Founded in 1992, Haiwen & Partners is a 200-lawyer-strong PRC firm with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The firm is a fully integrated partnership with a modified lockstep compensation system.

Focusses / specialisms 

Compared to other PRC law firms, Haiwen & Partners is relatively small and focused on cross-border securities, M&A transactions, private equity, investment funds, restructuring and insolvency.

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Citigroup Global Markets, Huaneng Guicheng Trust, eWTP Tech Innovation Fund, Syngenta Group, Kuaishou Technology, DCP Capital, and China International Capital Corporation.

Research period review: 31st edition (2020/2021)

In the past 12 months, the firm’s capital markets team has been busy with overseas bonds, green bonds, convertible notes, exchangeable bonds, education bonds, private placements, and IPOS in New York, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Singapore.

The funds team have handledLP work, investments, mixed ownership, and funds in Singapore and in logistics, manufacturing, and real estate.

M&A continues to be a core area for the firm wo were preoccupied with consolidation mandates, debt-for-equity transactions, acquisitions, mergers in agriculture, technology, education, insurance, financial services, and oil and gas. The private equity team facilitated its clients various funding rounds, investments,  and fund raising.

Haiwen & Partners strengthened its corporate team with the hire of partner Ye Taoye from Allen & Overy. Its capital markets practice welcomed of counsel Zhang Fan from CITIC Securities.

Deal highlights: 31st edition (2020/2021)

5G Fund

China Merchants Bank $800 million green bond issue

Kuaishou Technology HKSE IPO

PipeChina Rmb123 billion acquisition of Sinopec oil and gas pipeline business

Shenyang Machine Tool restructuring

Yuanfudao $1 billion G series financing