Haiwen is the first law firm in China to focus on capital market transactions for Chinese enterprises.  We hold a distinctive reputation fordevising and leading many of the largest transactions ofdomestic and international securities offerings and and related restructuring.

Haiwen is widely recognized as a pioneer PRC law firm in the area of securities offerings, and has led many innovative transactions involving Chinese issuers.  We have represented many top-tier international and domestic investment banking firms and issuers in numerous securities offering transactions, both domestically and internationally, including initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary equity offerings, and all types of debt offerings. 

Haiwen has acted as PRC legal counsel for the following projects:

· First batch of A-share offerings and listings

· First B-share offering and listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)

· First H-share offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) by a Chinese issuer  

· First N-share offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by a Chinese issuer  

· First L-share offering and listing on the London Stock Exchange by a Chinese issuer

· First American depository receipt (ADR) offering by a Chinese issuer

· First dual listing of a Chinese issuer on both the HKSE and the SSE

· First dual listing of a Chinese issuer on both the HKSE and the NYSE

· First triple listing of a Chinese issuer on the SSE, the HKSE and the NYSE

· First simultaneous dual listing of a Chinese issuer on the SSE and the HKSE

· First A-share offering and listing of a red-chip company on the Main Board 

· First A-share with no par value offering and listing in China 

· First 100-year USD bond (Yankee Bond) offering by a foreign sovereign issuer (the Central Government of China)

· First RMB treasury bond offering in Hong Kong by the Central Government of China

· First RMB bond (Panda Bond) offering in China by an international financial develop-ment institution  

· First RMB bond offering in Hong Kong by a Chinese financial institution

· First RMB corporate bond (Dim-sum Bond) offering in Hong Kong by an offshore issuer

· First RMB quasi-REITs offering in China

· First batch of publicly-offered infrastructure REITs in China