John Moore
John Moore is a US- and Hong Kong-qualified partner with considerable experience advising both investment banks and corporations on capital markets, M&A and private equity transactions in the United States and Asia.
Prior to joining Herbert Smith, John was an executive director and senior counsel at Goldman Sachs, with primary legal coverage responsibility for its investment banking division in Asia ex-Japan. At Goldman Sachs he was responsible for covering the investment banking division’s full range of products, notably capital markets transactions including SEC-registered, Rule 144A/Regulation S and Rule 144 offerings, as well as M&A transactions. John also practised in New York and Hong Kong with the Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell.
John is a member of the Listing Committees of the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Credentials
- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint global coordinators and joint sponsors in relation to the HK$13.74 billion (US$1.77 billion) Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of Sino-Ocean Land Holdings, one of the largest real estate companies in Beijing
- Goldman Sachs, HSBC, UBS and JP Morgan as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers on the US$354 million Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A / Regulation S global offering of Maoye International Holdings, a leading department store chain in China
- Goldman Sachs as sole global co-ordinator and sponsor on the US$208 million Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering of Delta Networks, a Taiwan-based original design manufacturer of networking products
- Fosun International, one of China's largest privately owned conglomerates, on the US$1.7 billion Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering, one of the largest IPOs in Hong Kong in 2007. Morgan Stanley, UBS and China International Capital Corporation were joint bookrunners and lead managers for the offering
- JP Morgan and UBS as joint global underwriters on the US$393 million offering of H Shares of China BlueChemical, in a Hong Kong IPO and a Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering
- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint global underwriters on the US$550 million offering of Shimao Property Holdings, a Shanghai-based luxury property developer, in a Hong Kong IPO and a Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering
- Citigroup Global Markets as sole global coordinator and bookrunner on the US$183 million convertible bond offering for Brilliance China Automotive
- Goldman Sachs and other underwriters on a US$224 million offering of shares of China Yurun Food Group, a food and beverage company, in a Hong Kong IPO and a Rule 144A/Regulation S international offering
- Cazenove Asia Limited and Goldman Sachs (Asia) on the structuring and execution of the US$650 million reverse takeover by Sinochem Hong Kong Holdings ("Sinochem") of the PRC-based fertilizer business previously owned by its substantial shareholder, Sinochem Corporation, including a strategic placing, a preferential offering and an institutional placing pursuant to Rule 144A
- Goldman Sachs in relation to a Series B convertible preferred stock investment into ChinaCars.com
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