Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised the joint global coordinators, including China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Goldman Sachs, ICBCI Capital and ABCI Capital, on China Renaissance Holdings Limited's US$346 million (HK$2.7 billion) listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. China Renaissance is an investment banking and investment management firm dedicated to China's new economy and technology businesses.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Australian founded medicinal cannabis company, Althea Group Holdings Limited, on its $19.65m initial public offering (“IPO”) and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”).

King & Wood Mallesons has acted on Nufarm Limited’s (Nufarm) pro rata accelerated renounceable entitlement offer (with retail rights trading) (PAITREO) of new ordinary shares to existing shareholders.

The KW deal team was led by Partner David Friedlander, special counsel Amanda Isouard and solicitor Henry Sit, who advised the joint lead managers.

The offer consists of an accelerated institutional rights issue and a retail rights issue (including retail rights trading) to raise approximately $303 million.

Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China Everbright International Limited (stock code: 257.HK) on the US securities law aspects of its US$1.27 billion rights issue on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has advised on the A$414 million IPO of the NB Global Corporate Income Trust, a managed investment trust listed today on the ASX.

Corrs acted for both Neuberger Berman Australia Pty Ltd, the manager, and Equity Trustees Limited, the responsible entity and issuer, in the Trust’s ASX IPO.

On September 14, 2018 EST, Qutoutiao Inc. (“Qutoutiao”, NASDAQ: QTT) made its debut on the NASDAQ. Qutoutiao priced its IPO of 12 million American depositary shares (ADSs) (excluding the green-shoe option) at US$7 per ADS to raise approximately US$84 million. As the first US listed mobile content aggregator in China, Qutoutiao took only 27 months to be listed from its establishment, setting the record as the rapidest Chinese internet enterprise to go public.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited on the issuance of US$3 billion undated non-cumulative subordinated Additional Tier 1 capital securities under its recently updated US$15 billion medium term note programme and the tender offer to repurchase US$876 million of the US$2.5 billion 5.55% subordinated notes due 2020.

MinterEllison has advised Vintage Energy Ltd (Vintage Energy, ASX: VEN) on its A$30million Initial Public Offering (‘IPO’) and ASX listing to help provide new gas into the east coast gas market.

Vintage issued 150 million shares to raise the $30 million by way of an IPO and listed on the ASX on 17 September 2018. The IPO was oversubscribed with strong support from both local and overseas institutions.