The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities and China Renaissance, in connection with the follow-on offering of American depositary shares (ADSs) of Baozun Inc. (“Baozun”). The offering of 6,000,000 ADSs, representing 18,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, by Baozun and certain of its shareholders, Crescent Castle Holdings Ltd, Infinity I-China Investments (Israel) L.P. and two affiliates of Goldman Sachs (the “selling shareholders”), raised US$36.75 million of gross proceeds to Baozun, and US$36.75 million of gross proceeds to the selling shareholders, before exercise of the greenshoe.
Baozun is the leading brand e-commerce service partner in China, with a market share of approximately 22% as measured by transaction value in 2015. Its ADSs are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “BZUN.”
The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Chris Lin, Daniel Fertig, Yi Gao and Andrew Laub (Corporate); Jennie Getsin (FINRA); and Jonathan Cantor and Michael Badain (Tax).