Walkers has acted as Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman
Islands legal counsel to both the offeror and the lenders in a
voluntary cash offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of
Clear Media Limited ("Clear Media"),
including Clear Channel Outdoor Holding's stake in Clear Media.
Clear Media is listed on the mainboard of the Stock Exchange of
Hong Kong and is the largest operator of bus shelter advertising
panels in China. The offer was announced on 30 March 2020 with a
deal value exceeding HK$3,846 million (US$493million).
The offeror, Ever Harmonic Global Limited ("Ever
Harmonic") is wholly owned by a consortium of
investors, which comprises of Antfin (Hong Kong) Holding Limited
(backed by Ant Financial, Alibaba group's affiliate), JCDecaux
Innovate Limited, China Wealth Growth Fund III L.P., and Mr. Han Zi
Jing, the current chief executive officer and executive director of
Clear Media.