Out of the top 10 international firms that advised on the 82 Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPOs filed last year and completed by March 2022, only two were U.K.-based firms—a sign that British firms are losing the fight for a share of the Hong Kong initial public offerings market—a market they once dominated.

U.S. firms fared a lot better, but even they face stiff competition for Hong Kong IPOs: An analysis by Law.com International has found that Chinese firms are taking the lion’s share of the work.