Baker & McKenzie and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles for Chinese investment bank CITIC Securities on its $2bn (£1.3bn) Hong Kong listing, reports The Asian Lawyer.

CITIC Securities, a subsidiary of state-owned investment company CITIC Group, is already listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The bank received regulatory approval from China’s financial regulator, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, for a Hong Kong listing on 1 September.