Gregory Wang

Greg is a partner in Reed Smith’s Hong Kong office. His practice focuses primarily on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and corporate advisory work in Greater China. Greg has strong capital markets experience, including Hong Kong and U.S. IPOs; high-yield, convertible bond, and global depositary receipt offerings; and block trades. He also regularly represents clients on U.S. and Hong Kong public M&A transactions and private equity investments, and advises companies listed in Hong Kong or the U.S. on compliance matters.

Experience

Representative matters

Advised Arta TechFin Corporation Limited (“ARTA”) (Stock Code: 279) on the placing of shares to facilitate resumption of trading of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (which was suspended for over 21 months, which successfully took place in Nov 2021, and other regulatory, employment and related issues.

Acted for China Education Group Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 839) on a top-up placement and subscription of shares of China Education Group, raising net proceeds of approximately HKD2 billion. The funds raised are intended to be used for potential acquisitions and expansion and development of the group’s new campuses in the Greater Bay Area.

Advised Man Wah Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 1999) on a US$300 million placing (a 144A/Reg S offering)

Represented CLSA (as IPO sole sponsor) and underwriting syndicate on the US$910 million Hong Kong IPO and 144A/Regulations S offering of Smoore International Holdings Limited, the world’s largest vaping device manufacturer.

Huali University Group Limited, a leading large-scale private higher education and vocational education group in South China, listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with gross proceeds of approximately US$125 million from Global Offering (under Regulation S) (advised China Securities (International) and other underwriters).

Acted for Fosun International as a rollover shareholder in the going private transaction by Focus Media. The deal was recognized as 2014 Private Equity Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia Awards and 2013 Private Equity Deal of the Year by China Law & Practice

Acted for an overseas investor in connection with investment in a semiconductor integrated circuit plant in SMIC Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (SMIC)

Represented Peak Reinsurance Company Limited in its HK$63.1 million investment in China Financial Services Holdings Ltd. (a HKSE listed company)

Represented Market Genius Limited, a company owned by Fosun China Momentum Fund, in its HK$319 million investment in Tenwow International (a HKSE listed company)

Represented Haitong Chuang Yi Capital Management Limited in its Series A-2 investment in a robot company based in Boston, Massachusetts

Represented a Fosun subsidiary in its Series A and Series B investment in Fuze Entertainment

Represented Fosun International in the completion of privatization of Bona Film

Represented a consortium led by SummitView Capital on its proposed acquisition of Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., a California-based semiconductor company

Represented Hangzhou Greentown E-Commerce on its series A financing

Acted for Fosun International in connection with its pre-IPO investments in China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd., BOC AVIATION LIMITED and Nanxiang Holding Limited

Acted for Fosun International as a lead investor of a consortium on its minority investment in Sinopec Sales Company Limited

Acted for Fosun International in connection with its acquisition of Hani Securities Hong Kong Ltd., a securities brokerage firm in Hong Kong

Acted for Fosun International in connection with its acquisition of equity interests in Bona Film Group Limited, a Nasdaq-listed company which is a leading film distributor in China

Acted for Fosun International in connection with its acquisition of IDERA Capital Management Ltd, a real estate fund management in Japan

Acted for ICBC in connection with the investment in the bank by the consortium led by Goldman Sachs

Advising Wanda Properties Overseas Limited, a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd., on issuing the US$325 million 7.25 percent Guaranteed Bonds due 2022.

Advised China Gas Group Limited (one of the vendors) on the US$1.5 billion top-up placing of China Gas Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 384).

ASE, Ambit Microsystems, CMC Magnetics, Far Eastern International Bank, KGI Securities, Netease, Quanta Computer, Quanta Storage, and Sino-Forest (global depositary receipts or convertible bonds offerings).

BCD Semiconductor, Allyes Media, The9 Limited, WSP Holdings, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and UTStarcom (U.S.-registered IPOs and follow-on offerings);

Global offering of ICBC, and global initial public offering and A+H offering of Metallurgical Corporation of China.

Nameson Holdings Limited, China CNR, Optics Valley Union, Nanjing Sinolife United, Shanghai Fosun Pharma, Christine International Holdings Limited, China Tianrui Group Cement Company Limited, SPT Energy Group Inc., Zall Development, China Zhengtong Auto Services Holdings Limited, Da Ming International Holding Ltd., China Gold International Resources Corp., China ITS (Holding) Co., Ltd., Chaowei Power Holdings, China National Materials, Shanghai Forte Land, and Renhe Commercial Holdings (global offering and the listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange); and China Construction Banks, SINOMA and Aluminum Corporation of China (privatization of Chinese stated-owned banks and companies);

Road King Infrastructure Limited, Sino-Forest Corporation and Xinhua Finance (high-yield debt offerings); and