commercial bank headquartered in Beijing. The bank listed its A shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2010.

Freshfields advised China Everbright Bank on both the United States and Hong Kong law aspects of the listing.

Commenting on the IPO, Freshfields partner Calvin Lai who led the Freshfields team said; ‘We congratulate China Everbright Bank on completing such a successful listing and the largest Hong Kong IPO in 2013. We are proud to hold the leading position helping Chinese financial institutions to list in Hong Kong.’

The Freshfields team was led by US corporate partner Calvin Lai in Hong Kong and corporate partner Richard Wang in Beijing.