Latham Advises on RoboTechnik’s HK$5.18 Billion IPO

Latham & Watkins has advised Huatai International, Citi, and Orient Securities as sponsors on RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd’s (RoboTechnik) HK$5.18 billion (approximately US$660 million) initial public offering on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX). The global offering consists of 11,876,000 H shares (subject to the over-allotment option) at an offer price of HK$436.00 per H share. RoboTechnik is a global provider of manufacturing equipment and systems for photovoltaic industry and silicon photonics industry.

RoboTechnik’s A shares currently trade on Shenzhen's ChiNext market, making the HKEX listing another significant cross-border A and H shares transaction advised by Latham.

The Latham team was led by Hong Kong corporate partners Benjamin Su and Terris Tang, Beijing counsel Wei Wei, and Hong Kong associates Lulu Han, Jonathan Leung, Lizzy Zhang, Angel Shi, and Wincy Yim, with Beijing foreign legal consultants John Shi, Peiying Li, and Xinyi Zhang, and paralegal Lili Tang. Advice on additional corporate matters was provided by Los Angeles associate Dylan Shamoon, Munich associate Sara Collorio, and Silicon Valley associate Isaac Gonzalez; and on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner James Barker.