Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have won lead roles on China Pacific Insurance’s $3.1bn (£1.9bn) Hong Kong initial public offering.

The listing, one of the largest global IPOs of 2009, saw Freshfields take a role for the China-based insurance company. The magic circle firm’s team was led by global co-head of capital markets Kay Ian Ng and capital markets partner Calvin Lai, both of whom are based in Hong Kong.