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‘I’ve never seen anything like it’ – what’s driving Hong Kong’s IPO boom?

‘I’ve never seen anything like it’ – what’s driving Hong Kong’s IPO boom?

‘In my 31 years of practice, I’ve never seen a pipeline this active,’ says Slaughter and May partner John Moore, on the boom in activity in Hong Kong’s capital markets.

As a veteran of the Hong Kong scene, with decades of experience at firms including Morrison Foerster, Herbert Smith and Sullivan & Cromwell, as well as a six-year stint at Goldman Sachs, Moore is as well-placed as any to comment – and he describes current market conditions as ‘exceptional’.

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