Dacheng Nominated for Four Awards at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2025

Recently, the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) announced the nominees for the "IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2025". In recognition of its outstanding business performance over the past year, Dacheng Law Offices has received nominations for three firm awards: "China-Debt Firm of the Year", "China-M&A Firm of the Year", and "China-Restructuring Firm of the Year". Additionally, the project "Guangdong Agribusiness Group Undertakes the Overseas Sugar Project of China National Complete Plant Import and Export Group Corporation Limited", handled by Dacheng lawyers, has been nominated for the "Deals of the Year: M&A". (Listed here in the order of nomination).

 

At Dacheng Law Offices, we are sincerely grateful to our clients for their long-standing trust and support, as well as to the media and industry peers for their recognition of our legal service capabilities. Moving forward, we will be motivated by this honor, translating our responsibilities into tangible actions. We will continue to leverage the strengths of Dacheng's global legal service network to provide clients with professional, comprehensive, timely, high-quality, and efficient legal services.

 

 

Nomination Award

 

Deals of the Year: M&A

 

Guangken Rubber / Hua Lien International

 

Case Introduction:

 

Dacheng has been commissioned by Guangdong Guangken Sugar Industry Group Co., Ltd. to assist it and Guangdong Provincial Farming Corporation in taking over the overseas sugar projects of China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corporation through equity transfer without consideration. The project involves as many as seven countries and regions, and more than 20 target companies, presenting a complex transaction background with multiple languages, legal systems, and targets.

 

Since its inception in 2022, the project has spanned nearly three years and has been reviewed and approved by various ministries, including the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. It is a comprehensive transaction that integrates equity transfer without consideration between central enterprises, domestic creditor's rights listing and trading, overseas physical asset acquisition, and Hong Kong share offer acquisition. Lawyer Shi Wanlin, as the overall person in charge of the case, coordinated the Dacheng legal team and the Dentons Hong Kong office legal team, as well as local lawyers from Madagascar, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and other project locations. A professional team was formed in the fields of corporate mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investment, capital markets, state-owned property rights trading, and state-owned enterprise compliance management. In this project, the team conducted comprehensive legal due diligence on China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corporation, Hualian International (Holdings) Limited (HK00969), and its subsidiaries, and provided special legal services for the subsequent transfer and acquisition.

 

Lead Attorneys:

 

Shi Wanlin (Beijing), Tan Zhenghua (Beijing), Wang Yahang (Beijing), Bao Ruixue (Beijing), Yuan Meng (Beijing)

 

China-Debt firm of the year

 

As one of the first law firms in China to obtain the qualification for securities legal business, Dacheng covers the entire capital market chain, from upstream to downstream. Leveraging its global resources, local expertise, and the rich experience of its professional team, Dacheng has consistently played a significant role and maintained a leading position in the field of capital market business.

 

Over the years, Dacheng has closely followed the development of legal services in areas such as initial public offerings (IPOs) both domestically and internationally, restructuring and reform, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment funds, refinancing of listed companies, and asset securitization. The firm has also maintained close and positive relationships with regulatory and exchange bodies, including the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Asset Management Association of China, Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange, and Singapore Exchange.

 

Securities and capital market business, as well as private equity and investment funds, are core practices of Dacheng. The firm has provided legal services for numerous companies in the issuance and listing of stocks both in China and abroad, as well as refinancing. These services have covered various types of stocks, including A-shares, B-shares, H-shares, red-chip stocks, and depository receipts, and have involved exchanges and listing locations such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Australia, and South Korea. Dacheng has successfully participated in many domestic and international listing projects, accumulating unique experience and solutions for the complex issues encountered by Chinese companies during their domestic and international listings, thereby enabling it to provide higher-quality legal services to clients.

 

After years of practical experience, Dacheng has established good cooperative relationships with securities regulatory authorities and stock exchanges in many countries and regions, as well as with well-known domestic and international investment banks, auditing and appraisal institutions, and listed companies. Relying on its strong global legal service advantages and outstanding performance, Dacheng has accumulated rich experience in work methods, team structure, coordination mechanisms, and quality control. It has developed mature legal service products and standardized legal service processes, and can ensure the provision of high-quality, efficient, and well-organized legal services to clients in projects.

 

China-M&A firm of the year

 

Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) restructuring is one of Dacheng' core practice areas. Based on domestic and international laws, regulations, and policy procedures, Dacheng provides comprehensive corporate legal services to clients, tailored to their needs and the development status of various industries, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions.

 

In recent years, Dacheng has represented numerous well-known domestic and international clients in completing a series of complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings of large enterprises and listed companies, mixed-ownership reforms, and cross-border acquisitions. Leveraging their extensive experience, profound understanding of Chinese law and regulatory environment, and comprehensive knowledge of business, industry, and tax matters, Dacheng' lawyers have served as lead counsel in many large-scale domestic and international transactions, assisting clients in completing deals. Dacheng' domestic and cross-border M&A projects cover a wide range of industry sectors, including finance, manufacturing, real estate, high-tech, infrastructure, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and services. In these projects, Dacheng' lawyers are particularly adept at helping clients navigate complex legal and regulatory environments to solve problems and close deals. In many large-scale and complex M&A projects, Dacheng has earned high praise from clients for its strong and effective team collaboration and diligent work ethic.

 

Over the long term, Dacheng' corporate and M&A lawyers have established good communication with relevant regulatory authorities and have been invited to participate in legislative research on M&A. Dacheng has also built harmonious working relationships with numerous domestic and international investment banks, accounting firms, appraisal agencies, and other intermediary institutions.

 

China-Restructuring firm of the year

 

Dacheng is one of the pioneering law firms in China to offer legal services in bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation, as well as the disposal of non-performing assets. The firm has provided such services to numerous large corporate groups and listed companies. Through extensive practice, Dacheng has accumulated rich experience in related fields, including bankruptcy reorganization, liquidation, conciliation, pre-reorganization, debt restructuring, and the disposal of non-performing assets. It has repeatedly been ranked by LEGALBAND, Chambers, ALB, and other rating agencies. Its bankruptcy cases have often been selected as typical cases by the Supreme People's Court and municipal-level courts, highlighting its significant professional strengths.In the process of handling a large number of projects, Dacheng has developed effective working methods, team structures, coordination mechanisms, and quality control systems for bankruptcy-related business, ensuring the efficient, high-quality, and orderly progress of projects. Thanks to its comprehensive professional strengths, Dacheng can, while fully respecting the particularities of each bankruptcy case, assemble a dedicated working team composed of experienced bankruptcy reorganization lawyers and professionals with expertise required for different bankruptcy projects. This ensures sufficient professional and personnel support.

 

The IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards aim to recognize the most innovative cross-border transactions in the Asia-Pacific region over the past year, as well as the law firms involved in these transactions. This year's awards ceremony will be held in Hong Kong on April 16, 2025.