LEGAL DEALS ROUNDUP - Aug-Sept 2020

Below you will find our selection of the most significant legal deals and cases from across the Asia-Pacific region during Aug-Sept 2020.

• In China, Xpeng Motor's NYSE IPO (Fangda Partners, JunHe), KE Holdings' $2.12 bln IPO on the NYSE (Han Kun Law Offices) and Yum China's $2.2 bln HK secondary listing (Commerce & Finance Law Offices, Jingtian & Gongcheng)
• In India, Google's $4.5 bln investment in RelianceJio (AZB & Partners, J Sagar Associates) and $3.4 billion India telecom tower sale (AZB & Partners, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co, Nishith Desai Associates)
• In New Zealand, Mercury’s green bond issuance - New Zealand’s first new retail green bond of 2020 (Chapman Tripp).
• In the Philippines, Ayala Land-backed AREIT's $278 mln IPO - Philippines' first-ever REIT IPO (ACCRALAW, Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices)