Clifford Chance (CC) and Chinese law firm Jingtian & Gongcheng are advising on a planned $1.5bn (£1bn) Hong Kong listing by one of China’s largest coal producers.

CC Beijing partners Tim Wang and Jean Yu are advising Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal on what is set to be one of the largest Hong Kong initial public offerings (IPOs) so far this year. Jingtian, meanwhile, is acting as the company’s Chinese counsel.