Clifford Chance advises Circuit Fabology Microelectronics Equipment on its US$383 million IPO and listing in Hong Kong
Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised Circuit Fabology Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. (“CMFEE”) on its initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising approximately HK$3 billion (US$383 million).
Partners Fang Liu and Virginia Lee co-led the transaction with support from Head of Capital Markets Lorna Lyu*, senior associates Yuhang Li and Meng Mao, associates Janssen Yang and Yvonne Zhu, trainee solicitors Yancy Hua, Cian Fang and Menglin Liang.
Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2021, CMFEE engages in the research and development, production, sales and maintenance of direct imaging and direct-writing lithography equipment to customers worldwide, leveraging its established capabilities in the R&D of core high-precision micro-nano lithography technologies. Its commercialised products primarily include PCB (printed circuit board) direct imaging equipment and semiconductor direct-writing lithography equipment, covering applications across PCB, IC (integrated circuit) substrate, advanced packaging and mask-making applications. The company also provides comprehensive after-sales maintenance and support services for its products.
Clifford Chance has advised on the listings of companies across the semiconductor value chain, including the listings of Black Sesame, GigaDevice Semiconductor, Montage Technology, Axera Semiconductor, InnoScience, and Shenzhen Han’s CNC Technology.
* From Shanghai He Ping Law Firm. Clifford Chance LLP and Shanghai He Ping Law Firm have established a Joint Operation in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone under the name Clifford Chance LLP and Shanghai He Ping Law Firm (FTZ) Joint Operation Office with the approval of the Shanghai Bureau of Justice.
高伟绅助力客户芯碁微电子装备香港首次公开发行上市
国际律师事务所高伟绅就合肥芯碁微电子装备有限公司（“芯碁微装”）的首次公开发行及香港联合交易所主板上市，担任发行人的国际法律顾问。
本交易由合伙人方刘和李婉雯共同牵头，团队成员包括吕娜*、李宇航、毛檬、杨森、朱伊文、华妍、方思洋和梁梦琳。
芯碁微装于2021年在上海证券交易所上市，主要从事以微纳直写光刻为技术核心的直接成像设备及直写光刻设备的研发、制造、销售以及相应的维保服务。公司的商业化产品覆盖PCB直接成像设备、泛半导体直写光刻设备、IC载板 (集成电路载板)、先进封装及掩膜版等应用领域。
高伟绅曾为中国半导体行业的多家企业赴港上市提供法律服务，涵盖芯片设计到高端设备全产业链，其中包括黑芝麻智能、兆易创新、澜起科技、爱芯元智、英诺赛科、大族数控。
*任职于上海市和平律师事务所。高伟绅与上海市和平律师事务所经上海市司法局批准在中国（上海）自由贸易试验区设立了上海市和平律师事务所与高伟绅律师事务所（自贸试验区）联营办公室。