Kirkland Advises on $655 Million Hong Kong IPO of Nayuki

Kirkland & Ellis advised the sponsors and underwriters on the $655 million global offering and listing of Nayuki Holdings Limited (HKSE: 2150), a leading premium modern teahouse brand in China, on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited on June 30, 2021. 

Nayuki has opened over 350 stores in 51 cities in China in four years. The company crafts premium teas, grown in their own tea gardens, and European-style baked goods, developed by a professional bakery team from Japan.

The sponsors and underwriters included J.P. Morgan Securities, CMB International Capital Limited, Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, ABC International, BOCOM International Securities Limited, and Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited. 

Read more in Nayuki’s prospectus

The Kirkland team was led by transactional partner David Zhang and capital markets partners Steve Lin and Mengyu Lu.