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Firm Represents Yingli Green Energy in its NYSE IPO

06.14.07

The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers in China, in connection with its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange of 29,000,000 American Depositary Shares, raising US$319 million prior to the exercise of the over-allotment option. The Firm also assisted Yingli Green Energy in its pre-IPO Series A preferred and Series B preferred financings and its convertible note financing, raising a total of US$220 million. The global bookrunners for the offering were Goldman Sachs and UBS.

The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Leiming Chen, Shaolin Luo, Rob Mason, Johneth Park, Kevin Zhang, Yi Gao, Jinghua Zou (Corporate), Seojung Park (Tax) and Michael Richman (Benefits).