Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Haitong International, J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, UBS, HSBC, Nomura, Standard Chartered, BOCOM International and other underwriters in Haitong Securities Co. Ltd.’s (“Haitong”) US$1.68 billion Hong Kong Initial Public Offering and listing of its H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The transaction comprised a Hong Kong public offering and a Reg S/Rule 144A international offering. It also has a 15% over-allotment option which could increase the total deal size to as much as US$1.9 billion if exercised in full.