Established in 1992, Beijing-based Haiwen & Partners is a leading firm in China with branches in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Haikou.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm specialises in areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, foreign direct investment and fund formation.
Key clients
The firm main clients include Syngenta Group, Syngenta Group Finance, Beijing Strong Biotechnologies, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong), China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation, OneConnect Financial Technology, China Three Gorges, CNPC International, HSBC, CICC, BP Xiaoju, X-EPIC, Qimai, Plum and Guotai Junan Securities.
Research period review: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
In 2022, the firm participated in several significant IPOs domestically and overseas. Haiwen & Partners acted as PRC legal counsel to China Mobile’s A-share listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. China Mobile is the largest telecommunications operator in China and was previously listed in New York and Hong Kong.
The team also acted for China Tourism Group Duty Free (CTG Duty Free), the world’s largest travel retailer, on its HKD16.24 billion ($2.07 billion) secondary listing on the HKEX last August.
Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
China Mobile’s listing in Shanghai.
Gotion High-tech’s GDR issuance on SIX Swiss Exchange.
CTG Duty Free secondary listing in Hong Kong.
Lepu BiopharmaH-share listing.
Client feedback: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
Private equity
“Haiwen is a focused law firm that executes with extreme professionality. Haiwen has handled our previous rounds of complex financing.”
“Responsive and cooperative.”
M&A
“Strong professional ability, high efficiency, and adaptability to business needs.”
Lawyer feedback: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
Jiangshan Tang
“Jackson (Jiangshan)'s knowledge and experience in the private equity area is so deep that we can count on him on many complicated issues. He always helps us win the hand in negotiation.”
“Very responsive and can coordinate and allocate resources to the deal.”
Peng Fu
“Strong professional ability, accordance with commercial requirements, flexible design of legal solutions.”
