DLA Piper has advised China Maple Leaf Educational Systems (China Maple Leaf), a Chinese international school operator, on the over HK$1 billion placing of shares.

China Maple Leaf is the largest international high school and international school operator in China. At the end of the 2016/2017 academic year, over 26,000 students were enrolled in 60 China Maple Leaf schools located in 16 cities in China and Canada.

The placing was managed by UBS AG as placing agent, sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner.

This transaction was led by Corporate partner, Dr. Liu Wei and Hong Kong-based of counsel Christina Loh, assisted by Corporate foreign lawyer Jiang Tuo and associates Shawn Xin, Michael Ho and Ken Chau in Hong Kong. Litigation and Regulatory partner Ernest Yang also lent his expertise on the transaction.