交易简报 | 富而德助力兆易创新6亿美元香港上市

富而德律师事务所（“富而德”）就兆易创新科技集团股份有限公司（“兆易创新”）在香港联交所的全球发售及股份上市，提供香港法和美国法的法律服务。

Global law firm Freshfields has provided Hong Kong and US law advice to GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. (‘GigaDevice’) in the global offering and listing of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

兆易创新成立于2005年，是一家多元芯片的集成电路设计公司。兆易创新为客户提供包括Flash、利基型动态随机存取存储器、微控制器、模拟芯片及传感器芯片等多样化芯片产品，可用于消费电子、汽车、工业应用（如工业自动化、储能及电池管理）、个人电脑及服务器、物联网、网络通信等领域，满足客户各种需求，以及包括相应算法、软件在内的一整套系统及解决方案。根据弗若斯特沙利文的资料，以销售额计，兆易创新在NOR Flash品类中排名全球第二、中国内地第一，全球市场份额为18.5%。

Founded in 2005, GigaDevice is an integrated circuit design house for a diverse range of chips. They provide customers with a wide range of chips, including Flash, niche dynamic random access memory, micro control units, analog chips and sensor chips that can be used in consumer electronics, automobiles, industrial applications (such as industrial automation, energy storage and battery management), personal computers and servers, internet of things, network communications and other fields to meet various demands, as well as a complete set of systems and solutions, including corresponding algorithms and software. According to Frost & Sullivan, GigaDevice is ranked second globally and first in Chinese Mainland in NOR Flash category, in terms of sales, with a global market share of 18.5%.

服务此次上市项目的富而德专业法律团队由中国区资本市场业务主管及合伙人王昶舜、合伙人范垂颢以及合伙人易卫忠牵头领导。顾问律师付纯、律师皮子杭、王星皓和郑晏陶以及法律顾问王悦怡提供支持。

The Freshfields team advising on the transaction was led by Head of China ECM and partner Richard Wang, partner Howie Farn and partner David Yi. They were supported by counsel Chris Fu, associates Steven Pi, Joshua Wang, Yantao Zheng, and legal consultant Yueyi Wang.